Michel Ciment

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

Apostrophes

Spécial cinéma

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Critic

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

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

An American Named Kazan

Stanley and Us

The Man Who Killed John Wayne

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard