Michel Ciment
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
as Self
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Critic
2008
as Self
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023
as Self (interview)
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
Writer
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004
as Self
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2025
as Self
Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
2003
as Self
An American Named Kazan
2019
as Self
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017
as Self
Elia Kazan: An Outsider
1982
as Self - Host
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024
as Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic
Stanley and Us
1999
as Self
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982
as Self / Interviewer
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982
Director
John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma
2017
as Self - Host
About The Salesman
2018
Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake
1978
as Self
Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies
2010
as Michel Ciment