Biography
Raymond Depardon is a photographer, a journalist and a filmmaker, but, above all, his eyes view humans with compassion. He respects others and is kind with the reality of their lives. He was born into a family of farmers in 1942 in Burgundy and went to Paris in 1958, wishing to be a photographer. He was first taken on as a messenger in an agency and was sent to take photos of an opening-night at the cinema: the movie was none other than Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. He finally established his own agency, Gamma, together with three reporters, in 1966 'not for money but for the freedom'. He suggested to set up a cinema department: 'we bought an Eclair- camera and tried to make news-films for television in addition to taking news-photograhs... It was then that I learned to hold the camera." When Depardon films people, he is silent. If one has the impression that he always keeps his eyes lowered in the face of the world's miseries, it is untrue. Raymond Depardon looks as through a lattice and reacts like quicksilver, keeping his deepest, innermost emotion secret, and allow his pictures to speak for themselves. His films are now screened in all international film festivals, from Cannes to Hong Kong.
Filmography
all 54
Movies 54
Director 42
self 7
Producer 1
Narrator 1
L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
Feminist Riposte (2022)
L'heure du départ (2022)
12 Days (2017)
Les habitants (2016)
The 8th Floor (2014)
Being President (2013)
Un Moment Si Doux (2013)
Journal de France (2012)
The Joy of Maths (2011)
La rouge et la noire (2011)
Modern Life (2008)
Donner la parole (2008)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Quoi de neuf au Garet? (2005)
Profils paysans, chapitre 2 : Le Quotidien (2005)
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial (2004)
Untouched by the West (2002)
1974, une partie de campagne (2002)
Profils paysans, chapitre 1 : l'approche (2001)
Muriel Leferle (1999)
Paris (1998)
Bolivia (1998)
Amour (1997)
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ? (1996)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Concerning Nice (1995)
Montage (1994)
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés) (1994)
Délits flagrants (1994)
Face à la mer (1993)
Against Oblivion (1991)
Incognito (1990)
Contacts (1990)
Captive of the Desert (1990)
Une histoire très simple (1989)
Urgences (1988)
Pékin Central (1986)
New York, N.Y. (1986)
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa (1985)
The Declic Years (1984)
News Items (1983)
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon (1983)
San Clemente (1982)
Reporters (1981)
Numéros zéro (1981)
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon (1980)
Tchad 3 (1976)
Tibesti Too (1976)
Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum (1975)
Les Révolutionnaires du Tchad (1970)
Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade (1970)
Jan Palach (1969)
Chasseurs et Chamans
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1942-07-06 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceVillefranche-sur-Saône, France
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsRobert Capa Gold Medal, César Award for Best Documentary Film, Louis Delluc Prize, César Award for Best short documentary, Ptolémée Prize, Knight of the Legion of Honour
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