What is Jean Cocteau?
{{Infobox person | name = Jean Cocteau | image = Jean Cocteau b Meurisse 1923.jpg | caption = Cocteau in 1923 | imagesize = | birth_name = Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau | other_names = The Frivolous Prince | birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|07|05|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Maisons-Laffitte]], France | death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|10|11|1889|07|05|df=y}} | death_place = [[Milly-la-Forêt]], France | occupation = {{hlist|Poet|playwright|novelist|filmmaker|visual artist|designer}} | spouse = | partner = {{ublist|class=nowrap|[[Raymond Radiguet]] (1919–1923)|Jean Bourgoint (1925)|Jean Desbordes (1926–1933)|Marcel Khill (1933–1937)|[[Jean Marais]] (1937–1947)|Édouard Dermit (1947–1963)}} | years_active = 1908–1963 | signature = Jean Cocteau signature.svg | website = {{URL|jeancocteau.net}} }} [[File:Portrait of Jean Cocteau.jpg|thumb|220px|Portrait of Jean Cocteau in his 20s by Spanish painter [[Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa]]]]'''Jean Cocteau''' <ref>{{IPA-fr|ʒɑ̃ kɔkto}}</ref> (Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau, 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a [[France|French]] [[artist]], [[poet]], [[novelist]], [[dramatist]], [[designer]], [[playwright]], [[Filmmaking|moviemaker]] and [[actor]]. Cocteau wrote or worked on 21 stage performances, some of which were [[ballet]]s, and some were plays. Cocteau's movies, most of which he both wrote and directed, were particularly important in introducing the avant-garde into [[Cinema of France|French cinema]] and influenced the upcoming French [[New Wave]] genre. He also worked with [[Pablo Picasso]] on several projects and was friends with most of the European art community. In all his creative work, he was a [[Modernism|modernist]]. In 1955, Cocteau was made a member of the ''[[Académ