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Michel Ciment
Born 1938-05-26Paris, France
Michel Ciment (May 26, 1938 - November 13, 2023) was a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. Ciment was a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the former president of FIPRESCI. Ciment participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Earrings of Madame de..., Fellini's Casanova, Persona, Providence, The Rules of the Game, Salvatore Giuliano, Sansho the Bailiff, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, and Trouble in Paradise. Source: Article "Michel Ciment" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Screen work
Movies & roles
A Summer with Joe, Liz and RichardSelfThe Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked FranceSelf (voice) (archive footage) - Film CriticNicole Kidman: Eyes Wide OpenSelf (interview)Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait PaysageRoleKubrick by KubrickSelf (archive footage)An American Named KazanSelfAbout The SalesmanRolePassion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'SelfLe Prédateur et la proieHimselfJohn Boorman : Leçon de cinémaSelf - HostThe Man Who Killed John WayneSelfM présenté par Michel CimentRoleSeduced and AbandonedSelfMichel Ciment: The Art of Sharing MoviesMichel CimentRKO, A Story made in HollywoodHimselfCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffSelf (archive footage)Joseph Losey and the CriminalRoleCriticSelfThe Filmmaker and the LabyrinthSelfAbbas Kiarostami: The Art of LivingSelfStanley and UsSelfAll About MankiewiczSelfElia Kazan: An OutsiderSelf - HostPortrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy WilderSelf / Interviewer