Michel Ciment
Known for
Acting
Born
May 26, 1938
Birthplace
Paris, France
Died
November 13, 2023 (aged 85)
Biography
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.
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Best known work
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Critic
2008
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
Elia Kazan: An Outsider
1982
Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
2003
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024Filmography
TBA
2025
2024
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked Franceas Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic
2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Openas Self (interview)
2022
2022
2020
Kubrick by Kubrickas Self (archive footage)
2019
An American Named Kazanas Self
2018
2017
2017
Le Prédateur et la proieas Himself, Director
2017
John Boorman : Leçon de cinémaas Self - Host
2017
2016
2013
Seduced and Abandonedas Self
2010
Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Moviesas Michel Ciment
2010
RKO, A Story made in Hollywoodas Himself
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiffas Self (archive footage)
2008
2008
Criticas Self
2004
2004
2003
1999
Stanley and Usas Self
1984