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Raymond Depardon
Villefranche-sur-Saône
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 li…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Mon arbre
Movie Director
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2017
12 Days
Movie Director
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2016
Les Habitants
Movie Director
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2014
The 8th Floor
Movie Director
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2013
Un Moment Si Doux
Movie himself
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2012
Journal de France
Movie
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2011
The Joy of Maths
Movie Director
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2011
La rouge et la noire
Movie Self
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2010
La France de Raymond Depardon
Movie Director
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2008
Modern Life
Movie Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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2008
Donner la parole
Movie
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2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie Director
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2005
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
Movie Self (voice) (uncredited)
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2005
Profiles Farmers: Daily Life
Movie Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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2004
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
Movie Director
More credits
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2003
Untouched by the West
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2003
Chasseurs et Chamans
Movie Director
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2002
1974, une partie de campagne
Movie Director
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2001
Profiles Farmers: The Approach
Movie Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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1999
Muriel Leferle
Movie Director
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1998
Paris
Movie Director
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1998
Bolivia
Movie Director
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1997
Amour
Movie Director
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1996
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
Movie Director
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1996
Malraux
Movie Director
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1995
Lumière & Company
Movie Director
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1995
Concerning Nice
Movie Director
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1994
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
Movie Director
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1994
Caught in the Acts
Movie Director
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1991
Lest We Forget
Movie Director
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1990
Incognito
Movie Self
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1990
Contacts
Movie Director
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1990
Captive of the Desert
Movie Director
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1989
Une histoire très simple
Movie Director
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1988
Emergencies
Movie Director
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1986
Pékin Central
Movie Director of Photography
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1986
New York, N.Y.
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1985
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
Movie Director
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1985
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
Movie Director
