Douchet, Jean

(January I, 1929, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France - )

   After his philosophy studies, he became a film critic, publishing his articles in such magazines and reviews as La Gazette du Cinéma (1950), Cinémonde (1957-1958), Les Cahiers du Cinéma (1957-1964), Arts (1958-1963), and L'Express (1962-1963). From 1959 (Les Quatre Cents Coups / UK and USA: The Four Hundred Blows / USA: The 400 Blows, François Truf-faut) to 2006 (Jardins en Automne / Giardini in autunno / US festival: Gardens in Autumn, Otar Iosseliani, France / Italy / Russia), he appeared in about twenty movies. From 1969, he successively taught cinema at the uni­versities of Vincennes, Jussieu, and Nanterre then at the IDHEC and the Fémis. He wrote several books, including Alfred Hitchcock (Editions de L'Herne, 1967) and Nouvelle Vague (Editions Hazan, 2006).

 Filmography

1962 ◘ Le Mannequin de Belleville (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1965 ◘ Paris vu par . . . / UK and USA: Six in Paris (segment "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")

        ◘ La Rupture: Et Crac (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Dialogue des Etudiantes (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, cinematographer)

1972 ◘ La Jeune Femme et la Mort (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1978 ◘ Les 4 Molière (short)

1986 ◘ Ariane Mnouchkine (documentary; short)

        ◘ GérardTitus-Carmel (documentary)

        ◘ Titus-Carmel, un Profil (documentary)

1994 ◘ La serva amorosa / La Servante aimante

2004 ◘ Vanités (documentary; video; also screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

1967 ◘ Cinéastes de notre Temps (segment "Alexandre Astruc, l'Ascendant Taureau")

        ◘ Dim Dam Dom (documentary; episode "Un Jeudi à la Patinoire")

1985 ◘ Etoiles et Toiles (segment "Godard plus Go­dard")

1994 ◘ Cinéastes de notre Temps (segment "Eric Rohmer—Preuves à l'Appui"; co-director with André S. Labarthe)

1997 ◘ Femmes chez Hitchcock (documentary; short; also screenwriter)