Chris Marker

Chris Marker

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1921-07-29
Deathday: 2012-07-29 (91 years old)

Biography

Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, also known as Chris Marker (France: 29 July 1921 - 29 July 2012) was a French writer, poet, activist, internaut, critic, photographer, traveler, journalist, film enssayist, multimedia artist and documentary maker.


He began his work as part of the French Rive gauche group, parallel but different from the nouvelle vague, with which he would later share themes and works. He is credited with creating the subjective documentary and is considered a pioneer of collective cinema in France. His cinematographic work is known for its poetic, sometimes ethereal, and video-art-like expression. He dedicated himself, during sixty years of work, to observing, with meticulous curiosity, with caustic and often amusing irony, even with anger, the vicissitudes of world history and also of the individual (memory, art, wars, politics, culture, nature, etc), all this while experimenting with various methods of image manipulation and montage.


He is also known for the ignorance of his person. For years, hardly anyone knew what Chris Marker looked like, he didn't like being photographed, so there were no photos of him. It amused him to offer contradictory accounts of his life in the few written interviews he gave. The closest you can get to Marker's intimate life is in his film career. Philippe Dubois once said: "Chris Marker is, in a way, the most celebrated of the unknown filmmakers". "Rather than a Man Without Qualities, he is a Man Without Biography," says his official website: chrismarker.org.


He used many pseudonyms too, some are Hayao Yamaneko, Jacopo Berenzini, Kosinki, Michel Krasna, Sandor Krasna, Guillaume-en-Égypte (his avatar) & the best known Chris Marker.


Some of his most important works are La Jetée (1962), Sans Soleil (1983), Far From Vietnam (1967), A Grin Without a Cat (1977), Level Five (1997), A.K. (1985) & One Day In the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch (1999). He also dabbled in CD-ROMs with Immemory (1997), has a website called Gorgomancy, a Youtube channel called Kosinki & created a whole world dedicated to his interests, life and works, called 'Ouvroir', in the virtual world game: Second Life.

Filmography

all 122

Movies 120

Director 68

Writer 15

self 15

Producer 5

Narrator 4

TV Shows 2

Director / Writer
Overnight

Overnight (2011)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beaches of Agnès

The Beaches of Agnès (2008)

Movie
Director / Writer
Metrotopia

Metrotopia (2008)

Movie
Self (voice) (uncredited) / Director / Writer / Original Music Composer / Director of Photography
Level Five

Level Five (1997)

Movie
Director / Editor
Immemory

Immemory (1997)

Movie
Original Film Writer
Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Movie
6.12
Director / Producer / Writer
Three Haiku Videos

Three Haiku Videos (1994)

Movie
Director / Writer / Cinematography / Editor
The Last Bolshevik

The Last Bolshevik (1993)

Movie
Producer / Writer / Director
The Owl's Legacy

The Owl's Legacy (1989)

TV
Narrator in the French version
A. K.

A. K. (1985)

Movie
Self (uncredited) / Director / Writer / Music / Director of Photography / Editor / Visual Effects
Sans Soleil

Sans Soleil (1983)

Movie
6
Writer / Director / Editor
A Grin Without a Cat

A Grin Without a Cat (1977)

Movie
Director / Writer
The Embassy

The Embassy (1973)

Movie
Still Photographer
The Confession

The Confession (1970)

Movie
Director / Writer
Cinétracts

Cinétracts (1968)

Movie
Director / Writer / Producer / Editor
Far from Vietnam

Far from Vietnam (1967)

Movie
6
Director of Photography / Director / Writer
La Jetée

La Jetée (1962)

Movie
6.67
Assistant Director / Script Editor
Night and Fog

Night and Fog (1959)

Movie
4
Thanks
ECU

ECU

Movie
Chris MarkerChris MarkerChris MarkerChris MarkerChris MarkerChris MarkerChris MarkerChris MarkerChris Marker

Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1921-07-29

Deathday
2012-07-29 (91 years old)

Birth Name
Christian Hippolyte François Georges Bouche-Villeneuve

Birth Place
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Citizenships
France

Also Known As
크리스 마르케, Крис Маркер, クリス・マルケル, Christian Bouche-Villeneuve, Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, Jacopo Berenzini, Michel Krasna, Sandor Krasna, Hayao Yamaneko, Kosinki, Guillaume-en-Égypte

Awards
Sutherland Trophy, Louis Delluc Prize, César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

This article uses material from Wikipedia.

Last updated:

Yves Montand
Chris Marker,
Yves Montand worked together with Chris Marker in:
10 Movies
Anatole Dauman
Chris Marker,
Anatole Dauman worked together with Chris Marker in:
9 Movies
Alain Resnais
Chris Marker,
Alain Resnais worked together with Chris Marker in:
8 Movies
Valérie Mayoux
Chris Marker,
Valérie Mayoux worked together with Chris Marker in:
7 Movies
François Périer
Chris Marker,
François Périer worked together with Chris Marker in:
7 Movies
Pierre Lhomme
Chris Marker,
Pierre Lhomme worked together with Chris Marker in:
7 Movies
Agnès Varda
Chris Marker,
Agnès Varda worked together with Chris Marker in:
6 Movies
Catherine Belkhodja
Chris Marker,
Catherine Belkhodja worked together with Chris Marker in:
6 Movies
Fidel Castro
Chris Marker,
Fidel Castro worked together with Chris Marker in:
6 Movies
Simone Signoret
Chris Marker,
Simone Signoret worked together with Chris Marker in:
6 Movies
Ghislain Cloquet
Chris Marker,
Ghislain Cloquet worked together with Chris Marker in:
5 Movies
Salvador Allende
Chris Marker,
Salvador Allende worked together with Chris Marker in:
5 Movies
Jorge Semprún
Chris Marker,
Jorge Semprún worked together with Chris Marker in:
5 Movies
Michel Legrand
Chris Marker,
Michel Legrand worked together with Chris Marker in:
5 Movies
Costa-Gavras
Chris Marker,
Costa-Gavras worked together with Chris Marker in:
5 Movies
Arielle Dombasle
Chris Marker,
Arielle Dombasle worked together with Chris Marker in:
4 Movies
Georges Delerue
Chris Marker,
Georges Delerue worked together with Chris Marker in:
4 Movies
Jean Ravel
Chris Marker,
Jean Ravel worked together with Chris Marker in:
4 Movies
Eva Zora
Chris Marker,
Eva Zora worked together with Chris Marker in:
4 Movies
André Heinrich
Chris Marker,
André Heinrich worked together with Chris Marker in:
4 Movies
  • Chris Marker
    Chris Marker
  • Filmography
  • Information
  • Related Persons
Social Media
X
Facebook
Telegram
Download
iOS Application
Made in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Copyright © MovieFit 2018 – 2024
All external content remains the property of its respective owner.