
Michel Ciment
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1938
- Died
- November 13, 2023
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
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

Rencontre entre Jerry Schatzberg & Michel Ciment TBA
Actor

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard 2025
as Self

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France 2024
as Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open 2023
as Self (interview)

Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage 2022
Actor

Kubrick by Kubrick 2020
as Self (archive footage)

An American Named Kazan 2019
as Self

About The Salesman 2018
Actor

Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon' 2017
as Self
- Le Prédateur et la proie
Le Prédateur et la proie 2017
as Himself, Director

John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma 2017
as Self - Host

The Man Who Killed John Wayne 2017
as Self
- M présenté par Michel Ciment
M présenté par Michel Ciment 2016
Actor

Seduced and Abandoned 2013
as Self
- Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies
Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies 2010
as Michel Ciment

RKO, A Story made in Hollywood 2010
as Himself

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 2010
as Self (archive footage)
- Joseph Losey and the Criminal
Joseph Losey and the Criminal 2008
Actor

Critic 2008
as Self

The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth 2004
as Self

Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living 2003
as Self

Stanley and Us 1999
as Self

Success Is the Best Revenge 1984
Writer

All About Mankiewicz 1983
as Self

Elia Kazan: An Outsider 1982
as Self - Host

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder 1982
as Self / Interviewer, Director

Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake 1978
as Self
Credits from TMDB.