Raoul Coutard

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-09-16 (92 years old)

Deathday

2016-11-08

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Raoul Coutard

Biography

Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the Nouvelle Vague period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard. Coutard also shot films for New Wave director François Truffaut as well as Jacques Demy, a contemporary frequently associated with the movement. He shot over 75 films during a career that lasted nearly half a century. Coutard originally planned to study chemistry, but switched to photography because of the cost of tuition. In 1945, Coutard was sent to participate in the French Indochina War; he lived in Vietnam for the next 11 years, ...

Acting

Production

1962

Antoine and Colette

as Director of Photography

1963

Contempt

as Director of Photography

1960

Breathless

as Director of Photography

1962

Vivre Sa Vie

as Director of Photography

1962

Jules and Jim

as Director of Photography

1967

La Chinoise

as Director of Photography

1964

The Soft Skin

as Director of Photography

1960

Shoot the Piano Player

as Director of Photography

1969

Z

as Director of Photography

1968

The Bride Wore Black

as Director of Photography

1965

Pierrot le Fou

as Director of Photography

1984

The Bitch

as Director of Photography

1971

The Most Gentle Confessions

as Director of Photography

1966

The Defector

as Director of Photography

1965

Alphaville

as Director of Photography

1964

Band of Outsiders

as Director of Photography

1967

Weekend

as Director of Photography

1973

A Pain in the Ass

as Director of Photography

1989

Thick Skinned

as Director of Photography

1996

The Phantom Heart

as Director of Photography

1980

1995

Happiness Is No Joke

as Director of Photography

1977

Drummer-Crab

as Director of Photography

1959

Island Fishermen

as Cinematography

1970

1984

Salt on the Skin

as Director of Photography

1958

Ramuntcho

as Cinematography

1983

1967

The Sailor from Gibraltar

as Cinematography

1964

Le Grand Escroc

as Director of Photography

1973

The Hostage Gang

as Director of Photography

1970

The Confession

as Director of Photography

1983

First Name: Carmen

as Director of Photography

1959

The Devil's Pass

as Cinematography

1959

The Devil's Pass

as Director of Photography

2001

Wild Innocence

as Director of Photography

1964

The Married Woman

as Director of Photography

1967

Horizon

as Cinematography

1993

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

as Director of Photography

1964

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

as Director of Photography

1963

Le Petit Soldat

as Director of Photography

1961

A Woman Is a Woman

as Director of Photography

1963

The Carabineers

as Director of Photography

1967

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

as Director of Photography

1988

Burning Beds

as Director of Photography

1972

Five Leaf Clover

as Director of Photography

1970

La Liberté en croupe

as Director of Photography

1988

Let Sleeping Cops Lie

as Director of Photography

1982

Godard's Passion

as Director of Photography

1961

Chronicle of a Summer

as Director of Photography

1965

The 317th Platoon

as Director of Photography

1972

Embassy

as Director of Photography

1969

The Southern Star

as Director of Photography

1964

Male Companion

as Director of Photography

1962

And Satan Calls the Turns

as Camera Operator

1988

Blanc de Chine

as Director of Photography

1975

1960

The Army Game

as Director of Photography

1961

Lola

as Director of Photography

1962

Petit Jour

as Director of Photography

1962

Love at Twenty

as Director of Photography

1967

Made in U.S.A

as Director of Photography

1968

Rocky Road to Dublin

as Director of Photography

1974

Like a Pot of Strawberries

as Director of Photography

1984

Dangerous Moves

as Director of Photography

1986

Max My Love

as Director of Photography

1990

Il gèle en enfer

as Director of Photography

1993

The Birth of Love

as Director of Photography

1965

Scruggs

as Director of Photography

1963

Like Two Drops of Water

as Cinematography

1970

The Bamboo Incident

as Adaptation

1962

The Doll

as Director of Photography

1963

Portuguese Vacation

as Director of Photography

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