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Jean Rouch
Director

Jean Rouch

31 May 1917Born
18 Feb 2004Died
86Age at death
105Credits

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.

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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.

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Filmography

The 80 most recent of 105 credits.

  1. 2017L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film ratéFilm
  2. 2004Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalitéFilm: Lui-même
  3. 2003Encountering Jean RouchFilm
  4. 2002Le Rêve plus fort que la mortFilm: Director, Writer
  5. 1999Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chamanFilm: narrador
  6. 1998Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du PeyotlFilm: Narrator
  7. 1997I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie DownFilm: Director
  8. 1997A Friendly HandshakeFilm: Director
  9. 1997AnnouncementFilm: Director
  10. 1996Germaine et ses copainsFilm: Director
  11. 1994Germaine chez elleFilm: Director, Writer
  12. 1993Madame l'eauFilm: Director
  13. 1992An Egg with No ShellFilm
  14. 1992Damouré Speaks About AIDSFilm: Director
  15. 1990Brise-glaceFilm: Director, Writer
  16. 1990Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...Film: Director
  17. 1989Boulevards d'AfriqueFilm: Director
  18. 1987Brise-glace : Bateau givreFilm: Writer, Director
  19. 1987Cousin, cousineFilm: Director
  20. 1987Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945Film: Director
  21. 1986EnigmaFilm: Director
  22. 1986The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of HamFilm: Director
  23. 1986Ciné-Portrait de Bill WitneyFilm: Director
  24. 1984DionysosFilm: Director
  25. 1984Hampâté BâFilm: Director
  26. 1983Ciné-Portrait of Raymond DepardonFilm: Director
  27. 1981Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and DeathFilm: Director
  28. 1980Ciné-mafiaFilm: Director
  29. 1979Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old AnaiFilm: Director
  30. 1978CinématonFilm: N°1256
  31. 1978Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a FriendFilm: Director
  32. 1978Ciné-Portrait de Stanislas AdoteviFilm: Director
  33. 1977MakwayelaFilm: Director
  34. 1977Samba the GreatFilm: Narrator
  35. 1977Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)Film: Lui-même, Director
  36. 1977Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine DieterlenFilm: Director
  37. 1977Badye, the StorytellerFilm: Director
  38. 1976Babatou, Three Pieces of AdviceFilm: Director
  39. 1975Zomo et ses frèresFilm: Director
  40. 1974Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr ChickenFilm: Director, Writer
  41. 1974Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)Film: Director
  42. 1974The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant DeathFilm: Director, Writer
  43. 1973Sigui 1973: The Canopy of CircumcisionFilm: Director
  44. 1973BoukokiFilm: Director
  45. 1973The Burial of the HogonFilm: Director
  46. 1973Funeral Rites for Women in BongoFilm: Director
  47. 1973VW-VoyouFilm: Director
  48. 1973Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”Film: Director
  49. 1973Hommage à Marcel Mauss : Taro OkamotoFilm: Director
  50. 1972Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of YaméFilm: Director
  51. 1972HorendiFilm: Director
  52. 1972Un lion nommé l'AméricainFilm: Director
  53. 1971Sigui 1971: The Dune of IdyeliFilm: Director
  54. 1971Drums from the PastFilm: Writer, Director
  55. 1970Sigui 1970: The Clamours of AmaniFilm: Director
  56. 1970Little by LittleFilm: Director, Writer
  57. 1970Architects of AyorouFilm: Director
  58. 1970Mya - la mèreFilm: Director
  59. 1969Sigui 1969: The Cave of BongoFilm: Director
  60. 1968Sigui 1968: The Dancers of TyogouFilm: Director
  61. 1968Ayorou Singing StonesFilm: Director
  62. 1968Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)Film: Director
  63. 1967Sigui 1967: L'enclume de YougoFilm: Director
  64. 1967JaguarFilm: Director
  65. 1967Daouda SorkoFilm: Director
  66. 1966The Lion HuntersFilm: Director
  67. 1966Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in RhythmFilm: Director
  68. 1966The Goumbé of the Young RevelersFilm: Writer, Director
  69. 1965Six in ParisFilm: Director, Writer
  70. 1965Gare du NordFilm: Director, Screenplay
  71. 1964The Fifteen-Year-Old WidowsFilm: Director
  72. 1964That Tender AgeFilm: Director
  73. 1964L'Afrique et la recherche scientifiqueFilm: Director
  74. 1963Monsieur Albert, prophèteFilm: Director
  75. 1963Le palmier à l'huileFilm: Director
  76. 1963Les cocotiersFilm: Director
  77. 1963Rose et LandryFilm: Director
  78. 1962The DollFilm: Officer (uncredited)
  79. 1962HampiFilm: Director
  80. 1962The PunishmentFilm: Screenplay, Director

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