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.

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Known for

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A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard

2025 ⭐ 6.0

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The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

2024 ⭐ 8.5

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Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

2023 ⭐ 7.8

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Kubrick by Kubrick

2020 ⭐ 7.5

Career timeline

2025

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard

Self · 2025

⭐ 6.0

2024

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France Notable

Self (voice) (archive footage) · 2024

⭐ 8.5

2023

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open Notable

Self (interview) · 2023

⭐ 7.8

2022

Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage

2022

2020

Kubrick by Kubrick Notable

Self (archive footage) · 2020

⭐ 7.5

2019

An American Named Kazan

Self · 2019

⭐ 6.0

2018

About The Salesman

2018

⭐ 4.2

2017

Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'

Self · 2017

John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma

Self - Host · 2017

The Man Who Killed John Wayne Notable

Self · 2017

⭐ 7.5

2013

Seduced and Abandoned

Self · 2013

⭐ 6.2

2010

RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

Himself · 2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Self (archive footage) · 2010

⭐ 6.6

2008

Critic Notable

Self · 2008

⭐ 7.9

2004

The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth Notable

Self · 2004

⭐ 9.0

2003

Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living Notable

Self · 2003

⭐ 7.0

1999

Stanley and Us

Self · 1999

⭐ 6.3

1983

All About Mankiewicz Notable

Self · 1983

⭐ 7.0

1982

Elia Kazan: An Outsider

Self - Host · 1982

⭐ 6.8

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

Self / Interviewer · 1982

⭐ 6.9

1978

Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake

Self · 1978

Frequently appears with

Joanna Shimkus

Self

Valerio De Paolis

Self

Anne Sinclair

Self - Journalist

Samuel Blumenfeld

Self - Historian

Sylvie Lindeperg

Self - Historian

Marcel Ophüls

Self (archive footage) -

Full filmography

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A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard

2025 ⭐ 6.0

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The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

2024 ⭐ 8.5

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Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

2023 ⭐ 7.8

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Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage

2022

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Kubrick by Kubrick

2020 ⭐ 7.5

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An American Named Kazan

2019 ⭐ 6.0

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About The Salesman

2018 ⭐ 4.2

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Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'

2017

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John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma

2017

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The Man Who Killed John Wayne

2017 ⭐ 7.5

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Seduced and Abandoned

2013 ⭐ 6.2

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RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

2010

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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010 ⭐ 6.6

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Critic

2008 ⭐ 7.9

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The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth

2004 ⭐ 9.0

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Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

2003 ⭐ 7.0

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Stanley and Us

1999 ⭐ 6.3

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All About Mankiewicz

1983 ⭐ 7.0

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Elia Kazan: An Outsider

1982 ⭐ 6.8

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

1982 ⭐ 6.9