Jean Rouch

ActorArtDirectorWriterCrew May 31 (died age 86) Paris, France 1947–2017 (70 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Chronicle of a Summer

Self

Film

The Lovely Month of May

Self (uncredited)

Film

The Mad Masters

Narrator

Film

I, a Negro

Director

Film

The Year 01

Co-Director

Film

Six in Paris

Director

Film

Little by Little

Director

Film

The Human Pyramid

Cinematography

Filmography

Acting (40)

Movies (39)

L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté

2017

My Conversations on Film

2013

as Himself

3.2

Maya Deren, Take Zero

2012

as Himself

5.0

Freddy Buache, le cinéma

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

2011

as Self (archive footage)

The Dreamed Films

2010

as Self

7.3

Sodankylä Forever

2010

as Self

Portrait de Jean Rouch

2004

as Self

Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité

2004

as Lui-même

Encountering Jean Rouch

2003

Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

2002

as Self

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

2000

as Self

Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)

1999

as Himself

6.0

Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman

1999

as narrador

Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl

1998

as Narrator

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

1998

as Self

A Friendly Handshake

1997

Rouch in Reverse

1995

as himself

Son of Gascogne

1995

as Self

4.3

Germaine chez elle

1994

as himself

Letter to Jean Rouch

1992

as Self

6.0

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

as Self

An Egg with No Shell

Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991

1991

as Himself

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

1983

as himself

Ciné-mafia

Cinématon

as N°1256

Samba the Great

as Narrator

Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

1977

as Lui-même

8.0

Civilisation: L'homme et les images

1967

as Self

World Without a Game

1966

as Himself

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

1964

as Self

6.0

The Lovely Month of May

1963

as Self (uncredited)

8.0

The Doll

1962

as Officer (uncredited)

5.0

Chronicle of a Summer

as Self

Les Fils de l'eau

The Mad Masters

as Narrator

Work(ing Together) in Process

as Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)

Rouch's Gang

as Self

Television (1)

Samedi soir

1971

as Self

6.0

Crew (130)

Movies (130)

Mad Mimes

2012

Property Builder

10.0

Le Rêve plus fort que la mort

2002

Director

Le Rêve plus fort que la mort

2002

Writer

Announcement

1997

Director

A Friendly Handshake

1997

Director

I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

1997

Cinematography

I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

1997

Director

Germaine et ses copains

1996

Director

Germaine chez elle

1994

Director

Germaine chez elle

1994

Writer

Madame l'eau

1993

Director

7.2

Damouré Speaks About AIDS

1992

Director

Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...

1990

Director

Brise-glace

1990

Director

5.8

Brise-glace

1990

Director of Photography

Brise-glace

Editor

Brise-glace

Writer

Boulevards d'Afrique

Director

Cousin, cousine

1987

Director

Brise-glace : Bateau givre

1987

Director

Brise-glace : Bateau givre

1987

Director of Photography

Brise-glace : Bateau givre

1987

Editor

Brise-glace : Bateau givre

1987

Writer

Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945

1987

Director

7.5

The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham

1986

Director

Enigma

Director

Dionysos

Director

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

1983

Director

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

1983

Director of Photography

Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death

1981

Director

Ciné-mafia

1980

Cinematography

Ciné-mafia

1980

Director

Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai

1979

Director

Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

1978

Director

Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen

1977

Director

Badye, the Storyteller

Director

Makwayela

Director

Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

1977

Director

8.0

Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice

1976

Director

5.0

Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice

1976

Director of Photography

5.0

Zomo et ses frères

1975

Director

The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death

1974

Director

The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death

1974

Writer

Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)

1974

Director

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

1974

Director

6.4

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

1974

Director of Photography

6.4

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

1974

Writer

6.4

Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”

1973

Director

The Year 01

Co-Director

VW-Voyou

Director

Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision

1973

Director

The Burial of the Hogon

1973

Director

Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo

1973

Director

Boukoki

1973

Director

Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé

1972

Director

Horendi

1972

Director

8.8

Un lion nommé l'Américain

1972

Director

6.0

Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli

Director

Drums from the Past

Cinematography

Drums from the Past

Director

Drums from the Past

Writer

Mya - la mère

Director

Little by Little

1970

Director

7.2

Little by Little

1970

Director of Photography

7.2

Little by Little

1970

Writer

7.2

Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani

1970

Director

Architects of Ayorou

1970

Director

Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo

1969

Director

Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

1968

Director

Ayorou Singing Stones

1968

Director

Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou

1968

Director

Jaguar

1967

Director

6.7

Jaguar

1967

Director of Photography

6.7

Daouda Sorko

1967

Director

Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo

1967

Director

The Lion Hunters

1966

Director

5.7

The Lion Hunters

1966

Director of Photography

5.7

The Goumbé of the Young Revelers

1966

Director

6.5

The Goumbé of the Young Revelers

1966

Director of Photography

6.5

The Goumbé of the Young Revelers

1966

Writer

6.5

Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

1966

Director

Six in Paris

Director

Six in Paris

Writer

Gare du Nord

Director

Gare du Nord

Screenplay

L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique

1964

Director

The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows

1964

Director

6.7

That Tender Age

1964

Director

Rose et Landry

1963

Director

Les cocotiers

1963

Director

Monsieur Albert, prophète

1963

Director

Le palmier à l'huile

1963

Director

Hampi

1962

Director

Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days

1962

Director

The Punishment

Director

The Punishment

Screenplay

Urbanisme africain

Director

Le mil

1962

Director

Abidjan, port de pêche

1962

Director

Les pêcheurs du Niger

1962

Director

Chronicle of a Summer

Director

The Human Pyramid

Cinematography

The Human Pyramid

Director

The Human Pyramid

Writer

Funérailles au Ghana

Director

Les Fils de l'eau

1959

Director

I, a Negro

Director

I, a Negro

Producer

I, a Negro

Writer

La royale goumbé

Director

Une sortie de novices de Sakpata

1958

Director

Moro Naba

Director

Baby Ghana

Director

The Mad Masters

Cinematography

The Mad Masters

Director

Mammy Water

Cinematography

Mammy Water

Director

Mammy Water

Producer

Mammy Water

Writer

The Rainmakers

Director

Les gens du mil

Director

Cemeteries in the Cliff

1951

Director

6.5

Battle on the Great River

Director

Circumcision

Cinematography

Circumcision

Director

Circumcision

Producer

Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed

1948

Director

The Magicians of Wanzerbé

1948

Director

Hombroï

1948

Director

In the Land of the Black Magi

1947

Director

6.2