Jean Rouch

Directing·May 31, 1917·Paris, France

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Jean Rouch (French: [ʁuʃ]; 31 May 1917, Paris – 18 February 2004, Niger) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist. He is considered to be one of the founders of cinéma-vérité in France, which shared the aesthetics of the direct cinema. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker for over sixty years in Africa, was characterized by the idea of shared anthropology. Influenced by his discovery of surrealism in his early twenties, many of his films blur the line between fiction and documentary, creating a new style of ethnofiction. He was also hailed by the French New Wave as one of theirs. His seminal film Me a Black (Moi, un noir) pioneered the technique of jump cut popularized by Jean-Luc Godard. Godard said of Rouch in the Cahiers du Cinéma (Notebooks on Cinema) n°94 April 1959, "In charge of research for the Musée de l'Homme (French, "Museum of Man") Is there a better definition for a filmmaker?" Along his career, Rouch was no stranger to controversy.

Film	Credit
Outlaw2025 · Self	Self
L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté2017 · Actor	Actor
My Conversations on Film2013 · Himself	Himself
Freddy Buache, le cinéma2012 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
MMaya Deren, Take Zero2012 · Himself	Himself
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema2011 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Dreamed Films2010 · Self	Self
Portrait de Jean Rouch2004 · Self	Self
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité2004 · Lui-même	Lui-même
Encountering Jean Rouch2003 · Actor	Actor
MMon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire2002 · Self	Self
LLe Rêve plus fort que la mort2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas2000 · Self	Self
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)1999 · Himself	Himself
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman1999 · narrador	narrador
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds1998 · Self	Self
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl1998 · Narrator	Narrator
II'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down1997 · Director	Director
A Friendly Handshake1997 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
AAnnouncement1997 · Director	Director
Germaine et ses copains1996 · Director	Director
Son of Gascogne1995 · Self	Self
RRouch in Reverse1995 · himself	himself
Germaine chez elle1994 · himself, Director, Writer	himself, Director, Writer
MMadame l'eau1993 · Director	Director
CCinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave1992 · Self	Self
An Egg with No Shell1992 · Actor	Actor
Letter to Jean Rouch1992 · Self	Self
Damouré Speaks About AIDS1992 · Director	Director
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-19911991 · Himself	Himself
Brise-glace1990 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
LLiberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...1990 · Director	Director
BBoulevards d'Afrique1989 · Director	Director
BBrise-glace : Bateau givre1987 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer
Cousin, cousine1987 · Director	Director
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 19451987 · Director	Director
Enigma1986 · Director	Director
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham1986 · Director	Director
DDionysos1984 · Director	Director
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon1983 · himself, Director, Director of Photography	himself, Director, Director of Photography
SSigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death1981 · Director	Director
CCiné-mafia1980 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai1979 · Director	Director
Cinématon1978 · N°1256	N°1256
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend1978 · Director	Director
Makwayela1977 · Director	Director
Samba the Great1977 · Narrator	Narrator
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)1977 · Lui-même, Director	Lui-même, Director