Raymond Depardon

ActorCrewDirectorCinematographerWriter Jul 6 (age 83) Villefranche-sur-Saône 1969–2023 (54 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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 ow…

Known For

Film

To Each His Own Cinema

Director

Film

12 Days

Cinematography

Film

Lumière & Company

Director

Film

Modern Life

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial

Director

Film

Journal de France

6.8 2012

Film

Caught in the Acts

Director

Film

1974, une partie de campagne

Cinematography

Filmography

Acting (14)

Movies (14)

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Un Moment Si Doux

2013

as himself

Journal de France

2012

6.8

La rouge et la noire

2011

as Self

Modern Life

2008

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.5

Donner la parole

2008

5.0

Quoi de neuf au Garet?

2005

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

Profils paysans : le quotidien

2005

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.2

Untouched by the West

2003

as Narrator (voice)

6.8

Profils paysans : l'approche

2001

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.5

Incognito

1990

as Self

New York, N.Y.

as Narrator (voice)

The Declic Years

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

1983

as himself

Crew (79)

Movies (79)

12 Days

Cinematography

12 Days

Director

Les Habitants

Director

The 8th Floor

Director

Journal de France

2012

Director

6.8

The Joy of Maths

2011

Director

La France de Raymond Depardon

2010

Director

Modern Life

2008

Director

7.5

Modern Life

2008

Director of Photography

Modern Life

Writer

Donner la parole

Director

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director

6.5

Quoi de neuf au Garet?

2005

Director

7.0

Quoi de neuf au Garet?

2005

Director of Photography

7.0

Profils paysans : le quotidien

2005

Director

7.2

Profils paysans : le quotidien

2005

Director of Photography

7.2

Profils paysans : le quotidien

2005

Writer

7.2

The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial

2004

Director

7.3

Untouched by the West

2003

Cinematography

6.8

Untouched by the West

2003

Director

6.8

Untouched by the West

2003

Writer

6.8

Chasseurs et Chamans

2003

Director

1974, une partie de campagne

2002

Cinematography

6.5

1974, une partie de campagne

2002

Director

6.5

Profils paysans : l'approche

2001

Director

7.5

Profils paysans : l'approche

2001

Director of Photography

Muriel Leferle

Director

Paris

Director

Bolivia

Director

Amour

1997

Director

6.5

Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?

1996

Director

5.8

Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?

1996

Director of Photography

5.8

Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?

1996

Sound

5.8

Malraux

1996

Director

Malraux

1996

Editor

Lumière & Company

Director

Concerning Nice

Director

Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)

Director

Caught in the Acts

Director

Face à la mer

Director

Against Oblivion

1991

Director

6.5

Captive of the Desert

1990

Director

5.9

Captive of the Desert

Writer

Contacts

Director

Contacts

Writer

Une histoire très simple

1989

Director

Une histoire très simple

1989

Writer

Urgences

1988

Director

6.4

Pékin Central

1986

Director of Photography

New York, N.Y.

Director

New York, N.Y.

Director of Photography

6.3

Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa

1985

Director

7.2

Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa

1985

Director of Photography

7.2

Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa

1985

Writer

7.2

Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française

1985

Director

Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française

1985

Director of Photography

The Declic Years

Director

News Items

Director

San Clemente

Director

Reporters

Cinematography

Reporters

Director

Reporters

Sound

Numéros zéro

Director

Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon

1980

Cinematography

6.7

Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon

Director

Tibesti Too

Cinematography

Tibesti Too

Director

Tibesti Too

Producer

Tchad 3

Director

Tchad 3

1976

Sound

Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum

1975

Director

Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum

1975

Sound

Les Révolutionnaires du Tchad

1970

Director

Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade

1970

Director

Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade

1970

Sound

Jan Palach

1969

Director

5.2

Paris, Les inconnues du Saint-Lazare express

Director

Dégager l'écoute

Director of Photography

Caught in the Acts

Director