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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-05-31

Deathday

2004-02-18 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

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Jean Rouch

Biography

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.

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Acting

—		Rouch's Gang as Self
—		Work(ing Together) in Process as Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)

2013

My Conversations on Film as Himself

2012

Maya Deren, Take Zero as Himself

2011

Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema as Self (archive footage)

2010		Sodankylä Forever as Self
2010		The Dreamed Films as Self

2004		Portrait de Jean Rouch as Self
2004		Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité as Lui-même

2003

Encountering Jean Rouch

2002

Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire as Self

2000

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas as Self

1999		Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...) as Himself
1999		Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman as narrador

1998		Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds as Self
1998		Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl as Narrator

1997

A Friendly Handshake

1995		Son of Gascogne as Self
1995		Rouch in Reverse as himself

1994

Germaine chez elle as himself

1992		Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave as Self
1992		Letter to Jean Rouch as Himself
1992		An Egg with No Shell

1991

Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991 as Himself

1983

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon as himself

1980

Ciné-mafia

1978

Cinématon as N°1256

1977		Samba the Great as Narrator
1977		Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan) as Lui-même

1971

Samedi soir as Self

1967

Civilisation: L'homme et les images

1966

World Without a Game as Himself

1964

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self

1963

The Lovely Month of May as Self (uncredited)

1962

The Doll

1961

Chronicle of a Summer as Self

1959

Les Fils de l'eau

1955

The Mad Masters as Narrator

Art

2012

Mad Mimes as Property Builder

Camera

1990

Brise-glace as Director of Photography

1987

Brise-glace : Bateau givre as Director of Photography

1983

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon as Director of Photography

1976

Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice as Director of Photography

1974

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken as Director of Photography

1970

Little by Little as Director of Photography

1967

Jaguar as Director of Photography

1966		The Lion Hunters as Director of Photography
1966		The Goumbé of the Young Revelers as Director of Photography

Crew

1997

I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down as Cinematography

1980

Ciné-mafia as Cinematography

1971

Drums from the Past as Cinematography

1961

The Human Pyramid as Cinematography

1955

The Mad Masters as Cinematography

1953

Mammy Water as Cinematography

1949

Circumcision as Cinematography

Directing

2002

Le Rêve plus fort que la mort as Director

1997		I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down as Director
1997		A Friendly Handshake as Director
1997		Announcement as Director

1996

Germaine et ses copains as Director

1994

Germaine chez elle as Director

1993

Madame l'eau as Director

1992

Damouré Speaks About AIDS as Director

1990		Brise-glace as Director
1990		Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après... as Director

1989

Boulevards d'Afrique as Director

1987		Brise-glace : Bateau givre as Director
1987		Cousin, cousine as Director
1987		Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945 as Director

1986		Enigma as Director
1986		The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham as Director

1984

Dionysos as Director

1983

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon as Director

1981

Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death as Director

1980

Ciné-mafia as Director

1979

Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai as Director

1978

Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend as Director

1977		Makwayela as Director
1977		Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan) as Director
1977		Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen as Director
1977		Badye, the Storyteller as Director

1976

Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice as Director

1975

Zomo et ses frères as Director

1974		Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken as Director
1974		Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases) as Director
1974		The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death as Director

1973		Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision as Director
1973		The Year 01 as Co-Director
1973		Boukoki as Director
1973		The Burial of the Hogon as Director
1973		Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo as Director
1973		VW-Voyou as Director
1973		Giraffe Football or “The Alternative” as Director

1972		Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé as Director
1972		Horendi as Director
1972		Un lion nommé l'Américain as Director

1971		Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli as Director
1971		Drums from the Past as Director

1970		Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani as Director
1970		Little by Little as Director
1970		Architects of Ayorou as Director
1970		Mya - la mère as Director

1969

Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo as Director

1968		Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou as Director
1968		Ayorou Singing Stones as Director
1968		Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel) as Director

1967		Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo as Director
1967		Jaguar as Director
1967		Daouda Sorko as Director

1966		The Lion Hunters as Director
1966		Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm as Director
1966		The Goumbé of the Young Revelers as Director

1965		Six in Paris as Director
1965		Gare du Nord as Director

1964		The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows as Director
1964		That Tender Age as Director
1964		L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique as Director

1963		Monsieur Albert, prophète as Director
1963		Le palmier à l'huile as Director
1963		Les cocotiers as Director
1963		Rose et Landry as Director

1962		Hampi as Director
1962		The Punishment as Director
1962		Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days as Director
1962		Abidjan, port de pêche as Director
1962		Urbanisme africain as Director
1962		Le mil as Director
1962		Les pêcheurs du Niger as Director