Raymond Depardon
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.
Journal de France
New York, N.Y.
(Narrator (voice))
L'Âge d'or de la pub
(Self (archive footage))
Profils paysans : l'approche
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Profils paysans : le quotidien
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Modern Life
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Donner la parole
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
(himself)
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
(Self (voice) (uncredited))
Un Moment Si Doux
(himself)
Untouched by the West
(Narrator (voice))
Incognito
(Self)
La rouge et la noire
(Self)
Modern Life
(Director)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Director)
Profils paysans : l'approche
(Director)
Profils paysans : le quotidien
(Director)
Délits flagrants
(Director)
1974, une partie de campagne
(Director)
Lumière & Company
(Director)
Against Oblivion
(Director)
New York, N.Y.
(Director of Photography)
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
(Director)
Journal de France
(Director)
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
(Director)
New York, N.Y.
(Director)
News Items
(Director)
Feminist Riposte
(Delegated Producer)
The Declic Years
(Director)
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
(Director)
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
(Writer)
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
(Director of Photography)
Captive of the Desert
(Director)
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
(Director)
Paris
(Director)
Reporters
(Director)
Untouched by the West
(Director)
Les Révolutionnaires du Tchad
(Director)
Captive of the Desert
(Writer)
Urgences
(Director)
Muriel Leferle
(Director)
San Clemente
(Director)
Les habitants
(Director)
Reporters
(Cinematography)
Reporters
(Sound)
Concerning Nice
(Director)
Tibesti Too
(Producer)
Tibesti Too
(Director)
Tibesti Too
(Cinematography)
Donner la parole
(Director)
Modern Life
(Writer)
Jan Palach
(Director)
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
(Director of Photography)
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
(Sound)
12 Days
(Director)
Contacts
(Director)
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
(Director)
The Joy of Maths
(Director)
The 8th Floor
(Director)
Malraux
(Director)
Malraux
(Editor)
Profils paysans : l'approche
(Director of Photography)
Amour
(Director)
Face à la mer
(Director)
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
(Cinematography)
Profils paysans : le quotidien
(Director of Photography)
Profils paysans : le quotidien
(Writer)
Modern Life
(Director of Photography)
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
(Director of Photography)
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
(Director)
Bolivia
(Director)
Untouched by the West
(Writer)
Untouched by the West
(Cinematography)
12 Days
(Cinematography)
Numéros zéro
(Director)
Chasseurs et Chamans
(Director)
1974, une partie de campagne
(Cinematography)
Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade
(Director)
Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade
(Sound)
Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
(Director)
Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
(Sound)
Tchad 3
(Director)
Tchad 3
(Sound)
Une histoire très simple
(Director)
Une histoire très simple
(Writer)