- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
Richard Copans
Richard Copans, born November 25, 1947, is a French film producer, cinematographer, and director. After studying cinematography at IDHEC from 1966 to 1968, he worked as an assistant cameraman for Andréas Winding, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Lhomme, and Yann Le Masson from 1969 to 1976. From 1973 to 1978, he was a cameraman and director with the far-left militant film collective Cinélutte, notably on Bonne chance la France! In 1978, he founded Les Films d’ici (GIE) and produced, among other films, Journal de campagne and Ananas by Amos Gitaï. In 1982, he founded Les Films du passage with Paulo Branco, and subsequently produced around fifteen feature films. In 1984, he founded Les Films d’ici (SARL) with Yves Jeanneau. They produced numerous documentaries, mainly with La Sept Arte, including Route One/USA and Point de départ by Robert Kramer, Mémoires d’Ex by Mosco and Check The Changes b…
Filmography
A Body of One's Own
movieA Body of One's Own
2026 · Producer
movieUn été à la ferme - L'âge d'or
2026 · Producer
movieFire of Wind
2025 · Co-Producer
movieHommage à la Catalogne
2025 · Producer
movieGirl for a Day
2024 · Producer
movieLooking for Robert
2024 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieThe Trial
2023 · Co-Producer
movieSigmund Freud: A Jew Without God
2022 · Producer
movieUne semaine sainte
2020 · Cinematography
movieMon amour
2020 · Producer
movieMonsieur Deligny, vagabond efficace
2020 · Director
movieInside My Heart
2018 · Producer
movie6999 Doors
2018 · Producer
movie120 ans d'inventions au cinéma
2016 · Producer
movieArchitectures : La Santé, une prison dans Paris
2016 · Writer, Camera Operator
movieAusterlitz
2015 · Producer
movieAutour de 24 Passions
2015 · Cinematography
movieUn amour (Roman)
2015 · Director, Screenplay
movieCinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
2014 · Producer, Cinematography
movieGare du Nord
2013 · Director of Photography
movieHuman Geography
2013 · Producer
movieLullaby to my Father
2012 · Cinematography
movieIslamic Art at the Louvre - The Outstretched Hand
2012 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieEye of the Astronomer
2012 · Producer
movieLand of Madness
2009 · Producer
movieGod's Offices
2008 · Producer
movieDeath's Glamour
2007 · Le producteur
movieBania
2005 · Producer
movieLes métamorphoses du chœur
2005 · Producer
movieLes Disques de Rivka
2005 · Director
movie24 Passions
2004 · Producer
movieThe Vanishing Lion
2003 · Thanks
movieRacines
2002 · Director
movieChicago
2002 · Director, Cinematography
movieAlgérie, la vie toujours
2001 · Delegated Producer
movieLe voyage à la mer
2001 · Producer
Oh My America
movieOh My America
2000 · Director
movieMailer on Mailer
2000 · Director
Cities of the Plain
movieCities of the Plain
2000 · Producer
movieThe Zsigmondy System
2000 · Executive Producer
movieVilnius
2000 · Director
movieGenet à Chatila
1999 · Producer
movieAlgeria, Life Goes On
1998 · Production Accountant
movieReprise
1997 · Producer
movieWalk the Walk
1996 · Cinematography
tvArchitectures
1996 · Director, Cinematography, Idea, Writer, Camera Operator
movieAt All Costs
1995 · Producer
movieLife Is Boundless and Full of Dangers
1995 · Producer
movieErnesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary
1994 · Producer
movieMore and More
1994 · Producer
moviePoor George
1993 · Associate Producer
The Wheel
movieThe Wheel
1993 · Director
movieBrothers in Arms
1992 · Director, Cinematography, Writer
movieLa Cabale des oursins
1992 · Self - Director of Photography
movieTransit
1991 · Director of Photography
tvMémoires d'ex
1991 · Producer
movieLouvre City
1990 · Cinematography
movieRoute One/USA
1989 · Director of Photography
movieThe Seats of the Alcazar
1989 · Director of Photography
movieThe Comedy of Work
1988 · Director of Photography
movieOpening Essay
1988 · , Cinematography
movieTrilogy for One Man
1987 · Cinematography
movieThe Media Waltz
1987 · Cinematography
movieA Better Life
1985 · Director of Photography
movieThe Terrible Lovers
1985 · Director of Photography
movieBarres
1984 · Director of Photography
movieBangkok-Bahrain
1984 · Cinematography
movieLes Minutes d'un faiseur de film
1983 · Director of Photography
movieLa Bête noire
1983 · Director of Photography
movieField Diary
1982 · Production Manager
movieLe Dos au mur
1981 · Sound
movieMy First Breaststroke
1981 · Cinematography
movieThat Kid
1976 · Cinematography
movieRight of Access
1965 · Assistant Director