Raymond Depardon

Raymond Depardon

Directing
Born 1942-07-06 Villefranche-sur-Saône 56 credits César Award for Best Documentary Film 1 César Award for Best Documentary Short Film 2 The prize of the BNF 1 Knight of the Legion of Honour 1

Awards

Won 1 César Award for Best Documentary Film Award

César Award for Best Documentary Film 1 won · 2 nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film 2 won · 1 nominated

  • 1986 Best Documentary Short Film Won New York N.Y.
  • 1982 Best Documentary Short Film Won Reporter
  • 1979 Best Documentary Short Film Nominated

The prize of the BNF 1 won

  • 2024 The prize of the BNF Won

Knight of the Legion of Honour 1 won

  • 2016 Knight of the Legion of Honour Won

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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.
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Filmography
Directing 46 credits
Modern Life
Modern Life
2008 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · ★ 6.5 · Director
12 Days
12 Days
2017 · ★ 7.1 · Director, Cinematography
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
1996 · Director, Sound
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · ★ 6.3 · Director
Profiles Farmers: The Approach
Profiles Farmers: The Approach
2001 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
Numéros zéro
Numéros zéro
1981 · Director
Contacts
Contacts
1990 · Director, Writer
Profiles Farmers: Daily Life
Profiles Farmers: Daily Life
2005 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
Reporters
Reporters
1981 · Director, Cinematography
Amour
Amour
1997 · Director
News Items
News Items
1983 · Director
Tchad 3
Tchad 3
1976 · Sound, Director
Malraux
Malraux
1996 · Editor, Director
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
1991 · Director
Mon arbre
Mon arbre
2019 · Director, Writer
1974, une partie de campagne
1974, une partie de campagne
2002 · Director, Cinematography
San Clemente
San Clemente
1981 · Director
Tibesti Too
Tibesti Too
1976 · Producer, Director
Les Habitants
Les Habitants
2016 · Director
Jan Palach
Jan Palach
1969 · Director
Les Révolutionnaires du Tchad
Les Révolutionnaires du Tchad
1970 · Director
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
1994 · Director
Donner la parole
Donner la parole
2008 · Director
The 8th Floor
The 8th Floor
2014 · Director
Caught in the Acts
Caught in the Acts
1994 · Director
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
1980 · Director, Cinematography
Emergencies
Emergencies
1988 · Director
Muriel Leferle
Muriel Leferle
1999 · Director
Paris
Paris
1998 · Director
Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
1975 · Director, Sound
Untouched by the West
Untouched by the West
2003 · Narrator (voice), Director
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
1985 · Director, Director of Photography
The Declic Years
The Declic Years
1984 · Director
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
2004 · Director
Concerning Nice
Concerning Nice
1995 · Director
La France de Raymond Depardon
La France de Raymond Depardon
2010 · Director
Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade
Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade
1970 · Sound, Director
Captive of the Desert
Captive of the Desert
1990 · Director, Writer
The Joy of Maths
The Joy of Maths
2011 · Director
Paris, Les inconnues du Saint-Lazare express
Paris, Les inconnues du Saint-Lazare express
· Director
Journal de France
Journal de France
2012 · Director
Chasseurs et Chamans
Chasseurs et Chamans
2003 · Director
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
1985 · Director, Writer
Bolivia
Bolivia
1998 · Director
Une histoire très simple
Une histoire très simple
1989 · Director, Writer
Acting 19 credits
Modern Life
Modern Life
2008 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
12 Days
12 Days
2017 · ★ 7.1 · Director, Cinematography
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
1996 · Director, Sound
Profiles Farmers: The Approach
Profiles Farmers: The Approach
2001 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
Profiles Farmers: Daily Life
Profiles Farmers: Daily Life
2005 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
Reporters
Reporters
1981 · Director, Cinematography
L'Âge d'or de la pub
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983 · himself
Incognito
Incognito
1990 · Self
La rouge et la noire
La rouge et la noire
2011 · Self
Tchad 3
Tchad 3
1976 · Sound, Director
1974, une partie de campagne
1974, une partie de campagne
2002 · Director, Cinematography
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
1980 · Director, Cinematography
New York, N.Y.
New York, N.Y.
1986 · Narrator (voice), Director of Photography
Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
1975 · Director, Sound
Untouched by the West
Untouched by the West
2003 · Narrator (voice), Director
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
2005 · Self (voice) (uncredited), Director of Photography
Un Moment Si Doux
Un Moment Si Doux
2013 · himself
Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade
Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade
1970 · Sound, Director
Other credits 7 credits
Pékin Central
Pékin Central
1986 · Director of Photography
Malraux
Malraux
1996 · Editor, Director
Raymond Depardon: Fermes familiales
Raymond Depardon: Fermes familiales
1985
New York, N.Y.
New York, N.Y.
1986 · Narrator (voice), Director of Photography
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
1985 · Director, Director of Photography
Dégager l'écoute
Dégager l'écoute
· Director of Photography
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
2005 · Self (voice) (uncredited), Director of Photography
Writing 5 credits
Contacts
Contacts
1990 · Director, Writer
Mon arbre
Mon arbre
2019 · Director, Writer
Captive of the Desert
Captive of the Desert
1990 · Director, Writer
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
1985 · Director, Writer
Une histoire très simple
Une histoire très simple
1989 · Director, Writer
Producing 1 credit
Tibesti Too
Tibesti Too
1976 · Producer, Director
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