Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel
Les Enfants Terribles (1929), and the films
Blood of a Poet (1930),
Les Parents Terribles (1948),
Beauty and the Beast (1946) and
Orpheus (1949). His circle of associates, friends and lovers included
Kenneth Anger,
Pablo Picasso,
Jean Hugo,
Jean Marais,
Henri Bernstein,
Yul Brynner,
Marlene Dietrich,
Coco Chanel,
Erik Satie,
Albert Gleizes,
Igor Stravinsky,
Marie Laurencin,
María Félix,
Édith Piaf,
Panama Al Brown,
Colette,
Jean Genet, and
Raymond Radiguet.