Raymond Depardon
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing49
movieMon arbre
2019
Director
movie12 Days
2017
Director
movieLes Habitants
2016
Director
movieThe 8th Floor
2014
Director
movieJournal de France
2012
Director
movieThe Joy of Maths
2011
Director
movieModern Life
2008
Director
movieDonner la parole
2008
Director
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
movieQuoi de neuf au Garet?
2005
Director
movieUntouched by the West
2003
Director
movieChasseurs et Chamans
2003
Director
movieMuriel Leferle
1999
Director
movieParis
1998
Director
movieBolivia
1998
Director
movieAmour
1997
Director
Malraux
1996
Director
movieLumière & Company
1995
Director
movieConcerning Nice
1995
Director
movieCaught in the Acts
1994
Director
movieFace à la mer
1993
Director
movieLest We Forget
1991
Director
movieContacts
1990
Director
movieCaptive of the Desert
1990
Director
movieUrgences
1988
Director
movieNew York, N.Y.
1986
Director
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
1985
Director
movieThe Declic Years
1984
Director
movieNews Items
1983
Director
movieSan Clemente
1981
Director
movieReporters
1981
Director
movieNuméros zéro
1981
Director
movieTchad 3
1976
Director
movieTibesti Too
1976
Director
movieTchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
1975
Director
movieTchad 1 : L'Embuscade
1970
Director
movieJan Palach
1969
Director
Acting15
movieL'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieUn Moment Si Doux
2013
himself
movieModern Life
2008
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieQuoi de neuf au Garet?
2005
Self (voice) (uncredited)
movieProfils paysans : le quotidien
2005
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieUntouched by the West
2003
Narrator (voice)
movieProfils paysans : l'approche
2001
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieNew York, N.Y.
1986
Narrator (voice)
Camera10
movieModern Life
2008
Director of Photography
movieQuoi de neuf au Garet?
2005
Director of Photography
movieProfils paysans : le quotidien
2005
Director of Photography
movieProfils paysans : l'approche
2001
Director of Photography
movieAfriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
1996
Director of Photography
moviePékin Central
1986
Director of Photography
movieNew York, N.Y.
1986
Director of Photography
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
1985
Director of Photography
movieEmpty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
1985
Director of Photography
movieDégager l'écoute
Director of Photography
Writing8
Crew6
movie12 Days
2017
Cinematography
movieUntouched by the West
2003
Cinematography
movie1974, une partie de campagne
2002
Cinematography
movieReporters
1981
Cinematography
movieTen Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
1980
Cinematography
movieTibesti Too
1976
Cinematography
Sound5
Editing1
Malraux
1996
Editor
Production1
movieTibesti Too
1976
Producer