On screen on Center Stage:
Jean Cocteau Documentary Film
Friday, July 18th at 7pm
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Jean Cocteau
Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Editor/ Producer: John Northrup
In the years before fame alone would be accepted as an art form, multi-faceted poet, playwright, visual artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau considered his artistic lot in life one of obscurity and celebrity. Over decades, this fragile workhorse pioneered a dazzling private & public alchemy of staggering talent, success, renown, and controversy. Weaving the legendary Frenchman’s written words and recorded observations with a rich archival sampling of his exhaustive output, director Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s JEAN COCTEAU tells his fascinating story by compassionately bringing into view a life freed by artistic impulse — and an art deeply entwined with his ecstasies and struggles.
Lisa Immordino Vreeland | Director/Producer
Lisa Immordino Vreeland has been immersed in the world of fashion, art, and culture for the past 25 years. Her first book was accompanied by her directorial debut of the documentary of the same name, DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL (2012). The film had its European premiere at the Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. It went on to win the Silver Hugo at the Chicago Film Festival and the fashion category for the Design of the Year Awards—otherwise known as “The Oscars” of design—at the Design Museum in London. Her second film, PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival (2015) and had its European premiere at Art Basel. Her second book, Love, Cecil came out in October 2017 to accompany the film LOVE, CECIL that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2017. Immordino Vreeland curated and directed the award-winning short film series called ART OF STYLE, for the digital fashion network, Made to Measure. The films explored the creative expression of innovative designers and captured their strategy of style. She continues to create work for collectors, galleries, and museums. Her fourth film, TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION was accepted at the 2020 Telluride Film Festival, and was named both the Best Documentary Feature at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival and the Best LGBTQ Film at the Key West Film Festival. It was purchased by Kino Lorber in the US and is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.
John Northrup | Producer/Editor
John Northrup is a documentary producer and editor, serving as associate producer on DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL (2012), and editing and co-producing WILSON IN SITU (2012), which tells the story of theatre legend Robert Wilson and his Watermill Center. He co-produced the feature documentaries PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT (Tribeca Film Festival, 2015) as well as LOVE, CECIL (Telluride Film Festival, 2017), on famed twentieth-century British photographer/designer Cecil Beaton. He produced and edited twelve episodes of the award-winning short documentary series ART OF STYLE with director Lisa Immordino Vreeland for M2M. Finally, in addition to editing KUSAMA – INFINITY (Sundance Film Festival, 2018) on Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, and FIRE MUSIC (New York Film Festival, 2021) on the free jazz movement, he produced TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION (2020), a feature documentary on the relationship between Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. He is currently editing UNKNOWN BEAUTY: FRANÇOIS NARS.
