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Known For
Directing
Birthday
May 31, 1917
Died
February 18, 2004
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
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Jean Rouch
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Biography
Jean Rouch (French: [ʁuʃ]; 31 May 1917, Paris – 18 February 2004, Niger) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist. He is considered to be one of the founders of cinéma-vérité in France, which shared the aesthetics of the direct cinema. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker for over sixty years in Africa, was characterized by the idea of shared anthropology. Influenced by his discovery of surrealism in his early twenties, many of his films blur the line between fiction and documentary, creating a new style of ethnofiction. He was also hailed by the French New Wave as one of theirs. His seminal film Me a Black (Moi, un noir) pioneered the technique of jump cut popularized by Jean-Luc Godard. Godard said of Rouch in the Cahiers du Cinéma (Notebooks on Cinema) n°94 April 1959, "In charge of research for the Musée de l'Homme (French, "Museum of Man") Is there a better definition for a filmmaker?" Along his career, Rouch was no stranger to controversy.
Known For
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L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
2017
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Himself
My Conversations on Film
2013
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Self (archive footage)
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
2012
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5.0
Himself
Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012
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Self (archive footage)
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
2011
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Self
Sodankylä Forever
2010
7.3
Self
The Dreamed Films
2010
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Self
Portrait de Jean Rouch
2004
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Lui-même
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
2004
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Encountering Jean Rouch
2003
Credits
L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
2017
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My Conversations on Film
as Himself
2013
3.2
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
2012
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Maya Deren, Take Zero
as Himself
2012
5.0
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2011
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Sodankylä Forever
as Self
2010
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The Dreamed Films
as Self
2010
7.3
Portrait de Jean Rouch
as Self
2004
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Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
as Lui-même
2004
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Encountering Jean Rouch
2003
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Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
as Self
2002
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Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
as Self
2000
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Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
as Himself
1999
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Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
as narrador
1999
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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
as Self
1998
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Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
as Narrator
1998
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A Friendly Handshake
1997
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Son of Gascogne
as Self
1995
4.3
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Rouch in Reverse
as himself
1995
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Germaine chez elle
as himself
1994
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Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
as Self
1992
3.3
Letter to Jean Rouch
as Self
1992
6.0
An Egg with No Shell
1992
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Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
as Himself
1991
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Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
as himself
1983
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Ciné-mafia
1980
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Cinématon
as N°1256
1978
4.3
Samba the Great
as Narrator
1977
5.0
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
as Lui-même
1977
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Samedi soir
as Self
1971
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Civilisation: L'homme et les images
as Self
1967
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World Without a Game
as Himself
1966
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La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
as Self
1964
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The Lovely Month of May
as Self (uncredited)
1963
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The Doll
as Officer (uncredited)
1962
5.0
Chronicle of a Summer
as Self
1961
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Les Fils de l'eau
1959
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The Mad Masters
as Narrator
1955
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Rouch's Gang
as Self
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Work(ing Together) in Process
as Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)
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