Michel Ciment

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

27

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-05-26

Day of death

2023-11-13 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Michel Ciment

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. Source: Article "Michel Ciment" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • Critic

    Critic

  • Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

    Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

    The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

  • Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

    Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

  • The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth

    The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth

  • Stanley and Us

    Stanley and Us

  • Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

    Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

  • All About Mankiewicz

    All About Mankiewicz

  • An American Named Kazan

    An American Named Kazan

  • The Man Who Killed John Wayne

    The Man Who Killed John Wayne

  • Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage

    Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage

  • RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

    RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

  • A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard

    A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard

  • Elia Kazan: An Outsider

    Elia Kazan: An Outsider

  • Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey

    Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey

  • Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'

    Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'

  • Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies

    Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies

  • John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma

    John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma

  • Le Prédateur et la proie

    Le Prédateur et la proie

  • Joseph Losey and the Criminal

    Joseph Losey and the Criminal

  • About The Salesman

    About The Salesman

  • Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake

    Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake

  • M présenté par Michel Ciment

    M présenté par Michel Ciment