Cocteau

[ kok-toh; French kawk-toh ]

noun

1. Jean [zhah, n], 1889–1963, French author, artist, and filmmaker.

Cocteau

/ kɔkto /

noun

1. CocteauJean18891963MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: novelistWRITING: poetFILMS AND TV: director Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1889–1963, French dramatist, novelist, poet, critic, designer, and film director. His works include the novel Les Enfants terribles (1929) and the play La Machine infernale (1934)

Example Sentences

Cocteau’s world of ubiquitous cinematic creation, that is, may very well be here.

From MIT Technology Review

Other themes are more character-based, such as the “Bowie, Cocteau, Visconti” section, in deference to dandies and dapper men.

From The Daily Beast

Below, British band Massive Attack performed with guest singers Liz Fraser (of Cocteau Twins) and reggae legend Horace Andy.

From The Daily Beast

Rubens, Giorgione, Klee and Corot have painted it; Jean Cocteau has turned it into film.

From The Daily Beast

"An actress of guts and daring," wrote Vincent Canby, then The New York Times theater critic, of that 1995 Cocteau turn of hers.

From The Daily Beast

While Belle and the beast get friendly in the cartoon version, Cocteau's film is an exercise in stalking.

From The Daily Beast

Leaving Cocteau to his task, I undertook another concert tour at the beginning of November.

From Project Gutenberg