Jean Genet

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.

Known For

Mayday
Mayday
Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
Song of Love
Song of Love
Shiraz 70
Shiraz 70

Filmography

2023 Little Girl Blue
as Self (archive footage)
2019 André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
1982 Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
as Self
1975 Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)
1972 Song of Love
as Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
1970 Mayday
as Self
1970 Shiraz 70
as
1970 Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
as Self
1968 Chicago
as Self
1950 Disorder
as Self