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
LLe Rêve plus fort que la mort2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
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
Germaine chez elle1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
MMadame l'eau1993 · Director	Director
Damouré Speaks About AIDS1992 · Director	Director
Brise-glace1990 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
LLiberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...1990 · Director	Director
BBoulevards d'Afrique1989 · Director	Director
BBrise-glace : Bateau givre1987 · Writer, Director of Photography, Director	Writer, Director of Photography, Director
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
CCiné-Portrait de Bill Witney1986 · Director	Director
DDionysos1984 · Director	Director
HHampâté Bâ1984 · Director	Director
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon1983 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
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
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend1978 · Director	Director
CCiné-Portrait de Stanislas Adotevi1978 · Director	Director
Makwayela1977 · Director	Director
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)1977 · Lui-même, Director	Lui-même, Director
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen1977 · Director	Director
Badye, the Storyteller1977 · Director	Director
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice1976 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Zomo et ses frères1975 · Director	Director
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken1974 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)1974 · Director	Director
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
SSigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision1973 · Director	Director
Boukoki1973 · Director	Director
The Burial of the Hogon1973 · Director	Director
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo1973 · Director	Director
VW-Voyou1973 · Director	Director
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”1973 · Director	Director
HHommage à Marcel Mauss : Taro Okamoto1973 · Director	Director
SSigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé1972 · Director	Director
Horendi1972 · Director	Director
Un lion nommé l'Américain1972 · Director	Director
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli1971 · Director	Director
Drums from the Past1971 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani1970 · Director	Director
Little by Little1970 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Architects of Ayorou1970 · Director	Director
Mya - la mère1970 · Director	Director
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo1969 · Director	Director
Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou1968 · Director	Director
Ayorou Singing Stones1968 · Director	Director
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)1968 · Director	Director
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo1967 · Director	Director
Jaguar1967 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Daouda Sorko1967 · Director	Director
The Lion Hunters1966 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm1966 · Director	Director
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers1966 · Writer, Director of Photography, Director	Writer, Director of Photography, Director
Six in Paris1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Gare du Nord1965 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows1964 · Director	Director
That Tender Age1964 · Director	Director
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique1964 · Director	Director
Monsieur Albert, prophète1963 · Director	Director
LLe palmier à l'huile1963 · Director	Director
LLes cocotiers1963 · Director	Director
RRose et Landry1963 · Director	Director
Hampi1962 · Director	Director
The Punishment1962 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days1962 · Director	Director
AAbidjan, port de pêche1962 · Director	Director
UUrbanisme africain1962 · Director	Director
LLes pêcheurs du Niger1962 · Director	Director
LLe mil1962 · Director	Director
Chronicle of a Summer1961 · Director	Director
The Human Pyramid1961 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Funérailles au Ghana1960 · Director	Director
The Sons of the Water1959 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
I, a Negro1959 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Moro Naba1958 · Director	Director
UUne sortie de novices de Sakpata1958 · Director	Director
LLa royale goumbé1958 · Director	Director
Baby Ghana1957 · Director	Director
The Mad Masters1955 · Narrator, Director	Narrator, Director
Mammy Water1953 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Rainmakers1951 · Director	Director
Cemeteries in the Cliff1951 · Director	Director
LLes gens du mil1951 · Director	Director
Battle on the Great River1950 · Director	Director
Circumcision1949 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed1948 · Director	Director
The Magicians of Wanzerbé1948 · Director	Director
HHombroï1948 · Director	Director
In the Land of the Black Magi1947 · Director	Director