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Raymond Depardon

Directing
Known For

83 Years Old

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.

Born

Villefranche-sur-Saône on 6th July 1942

All Credits

L'Âge d'or de la pub Image
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
La rouge et la noire Image
La rouge et la noire
Self
Modern Life Image
Modern Life
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Quoi de neuf au Garet? Image
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Journal de France Image
Journal de France
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon Image
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
himself
Profils paysans : le quotidien Image
Profils paysans : le quotidien
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Un Moment Si Doux Image
Un Moment Si Doux
himself
Donner la parole Image
Donner la parole
Incognito Image
Incognito
Self
Untouched by the West Image
Untouched by the West
Narrator (voice)
Profils paysans : l'approche Image
Profils paysans : l'approche
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
New York, N.Y. Image
New York, N.Y.
Narrator (voice)