Jean Rouch
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Samba the Great
(Narrator)
The Doll
Son of Gascogne
(Self)
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
(Lui-même)
Encountering Jean Rouch
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
(Self)
A Friendly Handshake
The Dreamed Films
(Self)
Les Fils de l'eau
World Without a Game
(Himself)
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
(Self)
Rouch's Gang
(Self)
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
(Self)
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
(Self (archive footage))
Rouch in Reverse
(himself)
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
(Self)
Maya Deren, Take Zero
(Himself)
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
(Narrator)
The Mad Masters
(Narrator)
Ciné-mafia
Germaine chez elle
(himself)
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
(Himself)
Chronicle of a Summer
(Self)
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
(Himself)
My Conversations on Film
(Himself)
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
(himself)
Cinématon
(N°1256)
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
(Self)
The Lovely Month of May
(Self (uncredited))
An Egg with No Shell
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
(Lui-même)
Sodankylä Forever
(Self)
Letter to Jean Rouch
(Himself)
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
(narrador)
Samedi soir
(Self)
Les Fils de l'eau
(Director)
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
(Director)
Moi, un Noir
(Director)
Six in Paris
(Director)
The Mad Masters
(Director)
Chronicle of a Summer
(Director)
The Lion Hunters
(Director)
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
(Director)
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
(Cinematography)
Cousin, cousine
(Director)
Jaguar
(Director)
Little by Little
(Director)
Horendi
(Director)
The Human Pyramid
(Director)
Dionysos
(Director)
The Year 01
(Co-Director)
A Friendly Handshake
(Director)
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...
(Director)
In the Land of the Black Magi
(Director)
The Punishment
(Director)
The Punishment
(Screenplay)
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
(Director)
The Magicians of Wanzerbé
(Director)
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
(Director)
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
(Director)
Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou
(Director)
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
(Director)
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli
(Director)
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
(Director)
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision
(Director)
Ayorou Singing Stones
(Director)
Boukoki
(Director)
The Burial of the Hogon
(Director)
Drums from the Past
(Director)
Drums from the Past
(Writer)
Drums from the Past
(Cinematography)
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
(Director)
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
(Director)
Announcement
(Director)
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
(Director)
Mammy Water
(Director)
Mammy Water
(Writer)
Mammy Water
(Producer)
Mammy Water
(Cinematography)
Architects of Ayorou
(Director)
The Mad Masters
(Cinematography)
Cemeteries in the Cliff
(Director)
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
(Director)
Moi, un Noir
(Writer)
Moi, un Noir
(Producer)
Battle on the Great River
(Director)
Madame l'eau
(Director)
Un lion nommé l'Américain
(Director)
Ciné-mafia
(Director)
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
(Director)
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
(Director)
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
(Writer)
Little by Little
(Writer)
Ciné-mafia
(Cinematography)
The Lion Hunters
(Director of Photography)
Brise-glace
(Director)
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
(Director)
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
(Director of Photography)
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
(Editor)
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
(Writer)
Brise-glace
(Writer)
Brise-glace
(Editor)
Brise-glace
(Director of Photography)
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
(Director)
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
(Director of Photography)
Makwayela
(Director)
Circumcision
(Director)
Circumcision
(Producer)
Circumcision
(Cinematography)
Enigma
(Director)
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days
(Director)
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
(Director)
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
(Director of Photography)
Six in Paris
(Writer)
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
(Director of Photography)
Little by Little
(Director of Photography)
The Rainmakers
(Director)
Baby Ghana
(Director)
Moro Naba
(Director)
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
(Director)
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
(Director)
Mad Mimes
(Property Builder)
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
(Writer)
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
(Director of Photography)
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort
(Director)
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort
(Writer)
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
(Director)
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
(Writer)
Daouda Sorko
(Director)
Gare du Nord
(Director)
Gare du Nord
(Screenplay)
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
(Director)
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
(Director)
Hampi
(Director)
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
(Director)
Germaine chez elle
(Director)
Germaine chez elle
(Writer)
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
(Director)
Germaine et ses copains
(Director)
Badye, the Storyteller
(Director)
Zomo et ses frères
(Director)
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique
(Director)
Monsieur Albert, prophète
(Director)
That Tender Age
(Director)
Hombroï
(Director)
Les gens du mil
(Director)
La royale goumbé
(Director)
Le palmier à l'huile
(Director)
Les cocotiers
(Director)
Abidjan, port de pêche
(Director)
Urbanisme africain
(Director)
Le mil
(Director)
Les pêcheurs du Niger
(Director)
Rose et Landry
(Director)
The Human Pyramid
(Cinematography)
Jaguar
(Director of Photography)
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
(Director)
Boulevards d'Afrique
(Director)
The Human Pyramid
(Writer)
VW-Voyou
(Director)
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
(Director)
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
(Director)
Mya - la mère
(Director)
Funérailles au Ghana
(Director)
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
(Director)