
Writing
Born December 19, 1910 in Paris, France
Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers, and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.

Flowers and Beasts

Little Girl Blue
Self (archive footage)

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Self - Writer (archive footage)

Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire
Self

Serva e Padrona

Genet à Chatila

Le sphinx

Les Bonnes

Querelle

Black Mirror

Ritual

Poor Pretty Eddie

The Maids

Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)

Song of Love
Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)

Mayday
Self

Shiraz 70

Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
Self

Condemned and Possessed

Mademoiselle

Deathwatch

The Balcony

Disorder
Self