Raymond Depardon
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 6, 1942
- Birthplace
- 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 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
Dégager l'écoute TBA
Director of Photography
- Paris, Les inconnues du Saint-Lazare express
Paris, Les inconnues du Saint-Lazare express TBA
Director
L'Âge d'or de la pub 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Mon arbre 2019
Director, Writer
12 Days 2017
Director, Cinematography
Les Habitants 2016
Director
The 8th Floor 2014
Director
Un Moment Si Doux 2013
as himself
Journal de France 2012
Actor, Director
The Joy of Maths 2011
Director
La rouge et la noire 2011
as Self
- La France de Raymond Depardon
La France de Raymond Depardon 2010
Director
Modern Life 2008
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Donner la parole 2008
Actor, Director
To Each His Own Cinema 2007
Director
Quoi de neuf au Garet? 2005
as Self (voice) (uncredited), Director of Photography, Director
Profiles Farmers: Daily Life 2005
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography, Writer
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial 2004
Director
Untouched by the West 2003
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Cinematography
Chasseurs et Chamans 2003
Director
1974, une partie de campagne 2002
Director, Cinematography
Profiles Farmers: The Approach 2001
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
Muriel Leferle 1999
Director
Paris 1998
Director
Bolivia 1998
Director
Amour 1997
Director
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ? 1996
Director, Director of Photography, Sound
- Malraux
Malraux 1996
Director, Editor
Lumière & Company 1995
Director
Concerning Nice 1995
Director
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés) 1994
Director
Caught in the Acts 1994
Director
Lest We Forget 1991
Director
Incognito 1990
as Self
Contacts 1990
Director, Writer
Captive of the Desert 1990
Director, Writer
Une histoire très simple 1989
Director, Writer
Emergencies 1988
Director
Pékin Central 1986
Director of Photography
New York, N.Y. 1986
as Narrator (voice), Director of Photography, Director
- Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française 1985
Director, Director of Photography
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa 1985
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Raymond Depardon: Fermes familiales 1985
Actor
The Declic Years 1984
Actor, Director
News Items 1983
Director
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon 1983
as himself
San Clemente 1981
Director
Reporters 1981
Director, Cinematography, Sound
Numéros zéro 1981
Director
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon 1980
Director, Cinematography
Tchad 3 1976
Director, Sound
Tibesti Too 1976
Producer, Director, Cinematography
Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum 1975
Director, Sound
Les Révolutionnaires du Tchad 1970
Director
Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade 1970
Director, Sound
Jan Palach 1969
Director
Credits from TMDB.