Richard Copans
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.
God's Offices
(Producer)
More and More
(Producer)
Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary
(Producer)
Lullaby to my Father
(Cinematography)
Algeria, Life Goes On
(Production Accountant)
Algérie, la vie toujours
(Delegated Producer)
120 ans d'inventions au cinéma
(Producer)
Barres
(Director of Photography)
The Comedy of Work
(Director of Photography)
Poor George
(Associate Producer)
Eye of the Astronomer
(Producer)
Austerlitz
(Producer)
Trilogy for One Man
(Cinematography)
Reprise
(Producer)
Louvre City
(Cinematography)
A Better Life
(Director of Photography)
Girl for a Day
(Producer)
Land of Madness
(Producer)
My First Breaststroke
(Cinematography)
Un amour (Roman)
(Director)
Un amour (Roman)
(Screenplay)
Opening Essay
(Cinematography)
The Vanishing Lion
(Thanks)
Mailer on Mailer
(Director)
Le Dos au mur
(Sound)
The Trial
(Co-Producer)
The Wheel
(Director)
The Terrible Lovers
(Director of Photography)
Genet à Chatila
(Producer)
That Kid
(Cinematography)
Life Is Boundless and Full of Dangers
(Producer)
At All Costs
(Producer)
Right of Access
(Assistant Director)
Looking for Robert
(Director)
Gare du Nord
(Director of Photography)
Les métamorphoses du chœur
(Producer)
The Media Waltz
(Cinematography)
6999 Doors
(Producer)
Walk the Walk
(Cinematography)
Fire of Wind
(Co-Producer)
La Cabale des oursins
(Director of Photography)
Les Minutes d'un faiseur de film
(Director of Photography)
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
(Producer)
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
(Cinematography)
24 Passions
(Producer)
Les Disques de Rivka
(Director)
Inside My Heart
(Producer)
Oh My America
(Director)
The Seats of the Alcazar
(Director of Photography)
Monsieur Deligny, vagabond efficace
(Director)
Vilnius
(Director)
Racines
(Director)
Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God
(Producer)
Mon amour
(Producer)
Bania
(Producer)
La Bête noire
(Director of Photography)
Cities of the Plain
(Producer)
Looking for Robert
(Writer)
Looking for Robert
(Director of Photography)
Transit
(Director of Photography)
Brothers in Arms
(Director)
Brothers in Arms
(Cinematography)
Human Geography
(Producer)
Autour de 24 Passions
(Cinematography)
Architectures : La Santé, une prison dans Paris
(Writer)
The Zsigmondy System
(Executive Producer)
Un été à la ferme - L'âge d'or
(Producer)
Le voyage à la mer
(Producer)
Hommage à la Catalogne
(Producer)
Field Diary
(Production Manager)
Route One/USA
(Director of Photography)
Une semaine sainte
(Cinematography)
Bangkok-Bahrain
(Cinematography)
Architectures : La Santé, une prison dans Paris
(Camera Operator)
Chicago
(Director)
Chicago
(Cinematography)
Brothers in Arms
(Writer)
Islamic Art at the Louvre - The Outstretched Hand
(Director)
Islamic Art at the Louvre - The Outstretched Hand
(Writer)
Islamic Art at the Louvre - The Outstretched Hand
(Director of Photography)
A Body of One's Own
(Producer)
Architectures
(Director)
Architectures
(Cinematography)
Architectures
(Idea)
Architectures
(Writer)
Mémoires d'ex
(Producer)
Architectures
(Camera Operator)