Jean Rouch
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-05-31 (87 years old)
Deathday
2004-02-18
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also known As
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Jean Rouch
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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...
Acting
1977
as Narrator
1962
as Officer (uncredited)
1995
as Self
1977
1992
2010
as Self
1966
as Himself
1964
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as Self
2011
as Self (archive footage)
1995
as himself
2000
2012
as Himself
1998
as Narrator
1955
as Narrator
1980
1994
as himself
1991
as Himself
1961
as Self
2013
as Himself
1983
as himself
1978
as N°1256
1963
as Self (uncredited)
2004
2010
as Self
1992
as Himself
1999
as narrador
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as Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)
2004
as Self
Production
1959
as Director
1974
as Director
1959
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1965
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1955
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1961
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1966
as Director
1997
as Director
1997
as Cinematography
1987
as Director
1967
as Director
1970
as Director
1972
as Director
1961
as Director
1984
as Director
1973
as Co-Director
1997
as Director
1990
1947
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1962
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1962
as Screenplay
1976
as Director
1948
as Director
1986
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1967
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1968
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1970
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1971
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1972
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1973
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1968
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1973
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1973
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1971
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1971
as Writer
1971
as Cinematography
1973
as Director
1992
as Director
1997
as Director
1974
as Director
1953
as Director
1953
as Writer
1953
as Producer
1953
as Cinematography
1970
as Director
1955
as Cinematography
1951
as Director
1977
1959
as Writer
1959
as Producer
1950
as Director
1993
as Director
1972
as Director
1980
as Director
1966
as Director
1964
as Director
1974
as Writer
1970
as Writer
1980
as Cinematography
1966
as Director of Photography
1990
as Director
1987
as Director
1987
as Director of Photography
1987
as Editor
1987
as Writer
1990
as Writer
1990
as Editor
1990
as Director of Photography
1981
1976
as Director of Photography
1977
as Director
1949
as Director
1949
as Producer
1949
as Cinematography
1986
as Director
1962
1983
as Director
1983
as Director of Photography
1965
as Writer
1974
as Director of Photography
1970
as Director of Photography
1951
as Director
1957
as Director
1958
as Director
1948
as Director
1958
as Director
2012
as Property Builder
1966
as Writer
1966
as Director of Photography
2002
as Director
2002
as Writer
1974
as Director
1974
as Writer
1967
as Director
1965
as Director
1965
as Screenplay
1969
as Director
1979
as Director
1962
as Director
1968
as Director
1994
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1994
as Writer
1977
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1996
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1977
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1975
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1964
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1963
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1964
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1948
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1951
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1958
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1963
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1963
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1962
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1962
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1962
as Director
1962
as Director
1963
as Director
1961
as Cinematography
1967
as Director of Photography
1966
as Director
1989
as Director
1961
as Writer
1973
as Director
1973
as Director
1978
as Director
1970
as Director
1960
as Director
1987
as Director
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