Chris Marker

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-07-29 (91 years old)

Deathday

2012-07-29

Place of Birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France

Chris Marker

Biography

Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, also known as Chris Marker (France: 29 July 1921 - 29 July 2012) was a French writer, poet, activist, internaut, critic, photographer, traveler, journalist, film enssayist, multimedia artist and documentary maker. He began his work as part of the French Rive gauche group, parallel but different from the nouvelle vague, with which he would later share themes and works. He is credited with creating the subjective documentary and is considered a pioneer of collective cinema in France. His cinematographic work is known for its poetic, sometimes ethereal, and video-art-like expression. He dedicated himself, d...

Acting

1978

May Days

as Self

1983

Sans Soleil

as Self (uncredited)

2023

1999

One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

1985

A. K.

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2015

1985

Tokyo-Ga

as Self (uncredited)

2008

The Beaches of Agnès

as Self (archive footage)

1988

Tokyo Days

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

1965

1973

Kashima Paradise

as Narrator (voice)

1997

Level Five

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

1963

The Lovely Month of May

as Self / Interviewer (voice)

1957

Letter from Siberia

as Stargazer (uncredited)

Production

1983

Sans Soleil

as Director

1983

Sans Soleil

as Writer

1962

La Jetée

as Director

1962

La Jetée

as Director of Photography

1961

¡Cuba Sí!

as Writer

1961

¡Cuba Sí!

as Screenplay

1961

¡Cuba Sí!

as Director of Photography

2011

Imagine

as Director

2011

ROYAL POLKA.mov

as Director

1953

Statues Also Die

as Director

1988

1977

1997

Level Five

as Director

1997

Level Five

as Writer

1981

Junkopia

as Director

1981

Junkopia

as Writer

1981

Junkopia

as Original Music Composer

1993

1959

The Astronauts

as Director

1965

1965

1973

The Embassy

as Director

1973

The Embassy

as Writer

1957

1961

¡Cuba Sí!

as Director

1973

1952

Olympia 52

as Director

1956

Sunday in Peking

as Director

1976

The Spiral

as Editor

1993

1993

1985

Matta '85

as Director

2000

1990

Berlin 1990

as Director

1990

Zoo Piece

as Director

1991

Theory of Sets

as Director

1993

Slon Tango

as Director

1994

1995

1968

Be Seeing You

as Director

1988

Tokyo Days

as Director

1991

Theory of Sets

as Producer

1995

Blue Helmet

as Director

1994

1994

1994

1999

Eclipse

as Director

1968

Cinétracts

as Director

2007

Leila Attacks

as Director

2019

1952

Olympia 52

as Writer

1953

1990

Zapping Zone

as Director

2010

1958

1970

The Confession

as Still Photographer

1959

Night and Fog

as Assistant Director

2004

Green Vinyl

as Thanks

1994

1986

1994

Tchaïka

as Director

1994

Petite Ceinture

as Director

1985

1968

Cinétracts

as Writer

1990

1990

1985

A. K.

as Director

1985

A. K.

as Writer

1985

A. K.

as Editor

2008

Guillaume Movie

as Director

2008

2011

Overnight

as Director

2011

Overnight

as Writer

1964

Valparaiso

as Screenplay

1967

Far from Vietnam

as Director

1990

Berliner Ballade

as Director

1957

Django Reinhardt

as Screenplay

2012

20 Little Films

as Director

1967

1974

1969

Jour de tournage

as Director

1967

Far from Vietnam

as Producer

1967

2012

Kino

as Director

2008

2008

2011

Tempo Risoluto

as Director

2011

1995

Twelve Monkeys

as Original Film Writer

1962

1988

Tokyo Days

as Editor

1997

Level Five

as Original Music Composer

1981

Junkopia

as Editor

1983

Sans Soleil

as Music

1983

Sans Soleil

as Director of Photography

1983

Sans Soleil

as Editor

1983

Sans Soleil

as Visual Effects

1994

Tchaïka

as Editor

1986

Havre

as Thanks

1966

1995

Blue Helmet

as Writer

1995

Blue Helmet

as Editor

1990

1990

2013

La Jétee

as Story

1997

Level Five

as Director of Photography

2011

1973

1965

The Koumiko Mystery

as Director of Photography

1965

1959

Night and Fog

as Script Editor

2008

Metrotopia

as Director

2008

Metrotopia

as Writer

2011

iDead

as Director

2008

Henchman Glance

as Director

1956

1988

Tokyo Days

as Writer

1969

1966

If I Had Four Dromedaries

as Director of Photography

2007

Leila Attacks

as Director of Photography

1999

1993

The Last Bolshevik

as Director of Photography

1988

Tokyo Days

as Director of Photography

1968

The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

as Director of Photography

1964

From a Distant Gaze

as Director of Photography

1956

Sunday in Peking

as Director of Photography

1957

1962

La Jetée

as Screenplay

2017

The Zone

as Short Story

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