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Jean Rouch

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

31/05/1917

Day of Death

18/02/2004
(87) years old

Place of Birth

Paris, France

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 f... Read More

Known For

My Conversations on Film

Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

Sodankylä Forever

The Dreamed Films

Portrait de Jean Rouch

Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité

Encountering Jean Rouch

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

Filmography

Cast

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...

as Lui-même

2003

Encountering Jean Rouch

2002

Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour...

as Self

2000

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

as Self

1999

Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Je...

as Himself

1999

Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier cha...

as narrador

1998

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between...

as Self

1998

Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Pe...

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

An Egg with No Shell

1992

Letter to Jean Rouch

as Himself

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 Mosq...

as Lui-même

1967

Civilisation: L'homme et les images

1966

World Without a Game

as Himself

1964

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

as Self

1962

The Doll

as Officer (uncredited)

1959

Les Fils de l'eau

1963

The Lovely Month of May

as Self (uncredited)

1961

Chronicle of a Summer

as Self

1955

The Mad Masters

as Narrator

Crew

2012

Mad Mimes

as Property Builder

2002

Le Rêve plus fort que la mort

as Director

2002

Le Rêve plus fort que la mort

as Writer

1997

I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

as Director

1997

I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

as Cinematography

1997

A Friendly Handshake

as Director

1997

Announcement

as Director

1996

Germaine et ses copains

as Director

1994

Germaine chez elle

as Director

1994

Germaine chez elle

as Writer

1993

Madame l'eau

as Director

1992

Damouré Speaks About AIDS

as Director

1990

Brise-glace

as Director

1990

Brise-glace

as Editor

1990

Brise-glace

as Writer

1990

Brise-glace

as Director of Photography

1990

Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis ap...

as Director

1989

Boulevards d'Afrique

as Director

1987

Brise-glace : Bateau givre

as Editor

1987

Brise-glace : Bateau givre

as Writer

1987

Brise-glace : Bateau givre

as Director of Photography

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 Ha...

as Director

1984

Dionysos

as Director

1983

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

as Director of Photography

1983

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

as Director

1981

Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech...

as Director

1980

Ciné-mafia

as Director

1980

Ciné-mafia

as Cinematography

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 Mosq...

as Director

1977

Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterl...

as Director

1977

Badye, the Storyteller

as Director

1976

Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice

as Director

1976

Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice

as Director of Photography

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

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

as Writer

1974

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

as Director of Photography

1974

The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death

as Director

1974

The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death

as Writer

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 Cinematography

1971

Drums from the Past

as Writer

1971

Drums from the Past

as Director

1970

Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani

as Director

1970

Little by Little

as Director

1970

Little by Little

as Writer

1970

Little by Little

as Director of Photography

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 Ganghe...

as Director

1967

Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo

as Director

1967

Jaguar

as Director

1967

Jaguar

as Director of Photography

1967

Daouda Sorko

as Director

1966

The Lion Hunters

as Director

1966

The Lion Hunters

as Director of Photography

1966

Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhyt...

as Director

1966

The Goumbé of the Young Revelers

as Writer

1966

The Goumbé of the Young Revelers

as Director of Photography

1966

The Goumbé of the Young Revelers

as Director

1965

Six in Paris

as Director

1965

Six in Paris

as Writer

1965

Gare du Nord

as Director

1965

Gare du Nord

as Screenplay

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 Screenplay

1962

The Punishment

as Director

1962

Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger I...

as Director

1962

Abidjan, port de pêche

as Director

1962

Urbanisme africain

as Director

1962

Les pêcheurs du Niger

as Director

1962

Le mil

as Director

1961

Chronicle of a Summer

as Director

1961

The Human Pyramid

as Director

1961

The Human Pyramid

as Cinematography

1961

The Human Pyramid

as Writer

1960

Funérailles au Ghana

as Director

1959

Les Fils de l'eau

as Director

1959

I, a Negro

as Director

1959

I, a Negro

as Writer

1959

I, a Negro

as Producer

1958

Moro Naba

as Director

1958

Une sortie de novices de Sakpata

as Director

1958

La royale goumbé

as Director

1957

Baby Ghana

as Director

1955

The Mad Masters

as Director

1955

The Mad Masters

as Cinematography

1953

Mammy Water

as Director

1953

Mammy Water

as Producer

1953

Mammy Water

as Writer

1953

Mammy Water

as Cinematography

1951

The Rainmakers

as Director

1951

Cemeteries in the Cliff

as Director

1951

Les gens du mil

as Director

1950

Battle on the Great River

as Director

1949

Circumcision

as Director

1949

Circumcision

as Producer

1949

Circumcision

as Cinematography

1948

Initiation into the Dance of the Possess...

as Director

1948

The Magicians of Wanzerbé

as Director

1948

Hombroï

as Director

1947

In the Land of the Black Magi

as Director