Editing Jean Genet (section)

===Film===
In 1950, Genet directed ''[[Un Chant d'Amour]]'', a 26-minute black-and-white film depicting the fantasies of a homosexual male prisoner and his prison warden. Genet is also credited as co-director of the West German television documentary ''[[Am Anfang war der Dieb]]'' (In the Beginning was the Thief) (1984), along with his co-stars [[Hans Neuenfels]] and [[François Bondy]].

Genet's work has been adapted for film and produced by other filmmakers. In 1982, [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] released ''[[Querelle]]'', his final film, based on ''[[Querelle of Brest]]''. It starred [[Brad Davis (actor)|Brad Davis]], [[Jeanne Moreau]] and [[Franco Nero]]. [[Tony Richardson]] directed ''[[Mademoiselle (1966 film)|Mademoiselle]]'', which was based on a short story by Genet. It starred [[Jeanne Moreau]] with the screenplay written by [[Marguerite Duras]]. [[Todd Haynes]]' ''[[Poison (1991 film)|Poison]]'' was based on the writings of Genet.

Several of Genet's plays were adapted into films. ''[[The Balcony (film)|The Balcony]]'' (1963), directed by [[Joseph Strick]], starred [[Shelley Winters]] as Madame Irma, [[Peter Falk]], [[Lee Grant]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]]. ''[[The Maids (film)|The Maids]]'' was filmed in 1974 and starred [[Glenda Jackson]], [[Susannah York]] and [[Vivien Merchant]]. Italian director [[Salvatore Samperi]] in 1986 directed another adaptation for film of the same play, ''La Bonne'' (Eng. ''[[Corruption (1968 film)|Corruption]]''), starring [[Florence Guerin]] and Katrine Michelsen.