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

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Self (archive footage)

Critic

as Self

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

as Self / Interviewer

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

as Self (interview)

Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

as Self

Elia Kazan: An Outsider

as Self - Host

An American Named Kazan

as Self

Stanley and Us

as Self

About The Salesman

The Man Who Killed John Wayne

as Self