- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 31, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- February 18, 2004
Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch (French: [ʁuʃ]; 31 May 1917, Paris – 18 February 2004, Niger) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist. He is considered to be one of the founders of cinéma-vérité in France, which shared the aesthetics of the direct cinema. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker for over sixty years in Africa, was characterized by the idea of shared anthropology. Influenced by his discovery of surrealism in his early twenties, many of his films blur the line between fiction and documentary, creating a new style of ethnofiction. He was also hailed by the French New Wave as one of theirs. His seminal film Me a Black (Moi, un noir) pioneered the technique of jump cut popularized by Jean-Luc Godard. Godard said of Rouch in the Cahiers du Cinéma (Notebooks on Cinema) n°94 April 1959, "In charge of research for the Musée de l'Homme (French, "Museum of Man") Is there a better definition for a filmmaker?"…
Filmography
movieOutlaw
2025 · Self
movieL’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
2017
movieMy Conversations on Film
2013 · Himself
movieFreddy Buache, le cinéma
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieMad Mimes
2012 · Property Builder
Maya Deren, Take Zero
movieMaya Deren, Take Zero
2012 · Himself
movieJean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Dreamed Films
2010 · Self
moviePortrait de Jean Rouch
2004 · Self
movieJean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
2004 · Lui-même
movieEncountering Jean Rouch
2003
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
movieMon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
2002 · Self
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort
movieLe Rêve plus fort que la mort
2002 · Director, Writer
movieNouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
2000 · Self
movieCinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
1999 · Himself
movieCiguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
1999 · narrador
moviePierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998 · Self
movieCiguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
1998 · Narrator
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
movieI'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
1997 · Director, Cinematography
movieA Friendly Handshake
1997 · , Director
Announcement
movieAnnouncement
1997 · Director
movieGermaine et ses copains
1996 · Director
movieSon of Gascogne
1995 · Self
Rouch in Reverse
movieRouch in Reverse
1995 · himself
movieGermaine chez elle
1994 · himself, Director, Writer
Madame l'eau
movieMadame l'eau
1993 · Director
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
movieCinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992 · Self
movieAn Egg with No Shell
1992
movieLetter to Jean Rouch
1992 · Self
movieDamouré Speaks About AIDS
1992 · Director
movieJean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
1991 · Himself
movieBrise-glace
1990 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...
movieLiberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...
1990 · Director
Boulevards d'Afrique
movieBoulevards d'Afrique
1989 · Director
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
movieBrise-glace : Bateau givre
1987 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
movieCousin, cousine
1987 · Director
movieCouleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
1987 · Director
movieEnigma
1986 · Director
movieThe Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
1986 · Director
Dionysos
movieDionysos
1984 · Director
movieCiné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983 · himself, Director, Director of Photography
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
movieSigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
1981 · Director
Ciné-mafia
movieCiné-mafia
1980 · , Director, Cinematography
movieFuneral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
1979 · Director
movieCinématon
1978 · N°1256
movieMargaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
1978 · Director
movieMakwayela
1977 · Director
movieSamba the Great
1977 · Narrator
movieIspahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977 · Lui-même, Director
movieHommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
1977 · Director
movieBadye, the Storyteller
1977 · Director
movieBabatou, Three Pieces of Advice
1976 · Director, Director of Photography
movieZomo et ses frères
1975 · Director
movieCock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
moviePam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
1974 · Director
movieThe Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
1974 · Director, Writer
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision
movieSigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision
1973 · Director
movieThe Year 01
1973 · Co-Director
movieBoukoki
1973 · Director
movieThe Burial of the Hogon
1973 · Director
movieFuneral Rites for Women in Bongo
1973 · Director
movieVW-Voyou
1973 · Director
movieGiraffe Football or “The Alternative”
1973 · Director
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
movieSigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
1972 · Director
movieHorendi
1972 · Director
movieUn lion nommé l'Américain
1972 · Director
movieSigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli
1971 · Director
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
movieDrums from the Past
1971 · Director, Writer, Cinematography
movieSigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
1970 · Director
movieLittle by Little
1970 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieArchitects of Ayorou
1970 · Director
movieMya - la mère
1970 · Director
movieSigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
1969 · Director
movieSigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou
1968 · Director
movieAyorou Singing Stones
1968 · Director
movieYenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
1968 · Director
movieSigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
1967 · Director
movieJaguar
1967 · Director, Director of Photography
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
movieCivilisation: L'homme et les images
1967 · Self
movieDaouda Sorko
1967 · Director
movieThe Lion Hunters
1966 · Director, Director of Photography
movieWorld Without a Game
1966 · Self
movieDogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
1966 · Director
movieThe Goumbé of the Young Revelers
1966 · Writer, Director of Photography
movieSix in Paris
1965 · Director, Writer
movieGare du Nord
1965 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
1964 · Director
movieThat Tender Age
1964 · Director
movieLa Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1964 · Self
movieL'Afrique et la recherche scientifique
1964 · Director
movieThe Lovely Month of May
1963 · Self (uncredited)
movieMonsieur Albert, prophète
1963 · Director
Le palmier à l'huile
movieLe palmier à l'huile
1963 · Director
Les cocotiers
movieLes cocotiers
1963 · Director
Rose et Landry
movieRose et Landry
1963 · Director
movieThe Doll
1962 · Officer (uncredited)
movieHampi
1962 · Director
movieThe Punishment
1962 · Director, Screenplay
movieNiger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days
1962 · Director
Abidjan, port de pêche
movieAbidjan, port de pêche
1962 · Director
Urbanisme africain
movieUrbanisme africain
1962 · Director
Le mil
movieLe mil
1962 · Director
Les pêcheurs du Niger
movieLes pêcheurs du Niger
1962 · Director
movieChronicle of a Summer
1961 · Self, Director
movieThe Human Pyramid
1961 · Director, Cinematography, Writer
movieFunérailles au Ghana
1960 · Director
movieThe Sons of the Water
1959 · , Director
movieI, a Negro
1959 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieMoro Naba
1958 · Director
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
movieUne sortie de novices de Sakpata
1958 · Director
La royale goumbé
movieLa royale goumbé
1958 · Director
movieBaby Ghana
1957 · Director
movieThe Mad Masters
1955 · Narrator, Director, Cinematography
movieMammy Water
1953 · Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography
movieThe Rainmakers
1951 · Director
movieCemeteries in the Cliff
1951 · Director
Les gens du mil
movieLes gens du mil
1951 · Director
movieBattle on the Great River
1950 · Director, Cinematography
movieCircumcision
1949 · Director, Producer, Cinematography
movieInitiation into the Dance of the Possessed
1948 · Director
movieThe Magicians of Wanzerbé
1948 · Director
Hombroï
movieHombroï
1948 · Director
movieIn the Land of the Black Magi
1947 · Director
movieRouch's Gang
— · Self
movieWork(ing Together) in Process
— · Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)