Richard Copans

Directing·Nov 25, 1947·Paris, Île-de-France, France

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Richard Copans, born November 25, 1947, is a French film producer, cinematographer, and director. After studying cinematography at IDHEC from 1966 to 1968, he worked as an assistant cameraman for Andréas Winding, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Lhomme, and Yann Le Masson from 1969 to 1976. From 1973 to 1978, he was a cameraman and director with the far-left militant film collective Cinélutte, notably on Bonne chance la France! In 1978, he founded Les Films d’ici (GIE) and produced, among other films, Journal de campagne and Ananas by Amos Gitaï. In 1982, he founded Les Films du passage with Paulo Branco, and subsequently produced around fifteen feature films. In 1984, he founded Les Films d’ici (SARL) with Yves Jeanneau. They produced numerous documentaries, mainly with La Sept Arte, including Route One/USA and Point de départ by Robert Kramer, Mémoires d’Ex by Mosco and Check The Changes by Marc Huraux, Arthur Rimbaud, a biography by Richard Dindo, La vie est immense et pleine de danger and Et la vie by Denis Gheerbrant, Les Moissons de fer by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky and Gérard Rougeron, Les Enfants illégitimes d’Anton Webern by Lilia Ollivier.

Film	Credit
AA Body of One's Own2026 · Producer	Producer
Un été à la ferme - L'âge d'or2026 · Producer	Producer
Hommage à la Catalogne2025 · Producer	Producer
Girl for a Day2024 · Producer	Producer
Looking for Robert2024 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God2022 · Producer	Producer
Mon amour2020 · Producer	Producer
Monsieur Deligny, vagabond efficace2020 · Director	Director
Inside My Heart2018 · Producer	Producer
6999 Doors2018 · Producer	Producer
120 ans d'inventions au cinéma2016 · Producer	Producer
Architectures : La Santé, une prison dans Paris2016 · Writer	Writer
Austerlitz2015 · Producer	Producer
Un amour (Roman)2015 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire2014 · Producer	Producer
Gare du Nord2013 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Human Geography2013 · Producer	Producer
Islamic Art at the Louvre - The Outstretched Hand2012 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Eye of the Astronomer2012 · Producer	Producer
Land of Madness2009 · Producer	Producer
God's Offices2008 · Producer	Producer
Death's Glamour2007 · Le producteur	Le producteur
Bania2005 · Producer	Producer
Les métamorphoses du chœur2005 · Producer	Producer
Les Disques de Rivka2005 · Director	Director
24 Passions2004 · Producer	Producer
Racines2002 · Director	Director
Chicago2002 · Director	Director
Le voyage à la mer2001 · Producer	Producer
OOh My America2000 · Director	Director
Mailer on Mailer2000 · Director	Director
CCities of the Plain2000 · Producer	Producer
Vilnius2000 · Director	Director
Genet à Chatila1999 · Producer	Producer
Reprise1997 · Producer	Producer
At All Costs1995 · Producer	Producer
Life Is Boundless and Full of Dangers1995 · Producer	Producer
Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary1994 · Producer	Producer
More and More1994 · Producer	Producer
TThe Wheel1993 · Director	Director
Brothers in Arms1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La Cabale des oursins1992 · Self - Director of Photography, Director of Photography	Self - Director of Photography, Director of Photography
Transit1991 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Route One/USA1989 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Seats of the Alcazar1989 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Comedy of Work1988 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Opening Essay1988 · Actor	Actor
A Better Life1985 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography