Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Born

May 31, 1917

Died

February 18, 2004 (age 86)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

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Jean Rouch

Biography

Jean Rouch (French: [ʁuʃ]; 31 May 1917, Paris – 18 February 2004, Niger) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist. He is considered to be one of the founders of cinéma-vérité in France, which shared the aesthetics of the direct cinema. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker for over sixty years in Africa, was characterized by the idea of shared anthropology. Influenced by his discovery of surrealism in his early twenties, many of his films blur the line between fiction and documentary, creating a new style of ethnofiction. He was also hailed by the French New Wave as one of theirs. His seminal film Me a Black (Moi, un noir) pioneered the technique of jump cut popularized by Jean-Luc Godard. Godard said of Rouch in the Cahiers du Cinéma (Notebooks on Cinema) n°94 April 1959, "In charge of research for the Musée de l'Homme (French, "Museum of Man") Is there a better definition for a filmmaker?" Along his career, Rouch was no stranger to controversy.

Filmography

2017FilmL’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté 2013FilmMy Conversations on Filmas Himself 2012FilmFreddy Buache, le cinémaas Self (archive footage)2012FilmMaya Deren, Take Zeroas Himself 2011FilmJean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinemaas Self (archive footage)2010FilmSodankylä Foreveras Self 2010FilmThe Dreamed Filmsas Self 2004FilmPortrait de Jean Rouchas Self 2004FilmJean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalitéas Lui-même 2003FilmEncountering Jean Rouch 2002FilmMon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoireas Self 2000FilmNouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmasas Self 1999FilmCinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)as Himself 1999FilmCiguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chamanas narrador 1998FilmPierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worldsas Self 1998FilmCiguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotlas Narrator 1997FilmA Friendly Handshake 1995FilmSon of Gascogneas Self 1995FilmRouch in Reverseas himself 1994FilmGermaine chez elleas himself 1992FilmCinéma! Cinéma! The French New Waveas Self 1992FilmAn Egg with No Shell 1992FilmLetter to Jean Rouchas Self 1991FilmJean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991as Himself 1983FilmCiné-Portrait of Raymond Depardonas himself 1980FilmCiné-mafia 1978FilmCinématonas N°1256 1977FilmSamba the Greatas Narrator 1977FilmIspahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)as Lui-même 1971TVSamedi soiras Self 1967FilmCivilisation: L'homme et les imagesas Self 1966FilmWorld Without a Gameas Himself 1964FilmLa Nouvelle Vague par elle-mêmeas Self 1963FilmThe Lovely Month of Mayas Self (uncredited)1962FilmThe Dollas Officer (uncredited)1961FilmChronicle of a Summeras Self 1959FilmThe Sons of the Water 1955FilmThe Mad Mastersas Narrator —FilmRouch's Gangas Self —FilmWork(ing Together) in Processas Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)