Raymond Depardon

Instruktør, Forfatter, Skuespiller, Producer

6. juli 1942 (83 år)
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 Eclair- camera and tried to make news-films for television in addition to taking news-photograhs... It was then that I learned to hold the camera." When Depardon films people, he is silent. If one has the impression that he always keeps his eyes lowered in the face of the world's miseries, it is untrue. Raymond Depardon looks as through a lattice and reacts like quicksilver, keeping his deepest, innermost emotion secret, and allow his pictures to speak for themselves. His films are now screened in all international film festivals, from Cannes to Hong Kong.

Kendt for

  • Modern Life
    Modern Life2008
  • Lumière and Company
    Lumière and Company1995
  • The 10th Judicial Court: Judicial Hearings
    The 10th Judicial Court: Judicial Hearings2004
  • 12 Days
    12 Days2017
  • To Each His Own Cinema
    To Each His Own Cinema2007
  • News Items
    News Items1983
  • Caught in the Acts
    Caught in the Acts1994
  • Journal de France
    Journal de France2012
  • Den fangede kvinde i ørkenen
    Den fangede kvinde i ørkenen1990
  • 1974, une partie de campagne
    1974, une partie de campagne2002
  • Untouched by the West
    Untouched by the West2002
  • Urgences
    Urgences1988
  • Reporters
    Reporters1981
  • Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
    Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa1985
  • France
    France2016
  • Profils paysans: le quotidien
    Profils paysans: le quotidien2005
  • Profils paysans: l'approche
    Profils paysans: l'approche2001
  • San Clemente
    San Clemente1982
  • Africa, How Are You with Pain?
    Africa, How Are You with Pain?1996
  • Paris
    Paris1998

Filmografi

2012
2008
Modern Life · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2005
Profils paysans: le quotidien · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2002
Untouched by the West · as Narrator (voice)
2001
Profils paysans: l'approche · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1986
1984

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub · as Self (archive Footage)
2018
Passage des Arts · as Self
2013
Being President · as Self
2012
28 minutes · as Self
2011
2009
C à Vous · as Self
2009
C Politique · as Self
2008
2006
2006
2005
Quoi de neuf au Garet? · as Self (voice) (uncredited)
2004
2000
L'invité · as Self
1998
1990
Faut pas rêver · as Self
1989
Contacts · as Self
1987
NPA · as Self
1981
13 heures · as Self

2022
L'heure du départ · as Cinematographer
2017
12 Days · as Cinematographer
2016
France · as Cinematographer
2012
Journal de France · as Cinematographer
2008
Modern Life · as Director Of Photography
2005
Quoi de neuf au Garet? · as Director Of Photography
2005
Profils paysans: le quotidien · as Director Of Photography
2004
2002
Untouched by the West · as Production Designer
2002
Untouched by the West · as Cinematographer
2001
Profils paysans: l'approche · as Director Of Photography
1998
Paris · as Cinematographer
1996
Africa, How Are You with Pain? · as Director Of Photography
1996
1994
Sida propos: Paroles d'appelés · as Cinematographer
1990
Captive of the Desert · as Cinematographer
1988
Urgences · as Cinematographer
1986
Pékin Central · as Director Of Photography
1985
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa · as Director Of Photography
1983
News Items · as Cinematographer
1981
San Clemente · as Cinematographer
1981
Reporters · as Cinematographer
1981
Reporters · as Sound
1981
Numéros zéros · as Cinematographer
1974
1974, une partie de campagne · as Cinematographer