Jean José Marchand (4 August 1920 – 8 March 2011) was a French critic of art, cinema and literature.

As the democracy of merchants and technicians progressively destroys local customs, national particularities and even the ancestral traditions of the diverse Christian faiths, the vital problems posed by the world become simpler and are formulated with such clarity that artists simultaneously find identical responses to them despite their separation in space.In the 1950s Marchand continued to write as a critic for various journals.

[2] In the years that followed he filmed more than 150 personalities of contemporary cultural life for his television series "Les Archives du XXe siècle", ranging from Raymond Abellio to Jean Wiener.

[7] In 2006 Marchand himself was filmed by Benoît Bourreau and interviewed by Guillaume Louet in the documentary Mieux partagés que nous ne sommes.

[2] Publications by Jean José Marchand include:[1] The Bibliothèque nationale de France also has records of 33 items such as video cassettes where he was artistic producer, 15 where he was interviewer, 5 where he was editor, 5 where he wrote the preface, 2 where he was a contributor 3 films where he was director, and 7 where he was otherwise involved.