Raymond Depardon

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-07-06 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Villefranche-sur-Saône

Raymond Depardon

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 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...

Acting

1986

New York, N.Y.

as Narrator (voice)

2023

L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Profils paysans : l'approche

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2005

Profils paysans : le quotidien

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2008

Modern Life

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2005

Quoi de neuf au Garet?

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

2013

2003

Untouched by the West

as Narrator (voice)

1990

Incognito

as Self

Production

2008

Modern Life

as Director

2007

1994

1995

1991

Against Oblivion

as Director

1986

New York, N.Y.

as Director of Photography

2012

1986

New York, N.Y.

as Director

1983

News Items

as Director

2022

Feminist Riposte

as Delegated Producer

1984

The Declic Years

as Director

1985

Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa

as Director of Photography

1990

1998

Paris

as Director

1981

Reporters

as Director

2003

1988

Urgences

as Director

1999

Muriel Leferle

as Director

1982

San Clemente

as Director

2016

Les Habitants

as Director

1981

Reporters

as Cinematography

1981

Reporters

as Sound

1995

Concerning Nice

as Director

1976

Tibesti Too

as Producer

1976

Tibesti Too

as Director

1976

Tibesti Too

as Cinematography

2008

Donner la parole

as Director

2008

Modern Life

as Writer

1969

Jan Palach

as Director

1996

2017

12 Days

as Director

1990

Contacts

as Director

2011

The Joy of Maths

as Director

2014

The 8th Floor

as Director

1996

Malraux

as Director

1996

Malraux

as Editor

2001

Profils paysans : l'approche

as Director of Photography

1997

Amour

as Director

1993

Face à la mer

as Director

2005

Profils paysans : le quotidien

as Director of Photography

2008

Modern Life

as Director of Photography

2005

Quoi de neuf au Garet?

as Director of Photography

2005

1998

Bolivia

as Director

2003

Untouched by the West

as Cinematography

2017

12 Days

as Cinematography

1981

Numéros zéro

as Director

2003

2002

1970

1975

1976

Tchad 3

as Director

1976

Tchad 3

as Sound

1986

Pékin Central

as Director of Photography

2007

Open-Air Cinema

as Director

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