Michel Ciment

Michel Ciment

1938-05-26 – 2023-11-13 (age 85) Paris, France
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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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Known For

Critic
Critic

2008

as Self

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

2023

as Self (interview)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Self (archive footage)

Stanley and Us
Stanley and Us

1999

as Self

Kubrick by Kubrick
Kubrick by Kubrick

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Seduced and Abandoned
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

2024

as Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic

Elia Kazan: An Outsider
Elia Kazan: An Outsider

1982

as Self - Host

About The Salesman
All About Mankiewicz
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
The Man Who Killed John Wayne