
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…
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Filmography
Acting (40)
Movies (39)
L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
2017
My Conversations on Film
2013as Himself
Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012as Himself
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
2012as Self (archive footage)
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
2011as Self (archive footage)
The Dreamed Films
2010as Self
Sodankylä Forever
2010as Self
Portrait de Jean Rouch
2004as Self
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
2004as Lui-même
Encountering Jean Rouch
2003Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
2002as Self
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
2000as Self
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
1999as Himself
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
1999as narrador
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
1998as Narrator
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998as Self
A Friendly Handshake
1997Rouch in Reverse
1995as himself
Son of Gascogne
1995as Self
Germaine chez elle
1994as himself
Letter to Jean Rouch
1992as Self
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992as Self
An Egg with No Shell
1992
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
1991as Himself
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983as himself
Ciné-mafia
1980
Cinématon
1978as N°1256
Samba the Great
1977as Narrator
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977as Lui-même
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
1967as Self
World Without a Game
1966as Himself
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1964as Self
The Lovely Month of May
1963as Self (uncredited)
The Doll
1962as Officer (uncredited)
Chronicle of a Summer
1961as Self
Les Fils de l'eau
1959
The Mad Masters
1955as Narrator
Work(ing Together) in Process
as Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)
Rouch's Gang
as Self
Television (1)
Crew (130)
Movies (130)
Mad Mimes
2012Property Builder
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort
2002Director
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort
2002Writer
Announcement
1997Director
A Friendly Handshake
1997Director
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
1997Cinematography
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
1997Director
Germaine et ses copains
1996Director
Germaine chez elle
1994Director
Germaine chez elle
1994Writer
Madame l'eau
1993Director
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
1992Director
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...
1990Director
Brise-glace
1990Director
Brise-glace
1990Director of Photography
Brise-glace
1990Editor
Brise-glace
1990Writer
Boulevards d'Afrique
1989Director
Cousin, cousine
1987Director
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
1987Director
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
1987Director of Photography
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
1987Editor
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
1987Writer
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
1987Director
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
1986Director
Enigma
1986Director
Dionysos
1984Director
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983Director
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983Director of Photography
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
1981Director
Ciné-mafia
1980Cinematography
Ciné-mafia
1980Director
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
1979Director
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
1978Director
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
1977Director
Badye, the Storyteller
1977Director
Makwayela
1977Director
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977Director
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
1976Director
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
1976Director of Photography
Zomo et ses frères
1975Director
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
1974Director
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
1974Writer
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
1974Director
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974Director
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974Director of Photography
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974Writer
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
1973Director
The Year 01
1973Co-Director
VW-Voyou
1973Director
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision
1973Director
The Burial of the Hogon
1973Director
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
1973Director
Boukoki
1973Director
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
1972Director
Horendi
1972Director
Un lion nommé l'Américain
1972Director
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli
1971Director
Drums from the Past
1971Cinematography
Drums from the Past
1971Director
Drums from the Past
1971Writer
Mya - la mère
1970Director
Little by Little
1970Director
Little by Little
1970Director of Photography
Little by Little
1970Writer
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
1970Director
Architects of Ayorou
1970Director
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
1969Director
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
1968Director
Ayorou Singing Stones
1968Director
Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou
1968Director
Jaguar
1967Director
Jaguar
1967Director of Photography
Daouda Sorko
1967Director
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
1967Director
The Lion Hunters
1966Director
The Lion Hunters
1966Director of Photography
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
1966Director
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
1966Director of Photography
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
1966Writer
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
1966Director
Six in Paris
1965Director
Six in Paris
1965Writer
Gare du Nord
1965Director
Gare du Nord
1965Screenplay
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique
1964Director
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
1964Director
That Tender Age
1964Director
Rose et Landry
1963Director
Les cocotiers
1963Director
Monsieur Albert, prophète
1963Director
Le palmier à l'huile
1963Director
Hampi
1962Director
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days
1962Director
The Punishment
1962Director
The Punishment
1962Screenplay
Urbanisme africain
1962Director
Le mil
1962Director
Abidjan, port de pêche
1962Director
Les pêcheurs du Niger
1962Director
Chronicle of a Summer
1961Director
The Human Pyramid
1961Cinematography
The Human Pyramid
1961Director
The Human Pyramid
1961Writer
Funérailles au Ghana
1960Director
Les Fils de l'eau
1959Director
I, a Negro
1959Director
I, a Negro
1959Producer
I, a Negro
1959Writer
La royale goumbé
1958Director
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
1958Director
Moro Naba
1958Director
Baby Ghana
1957Director
The Mad Masters
1955Cinematography
The Mad Masters
1955Director
Mammy Water
1953Cinematography
Mammy Water
1953Director
Mammy Water
1953Producer
Mammy Water
1953Writer
The Rainmakers
1951Director
Les gens du mil
1951Director
Cemeteries in the Cliff
1951Director
Battle on the Great River
1950Director
Circumcision
1949Cinematography
Circumcision
1949Director
Circumcision
1949Producer
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
1948Director
The Magicians of Wanzerbé
1948Director
Hombroï
1948Director
In the Land of the Black Magi
1947Director
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