Jean Collet

Jean Collet (3 March 1932 – 11 November 2020) was a French writer, cinematic theorist, and university professor.

Jean Collet
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Jean Collet
Born3 March 1932
Died11 November 2020(2020-11-11) (aged 88)
NationalityFrench
OccupationWriter

Collet worked as a journalist for Télérama from 1959 to 1971 and at Cahiers du Cinéma from 1961 to 1968. In 1965, he began working as a movie critic for Études.[1]

Collet wrote many books on cinema. Most of his written works were about Jean-Luc Godard published by Éditions Seghers.[2]

He was a professor at the Paris Descartes University, the Centre Sèvres, and the Institut national de l'audiovisuel.[3]

Collet died on 11 November 2020 at the age of 88 years old.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Le critique et théoricien du cinéma Jean Collet est mort (in French). CNC (13 November 2020).
  2. ↑ L'historien et critique de cinéma Jean Collet est mort (in French). Les Inrockuptibles (16 November 2020).
  3. ↑ Mon ami Jean Collet (in French). Mediapart (17 November 2020).
  4. ↑ Décès du critique Jean Collet (in French). La Croix (13 November 2020).[dead link]