Biography for
Agnès Varda More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

30 May 1928, Brussels, Belgium

Birth Name

Arlette Varda

Spouse

Jacques Demy

(1962 - 27 October 1990) (his death) 1 child

Trade Mark

Her bowl-shaped bobbed haircut

Trivia

Mother of actor Mathieu Demy with Jacques Demy.

Mother of Rosalie Varda with Antoine Bourseiller.

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005

Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1983.

Legally changed her first name from Arlette to Agnès when she turned 18.

Was the very first director to ever cast Gérard Depardieu, in 1965. The film, called "Christmas Carole" (revolving around Carole, a young comics writer), was never completed, due to lack of money. Around 8 minutes have been shot, featuring Depardieu, and shown at the French Cinematheque at the end of the 90s.

Personal Quotes

They called me 'The Ancestor of the New Wave' when I was only 30. I had seen very few films, which, in a way, gave me both the naivety and the daring to do what I did.

I don't believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue - if it doesn't also arise from your body and your immediate lived experience. That's why I always refer to 'subjective documentary'. It seems to me that the more motivated I am by what I film, the more objectively I film.