Raymond Depardon

Directing·Jul 6, 1942·Villefranche-sur-Saône

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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.

Film	Credit
L'Âge d'or de la pub2023 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Mon arbre2019 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
12 Days2017 · Director	Director
Les Habitants2016 · Director	Director
The 8th Floor2014 · Director	Director
Un Moment Si Doux2013 · himself	himself
Journal de France2012 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
The Joy of Maths2011 · Director	Director
La rouge et la noire2011 · Self	Self
LLa France de Raymond Depardon2010 · Director	Director
Modern Life2008 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Donner la parole2008 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Director	Director
Quoi de neuf au Garet?2005 · Self (voice) (uncredited), Director of Photography, Director	Self (voice) (uncredited), Director of Photography, Director
Profils paysans : le quotidien2005 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial2004 · Director	Director
Untouched by the West2003 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Chasseurs et Chamans2003 · Director	Director
1974, une partie de campagne2002 · Director	Director
Profils paysans : l'approche2001 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography	Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
Muriel Leferle1999 · Director	Director
Paris1998 · Director	Director
Bolivia1998 · Director	Director
Amour1997 · Director	Director
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?1996 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
MMalraux1996 · Director	Director
Lumière & Company1995 · Director	Director
Concerning Nice1995 · Director	Director
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)1994 · Director	Director
Caught in the Acts1994 · Director	Director
Lest We Forget1991 · Director	Director
Incognito1990 · Self	Self
Contacts1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Captive of the Desert1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Une histoire très simple1989 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Urgences1988 · Director	Director
Pékin Central1986 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
New York, N.Y.1986 · Narrator (voice), Director of Photography, Director	Narrator (voice), Director of Photography, Director
JJean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française1985 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa1985 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Raymond Depardon: Fermes familiales1985 · Actor	Actor
The Declic Years1984 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
News Items1983 · Director	Director
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon1983 · himself	himself
San Clemente1981 · Director	Director
Reporters1981 · Director	Director
Numéros zéro1981 · Director	Director
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon1980 · Director	Director