Raymond Depardon
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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
12 Days
Director (Directing)
2017
Les Habitants
Director (Directing)
2016
The 8th Floor
Director (Directing)
2014
Un Moment Si Doux
as himself
2013
Journal de France
2012
The Joy of Maths
Director (Directing)
2011
La rouge et la noire
as Self
2011
La France de Raymond Depardon
Director (Directing)
2010
Modern Life
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2008
Donner la parole
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
Director (Directing)
2007
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
2005
Profils paysans : le quotidien
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2005
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
Director (Directing)
2004
Untouched by the West
as Narrator (voice)
2003
Chasseurs et Chamans
Director (Directing)
2003
1974, une partie de campagne
Director (Directing)
2002
Profils paysans : l'approche
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2001
Muriel Leferle
Director (Directing)
1999
Paris
Director (Directing)
1998
Bolivia
Director (Directing)
1998
Amour
Director (Directing)
1997
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
Director (Directing)
1996
Malraux
Editor (Editing)
1996
Lumière & Company
Director (Directing)
1995
Concerning Nice
Director (Directing)
1995
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
Director (Directing)
1994
Délits flagrants
Director (Directing)
1994
Face à la mer
Director (Directing)
1993
Against Oblivion
Director (Directing)
1991
Incognito
as Self
1990
Contacts
Director (Directing)
1990
Captive of the Desert
Director (Directing)
1990
Une histoire très simple
Director (Directing)
1989
Urgences
Director (Directing)
1988
Pékin Central
Director of Photography (Camera)
1986
New York, N.Y.
as Narrator (voice)
1986
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
Director (Directing)
1985
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
Director (Directing)
1985
The Declic Years
Director (Directing)
1984
News Items
Director (Directing)
1983
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
as himself
1983
San Clemente
Director (Directing)
1982
Reporters
Director (Directing)
1981
Numéros zéro
Director (Directing)
1981
Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
Director (Directing)
1980
Tchad 3
Sound (Sound)
1976
Tibesti Too
Producer (Production)
1976
Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum
Director (Directing)
1975