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  • BIRTH 06/07/1942
  • Country France
  • MOVIES 6
  • DIRECTOR 22
  • SCRIPT 4

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 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.

Raymond Depardon

Movies (6)

Ciné-portrait de Raymond Depardon
Ciné-portrait de Raymond Depardon
himself
La Vie moderne
La Vie moderne
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Un homme sans l'Occident
Un homme sans l'Occident
Narrator (voice)
New York, N.Y.
New York, N.Y.
Narrator (voice)
Journal de France
Journal de France
Profils paysans : l'approche
Profils paysans : l'approche
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Director (22)

12 jours
12 jours
Les habitants
Les habitants
Urgences
Urgences
Muriel Leferle
Muriel Leferle
Un homme sans l'Occident
Un homme sans l'Occident
New York, N.Y.
New York, N.Y.
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
Reporters
Reporters
La Captive du désert
La Captive du désert
Paris
Paris
Journal de France
Journal de France
Faits divers
Faits divers
La Vie moderne
La Vie moderne
Lumière et Compagnie
Lumière et Compagnie
1974, une partie de campagne
1974, une partie de campagne
Dix minutes de silence pour John Lennon
Dix minutes de silence pour John Lennon
10e chambre - Instants d'audience
10e chambre - Instants d'audience
Délits flagrants
Délits flagrants
Profils paysans : le quotidien
Profils paysans : le quotidien
Profils paysans : l'approche
Profils paysans : l'approche
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?

Script (4)

La Vie moderne
La Vie moderne
La Captive du désert
La Captive du désert
Un homme sans l'Occident
Un homme sans l'Occident
Profils paysans : le quotidien
Profils paysans : le quotidien