n French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963) Synonyms: Jean Cocteau Example of: film maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker. a producer of motion pictures. author, writer. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Herein, how did Jean Cocteau die?
One may also ask, what did Jean Cocteau say to Sergei Diaghilev in the 1900's?
In 1909, Cocteau met the Russian impresario Sergey Daighilev who ran the Ballets Russes. Daighilev encouraged Cocteau to venture into the genre of ballet. The Russian challenged Cocteau to "Ettonne-moi" (Surprise me). The remark pushed Cocteau to write the libretto for an exotic ballet called "Le Dieu Bleu".
When did Jean Cocteau die?
Where did the Cocteau Twins get their name?
The band was named after the Johnny and the Self-Abusers' (who later renamed themselves Simple Minds) song "The Cocteau Twins" (later rewritten as "No Cure").