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Jean Genet
Writing
🎂 December 19, 1910📍 Paris, France🕯️ April 15, 1986 · Age 75
Biography
Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers, and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.
BODY OF WORK
Jean Genet's Filmography
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May Day x 4
2026
as Self
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Little Girl Blue
2023⭐ 6.3
as Self (archive footage)
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André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019⭐ 6.0
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
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Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire
2010
as Self
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No Poster
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Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
1982
as Self
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Song of Love
1972⭐ 7.0
as Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
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Mayday
1970
as Self
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Shiraz 70
1970⭐ 10.0
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Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
1970⭐ 8.0
as Self
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No Poster
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Chicago
1968
as Self
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Disorder
1950⭐ 5.7
as Self