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Jean Rouch (1917–2004)

Director | Cinematographer | Writer

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French documentarist, an exponent of cinema verite. He held degrees in literature and civil engineering. He became first noted during the 1950's for his work in West Africa, recording tribal life and customs. See more trivia »

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in Paris, France

Died:

(age 86) in Birni N'Konni, Niger
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Hide HideDirector (105 titles)
2002 Le rêve plus fort que la mort (documentary)
 
1997 Faire-part: Musée Henri Langlois (documentary)
 
1997 Moi fatigué debout, moi couché
 
1993 Madame L'Eau
 
1990 Cantate pour deux généraux
 
1990 Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...
 
1989 Boulevards d'Afrique
 
1988 Brise-glace (documentary)
 
1988 Folie ordinaire d'une fille de Cham
 
1988 Enigma
 
1986 Dionysos
 
1983 Portrait de Raymond Depardon (short)
 
1982 Yenendi Gengel
 
1979 Le vieil Anaï (documentary)
 
1978 Simi Siddo Kuma (short)
 
1977 Margaret Mead: A Portrait by a Friend (documentary short)
 
1977 Fête des Gandyi Bi à Simiri
 
1977 Hommage à Marcel Mauss: Germaine Dieterlen (short)
 
1977 Hommage à Marcel Mauss: Marcel Levy (short)
 
1977 Ispahan: lettre persanne 1977 (short)
 
1977 Badye, the Storyteller (documentary short)
 
1977 Makwayela (short)
 
1976 Babatu
 
1976 Médecines et médecins (documentary short)
 
1976 Rhythme de travail (documentary short)
 
1975 Initiation (documentary)
 
1975 Souna Kouma (documentary short)
 
1974 Cocorico monsieur Poulet
 
1974 La 504 et les foudroyers (short)
 
1974 Pam Kuso Kar (documentary short)
 
1974 Sigui 1973 - l'auvent de la circoncision (documentary short)
 
1974 Toboy Tobaye (documentary short)
 
1973 The Year 01 (sequence director "au Niger")
 
1973 Dongo Hori
 
1973 Hommage à Marcel Mauss: Tara Okamoto (short)
 
1973 L'enterrement du Hogon (documentary short)
 
1973 VW-Voyou (short)
 
1972 Horendi (documentary)
 
1972 Sigui 1972 - les pagnes de Yamé (documentary)
 
1972 Tanda Singui (short)
 
1972 Rain Dance at Boukoki (short)
 
1971 Architectes Ayorou (documentary short)
 
1971 Porto Novo - la danse des reines (documentary short)
 
1971 Sigui 1971 - la dune d'Idyeli (documentary)
 
1971 Tourou et Bitti (short)
 
1971 Yenendi di Simiri (short)
 
1970 Little by Little
 
1970 Mya - la mère
 
1970 Sigui 1970 - les clameurs d'Amani (documentary short)
 
1970 Yenendi de Yantalla
 
1969 Sigui 1969 - la caverne de Bongo (documentary short)
 
1968 Pierres chantantes d'Ayorou (documentary short)
 
1968 Sigui 1968 - les danseurs de Tyogou (documentary short)
 
1968 Un lion nommé l'américain (documentary short)
 
1968 Wanzerbe (documentary short)
 
1967 Hunting the Lion with Bow and Arrow (documentary)
 
1967 Daudo Sorko (short)
 
1967 Jaguar (documentary)
 
1967 La goumbe des jeunes noceurs (documentary short)
 
1967 Sigui: l'enclume de Yougo (short)
 
1966 Batteries Dogon - éléments pour une étude des rythmes (documentary short)
 
1966 Dongo Horendi
 
1966 Dongo Yenendi (short)
 
1966 Fêtes de novembre à Bregbo (documentary short)
 
1966 Koli-Koli (documentary short)
 
1966 Sigui année zero (documentary short)
 
1965 Six in Paris (segment "Gare du Nord")
 
1965 Alpha noir (documentary short)
 
1965 Festival de Dakar (short)
 
1965 Jackville (documentary short)
 
1965 L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique (documentary short)
 
1965 The 15-Year-Old Widows (short)
 
1965 Musique et danse des chasseurs Gow (documentary short)
 
1965 Tambours de pierre (documentary short)
 
1964 La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes (segment "Marie-France et Véronique")
 
1963 Palm Oil (documentary short)
 
1963 Les cocotiers (documentary short)
 
1963 Monsieur Albert prophète (documentary short)
 
1963 Rose et Landry (short)
 
1962 The Punishment
 
1962 Abidjan, port de pêche (documentary short)
 
1962 Millet (short)
 
1962 Les pêcheurs du Niger
 
1962 Urbanismé africain
 
1961 Chronicle of a Summer (documentary)
 
1961 The Human Pyramid
 
1961 Les ballets de Niger (documentary short)
 
1960 Hampi (short)
 
1958 La royale goumbé
 
1958 The Sons of Water (documentary)
 
1958 Moi un noir
 
1958 Moro Naba (documentary short)
 
1958 Sakpata (short)
 
1957 Baby Ghana (documentary short)
 
1955 The Mad Masters (documentary short)
 
1953 Mammy Water (documentary short)
 
1951 Cimetière dans la falaise (documentary short)
 
1951 Les gens du mil (documentary)
 
1951 Rainmakers (documentary short)
 
1950 Hippopotamus Hunt (documentary)
 
1949 Initiation à la danse des possédés (documentary short)
 
1949 La circoncision (documentary short)
 
1948 Hombroï (documentary short)
 
1948 Les magiciens de Wanzerbé (short)
 
1947 Au pays des mages noirs (documentary short)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (27 titles)
1997 Moi fatigué debout, moi couché
 
1993 Madame L'Eau
 
1990 Cantate pour deux généraux
 
1989 Boulevards d'Afrique
 
1988 Brise-glace (documentary)
 
1988 Folie ordinaire d'une fille de Cham
 
1988 Enigma
 
1986 Dionysos
 
1979 Le vieil Anaï (documentary)
 
1976 Singing During the Occupation (documentary)
 
1976 Babatu
 
1976 Médecines et médecins (documentary short)
 
1974 Cocorico monsieur Poulet
 
1971 Tourou et Bitti (short)
 
1970 Little by Little
 
1967 Hunting the Lion with Bow and Arrow (documentary)
 
1967 La goumbe des jeunes noceurs (documentary short)
 
1958 The Sons of Water (documentary)
 
1955 The Mad Masters (documentary short)
 
1953 Mammy Water (documentary short)
 
1951 Cimetière dans la falaise (documentary short)
 
1951 Les gens du mil (documentary)
 
1951 Rainmakers (documentary short)
 
1950 Hippopotamus Hunt (documentary)
 
1949 Initiation à la danse des possédés (documentary short)
 
1949 La circoncision (documentary short)
 
1948 Les magiciens de Wanzerbé (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (13 titles)
1993 Madame L'Eau (writer)
 
1988 Folie ordinaire d'une fille de Cham (writer)
 
1986 Dionysos
 
1971 Tourou et Bitti (short)
 
1970 Little by Little
 
1970 Sigui 1970 - les clameurs d'Amani (documentary short)
 
1970 Yenendi de Yantalla
 
1965 Six in Paris (segment "Gare du Nord")
 
1963 Monsieur Albert prophète (documentary short) (writer)
 
1962 The Punishment
 
1961 The Human Pyramid
 
1958 Moi un noir (writer)
 
1953 Mammy Water (documentary short) (writer)
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
1980 Le théâtre de la jeune lune (documentary short) (producer)
 
1949 Initiation à la danse des possédés (documentary short) (producer)
 
1949 La circoncision (documentary short) (producer)
 
1948 Les magiciens de Wanzerbé (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1998 La momie à mi-mots
 
1998 Chêne de vie (short)
Jean
 
1987 Brigade de nuit
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1961 Le niger, jeune république (documentary) (advisor)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
1997 Mossane (thanks)
 
1991 The Lovers on the Bridge (thanks)
 
1988 Mon père: Victor F. (short) (the producers wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
2010 Sodankylä ikuisesti (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ensimmäisen elokuvamuiston kaiho (2010) … Himself
– Ikuinen aika (2010) … Himself
– Valon draama (2010) … Himself
 
2005 Jean Rouch: paroles données (documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Jean Rouch et Germaine Dieterlen, l'avenir du souvenir (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Mon père, c'est un lion (documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Mensageiro Entre Dois Mundos (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (documentary)
 
1997 Faire-part: Musée Henri Langlois (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Mosso, mosso - Jean Rouch comme si... (1997) … Himself
 
1995 The Son of Gascogne
Himself/En personne
 
1995 Rouch in Reverse (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Brise-glace (documentary)
 
1984 Cinématon (documentary)
Himself (1990)
 
1983 Portrait de Raymond Depardon (short)
Himself
 
1967 Civilisation: L'homme et les images (TV short)
Himself
 
1964 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– La nouvelle vague par elle-même (1964) … Himself
 
1963 Monsieur Albert prophète (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1962 Jean Rouch (TV series)
Himself
 
1961 Chronicle of a Summer (documentary)
Himself
 
1958 The Sons of Water (documentary)
Narrator
 
1955 The Mad Masters (documentary short)
Narrator
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2012 Journal de France (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Camera That Changed the World (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema (documentary)
 
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Personally, I am violently opposed to film crews. My reasons are several. The sound engineer must fully understand the language of the people he is recording. It is thus indispensable that he belong to the ethnic group being filmed and that he also be trained in the minutiae of his job. Besides, with the present techniques used in direct cinema... See more »

Trivia:

French documentarist, an exponent of cinema verite. He held degrees in literature and civil engineering. He became first noted during the 1950's for his work in West Africa, recording tribal life and customs. See more »

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