Raoul Coutard
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- September 16, 1924
- Died
- November 8, 2016 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the Nouvelle Vague period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard. Coutard also shot films for New Wave director François Truffaut as well as Jacques Demy, a contemporary frequently associated with the movement. He shot over 75 films during a career that lasted nearly half a century. Coutard originally planned to study chemistry, but switched to photography because of the cost of tuition. In 1945, Coutard was sent to participate in the French Indochina War; he lived in Vietnam for the next 11 years, working as a war photographer, eventually becoming a freelancer for Paris Match and Look. In 1956, he was approached to shoot a film by Pierre Schoendoerffer, La Passe du Diable. Coutard had never used a movie camera before, and reportedly agreed to the job because of a misunderstanding (he believed he was being hired to shoot production stills of the film). Coutard's first work collaboration with Jean-Luc Godard was Godard's first feature, À bout de souffle, shot in 1959. He was reportedly "imposed" on Godard by producer Georges de Beauregard; the director had already settled on a different cinematographer. Coutard photographed nearly all of Godard's work in the Nouvelle Vague era (1959 - 1967), with the exception of Masculin, féminin; their last work during this period was Week-end (1967), which marked the end of Godard's work as a 'mainstream' filmmaker. The two did not work together again until Passion; their final collaboration was Godard's next feature, Prénom Carmen. ... Source: Article "Raoul Coutard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
The Wild Palms
Movie · Director of Photography
Wild Innocence
Movie · Director of Photography
The Phantom Heart
Movie · Director of Photography
Happiness Is No Joke
Movie · Director of Photography
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Movie · Director of Photography
The Birth of Love
Movie · Director of Photography
Il gèle en enfer
Movie · Director of Photography
Thick Skinned
Movie · Director of Photography
Burning Beds
Movie · Director of Photography
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Movie · Director of Photography
Blanc de Chine
Movie · Director of Photography
Max My Love
Movie · Director of Photography
Parachute
Movie · Director of Photography
The Bitch
Movie · Director of Photography
Salt on the Skin
Movie · Director of Photography
Dangerous Moves
Movie · Director of Photography
First Name: Carmen
Movie · Director of Photography
Godard's Passion
Movie · Director of Photography
Drummer-Crab
Movie · Director of Photography
Like a Pot of Strawberries
Movie · Director of Photography
A Pain in the Ass
Movie · Director of Photography
The Hostage Gang
Movie · Director of Photography
Five Leaf Clover
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Embassy
Movie · Director of Photography
The Most Gentle Confessions
Movie · Director of Photography
The Confession
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La Liberté en croupe
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Z
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The Southern Star
Movie · Director of Photography
The Bride Wore Black
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Rocky Road to Dublin
Movie · Director of Photography
La Chinoise
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Weekend
Movie · Director of Photography
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Movie · Director of Photography
Made in U.S.A
Movie · Director of Photography
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Movie · Director of Photography
Horizon
Movie · Director of Photography
The Defector
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Pierrot le Fou
Movie · Director of Photography
Alphaville
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The 317th Platoon
Movie · Director of Photography
Scruggs
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The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
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The Soft Skin
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Band of Outsiders
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Le Grand Escroc
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The Married Woman
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Movie · Director of Photography
Male Companion
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Contempt
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The Carabineers
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Le Petit Soldat
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Portuguese Vacation
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Like Two Drops of Water
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Antoine and Colette
Movie · Director of Photography
Jules and Jim
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Vivre Sa Vie
Movie · Director of Photography
And Satan Calls the Turns
Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography
Love at Twenty
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Petit Jour
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The Doll
Movie · Director of Photography
A Woman Is a Woman
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Chronicle of a Summer
Movie · Director of Photography
Lola
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Time Out for Love
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Breathless
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Shoot the Piano Player
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The Army Game
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The Devil's Pass
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Island Fisherman
Movie · Director of Photography
Ramuntcho
Movie · Director of Photography