Jean Genet
Writing
Born 1910-12-19 · Paris, France · Died 1986-04-15
Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers, and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.
Acting
Little Girl Blue
Self (archive footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire
Self
Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Self
Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)
Song of Love
Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
Mayday
Self
Shiraz 70
Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
Self
Chicago
Self
Disorder
Self
Crew
Flowers and Beasts
Novel
Serva e Padrona
Novel
Genet à Chatila
Writer
Un boxeur endormi
Poem
Un boxeur endormi
Original Story
Le sphinx
Other
Les Bonnes
Writer
Querelle
Novel
Black Mirror
Screenplay
Black Mirror
Story
Ritual
Original Story
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
Writer
Poor Pretty Eddie
Novel
The Maids
Theatre Play
Song of Love
Director
Song of Love
Writer
Song of Love
Editor
Song of Love
Production Design
Condemned and Possessed
Poem
Mademoiselle
Story