On screen on Center Stage: Jean Cocteau Documentary Film 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.