- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 6, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Villefranche-sur-Saône
Raymond Depardon
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 low…
Filmography
movieL'Âge d'or de la pub
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieMon arbre
2019 · Director, Writer
movie12 Days
2017 · Director, Cinematography
movieLes Habitants
2016 · Director
movieThe 8th Floor
2014 · Director
movieUn Moment Si Doux
2013 · himself
movieJournal de France
2012 · , Director
movieThe Joy of Maths
2011 · Director
movieLa rouge et la noire
2011 · Self
La France de Raymond Depardon
movieLa France de Raymond Depardon
2010 · Director
movieModern Life
2008 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieDonner la parole
2008 · , Director
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Director
movieQuoi de neuf au Garet?
2005 · Self (voice) (uncredited), Director of Photography
movieProfils paysans : le quotidien
2005 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography, Writer
movieThe 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
2004 · Director
movieUntouched by the West
2003 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Cinematography
movieChasseurs et Chamans
2003 · Director
movie1974, une partie de campagne
2002 · Director, Cinematography
movieProfils paysans : l'approche
2001 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
movieMuriel Leferle
1999 · Director
movieParis
1998 · Director
movieBolivia
1998 · Director
movieAmour
1997 · Director
movieAfriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
1996 · Director, Sound, Director of Photography
Malraux
movieMalraux
1996 · Editor, Director
movieLumière & Company
1995 · Director
movieConcerning Nice
1995 · Director
movieSida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
1994 · Director
movieCaught in the Acts
1994 · Director
movieFace à la mer
1993 · Director
movieLest We Forget
1991 · Director
movieIncognito
1990 · Self
movieContacts
1990 · Director, Writer
movieCaptive of the Desert
1990 · Director, Writer
movieUne histoire très simple
1989 · Director, Writer
movieUrgences
1988 · Director
moviePékin Central
1986 · Director of Photography
movieNew York, N.Y.
1986 · Narrator (voice), Director of Photography
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
movieJean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
1985 · Director, Director of Photography
movieEmpty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
1985 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography
movieRaymond Depardon: Fermes familiales
1985
movieThe Declic Years
1984 · , Director
movieNews Items
1983 · Director
movieCiné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983 · himself
movieSan Clemente
1981 · Director
movieReporters
1981 · Director, Cinematography, Sound
movieNuméros zéro
1981 · Director
movieTen Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
1980 · Director, Cinematography
movieTchad 3
1976 · Director, Sound
movieTibesti Too
1976 · Producer, Cinematography, Director
movieTchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
1975 · Sound, Director
movieLes Révolutionnaires du Tchad
1970 · Director
movieTchad 1 : L'Embuscade
1970 · Sound, Director
movieJan Palach
1969 · Director
Paris, Les inconnues du Saint-Lazare express
movieParis, Les inconnues du Saint-Lazare express
— · Director
movieDégager l'écoute
— · Director of Photography