Raoul Coutard
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Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the Nouvelle Vague period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard. Coutard also shot films for New Wave director François Truffaut as well as Jacques Demy, a contemporary frequently associated with the movement. He shot over 75 films during a career that lasted nearly half a century. Coutard originally planned to study chemistry, but switched to photography because of the cost of tuition. In 1945, Coutard was sent to participate in the French Indochina War; he lived in Vietnam for the next 11 years, working as a war photographer, eventually becoming a freelancer for Paris Match and Look. In 1956, he was approached to shoot a film by Pierre Schoendoerffer, La Passe du Diable. Coutard had never used a movie camera before, and reportedly agreed to the job because of a misunderstanding (he believed he was being hired to shoot production stills of the film). Coutard's first work collaboration with Jean-Luc Godard was Godard's first feature, À bout de souffle, shot in 1959. He was reportedly "imposed" on Godard by producer Georges de Beauregard; the director had already settled on a different cinematographer. Coutard photographed nearly all of Godard's work in the Nouvelle Vague era (1959 - 1967), with the exception of Masculin, féminin; their last work during this period was Week-end (1967), which marked the end of Godard's work as a 'mainstream' filmmaker. The two did not work together again until Passion; their final collaboration was Godard's next feature, Prénom Carmen. ... Source: Article "Raoul Coutard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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movieThe Wild Palms
2025
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movieWild Innocence
2001
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movieThe Phantom Heart
1996
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movieHappiness Is No Joke
1995
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movieThe Birth of Love
1993
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movieBethune: The Making of a Hero
1993
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movieIl gèle en enfer
1990
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movieThick Skinned
1989
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movieLet Sleeping Cops Lie
1988
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movieBurning Beds
1988
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movieBlanc de Chine
1988
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movieMax My Love
1986
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Parachute
1986
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movieThe Bitch
1984
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movieDangerous Moves
1984
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movieSalt on the Skin
1984
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movieFirst Name: Carmen
1983
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movieGodard's Passion
1982
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movieDrummer-Crab
1977
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movieLike a Pot of Strawberries
1974
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movieA Pain in the Ass
1973
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movieThe Hostage Gang
1973
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movieFive Leaf Clover
1972
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movieEmbassy
1972
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movieThe Most Gentle Confessions
1971
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movieLa Liberté en croupe
1970
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movieThe Confession
1970
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movieThe Southern Star
1969
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movieZ
1969
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movieRocky Road to Dublin
1968
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movieThe Bride Wore Black
1968
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movieWeekend
1967
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movieLa Chinoise
1967
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movieHorizon
1967
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movie2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
1967
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movieMade in U.S.A
1967
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movieThe Sailor from Gibraltar
1967
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movieThe Defector
1966
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moviePierrot le Fou
1965
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movieAlphaville
1965
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movieThe Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
1965
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movieThe 317th Platoon
1965
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Scruggs
1965
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movieThe Married Woman
1964
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movieMale Companion
1964
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movieLe Grand Escroc
1964
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movieThe World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
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movieBand of Outsiders
1964
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movieThe Soft Skin
1964
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movieContempt
1963
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moviePortuguese Vacation
1963
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movieThe Carabineers
1963
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movieLike Two Drops of Water
1963
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movieLe Petit Soldat
1963
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movieThe Doll
1962
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movieAnd Satan Calls the Turns
1962
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movieVivre Sa Vie
1962
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movieAntoine and Colette
1962
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movieLove at Twenty
1962
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movieJules and Jim
1962
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moviePetit Jour
1962
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movieChronicle of a Summer
1961
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movieA Woman Is a Woman
1961
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movieLola
1961
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movieTime Out for Love
1961
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movieShoot the Piano Player
1960
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movieThe Army Game
1960
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movieBreathless
1960
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movieThe Devil's Pass
1959
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movieIsland Fisherman
1959
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movieRamuntcho
1958
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movieIl était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
2008
Self (chef opérateur)
movieThe Bamboo Incident
1970
Angry French man (uncredited)
movieZ
1969
English Surgeon (uncredited)
movieLa Chinoise
1967
Self - Cinematographer (uncredited)
movieContempt
1963
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