Raymond Depardon
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 6, 1942 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- Villefranche-sur-Saône
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Paris, Les inconnues du Saint-Lazare express
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Mon arbre
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12 Days
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Les Habitants
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The 8th Floor
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Journal de France
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The Joy of Maths
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La France de Raymond Depardon
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Modern Life
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Donner la parole
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To Each His Own Cinema
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Profiles Farmers: Daily Life
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Quoi de neuf au Garet?
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The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
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Untouched by the West
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Chasseurs et Chamans
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1974, une partie de campagne
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Profiles Farmers: The Approach
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Muriel Leferle
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Paris
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Bolivia
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Amour
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Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
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Malraux
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Lumière & Company
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Concerning Nice
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Caught in the Acts
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Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
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Lest We Forget
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Captive of the Desert
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Contacts
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Une histoire très simple
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Emergencies
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New York, N.Y.
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Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
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Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
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The Declic Years
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News Items
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Reporters
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San Clemente
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Numéros zéro
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Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
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Tibesti Too
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Tchad 3
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Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
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Les Révolutionnaires du Tchad
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Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade
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Jan Palach
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