Michel Ciment

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Michel Ciment (1938–2023) was a distinguished French film critic, author, and academic. He served as the editor-in-chief of the influential cinema magazine Positif from 1966 until his death. A prominent figure in French cinephilia, he was known for his deep knowledge of American cinema and authored numerous reference works on directors such as Stanley Kubrick and John Boorman. Ciment also held academic positions at the University of Paris-VII and served as a juror for various international film festivals.[1]

Themes

  • film criticism
  • American cinema
  • cinephilia

Works by Michel Ciment

  • Abbas Kiarostami: Photographies, Photographs, Fotografie 1999 · Hazan · book · English, French, Italian ISBN 9782850256738 Includes an interview with Kiarostami.
  • Kubrick: The Definitive Edition 2001 · Faber & Faber · book · English ISBN 0571199860

Awards

  • 1994 Prix Maurice Bessy Cannes Film Festival

References

  1. Michel Ciment. Wikipedia. 2024 link