Raymond Depardon
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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
July 6, 1942Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
60Place of birth
Villefranche-sur-SaôneCast credits
Journal de France
Donner la parole
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
himselfUn Moment Si Doux
himselfQuoi de neuf au Garet?
Self (voice) (uncredited)Untouched by the West
Narrator (voice)La rouge et la noire
SelfNew York, N.Y.
Narrator (voice)L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)Profils paysans: l'approche
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Profils paysans: le quotidien
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Modern Life
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Crew credits
Modern Life
Director, Writer, Director of PhotographyTo Each His Own Cinema
Director1974, une partie de campagne
Director, CinematographyProfils paysans: l'approche
Director, Director of PhotographyDélits flagrants
DirectorProfils paysans: le quotidien
Director, Director of Photography, WriterLumière and Company
DirectorAgainst Oblivion
DirectorThe 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
DirectorJournal de France
DirectorTen Minutes of Silence for John Lennon
Director, CinematographyNew York, N.Y.
Director, Director of PhotographyNews Items
DirectorThe Declic Years
DirectorEmpty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
Director of Photography, Writer, DirectorLes habitants
DirectorCaptive of the Desert
Director, WriterAfriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
Director, Director of Photography, SoundParis
DirectorReporters
Director, Cinematography, SoundUntouched by the West
Director, Writer, Cinematography