Jean Rouch
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-05-31
Day of Death
2004-02-18 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Jean Rouch
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Acting
Rouch's Gang
as Self
Work(ing Together) in Process
as Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)
(2013)
My Conversations on Film
as Himself
(2012)
Maya Deren, Take Zero
as Himself
(2011)
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The Dreamed Films
as Self
(2010)
Sodankylä Forever
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
Portrait de Jean Rouch
as Self
(2003)
(2002)
(2000)
(1999)
(1999)
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
as narrador
(1998)
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
as Narrator
(1998)
(1997)
(1995)
Son of Gascogne
as Self
(1995)
Rouch in Reverse
as himself
(1994)
Germaine chez elle
as himself
(1992)
(1992)
(1992)
Letter to Jean Rouch
as Himself
(1991)
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
as Himself
(1983)
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
as himself
(1980)
(1978)
Cinématon
as N°1256
(1977)
Samba the Great
as Narrator
(1977)
(1967)
(1966)
World Without a Game
as Himself
(1964)
(1963)
The Lovely Month of May
as Self (uncredited)
(1962)
The Doll
as Officer (uncredited)
(1961)
Chronicle of a Summer
as Self
(1959)
(1955)
The Mad Masters
as Narrator
Crew
(2012)
Mad Mimes
Property Builder
(2002)
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort
Director, Writer
(1997)
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
Director, Cinematography
(1997)
A Friendly Handshake
Director
(1997)
Announcement
Director
(1996)
Germaine et ses copains
Director
(1994)
Germaine chez elle
Director, Writer
(1993)
Madame l'eau
Director
(1992)
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Director
(1990)
(1990)
Brise-glace
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
(1989)
Boulevards d'Afrique
Director
(1987)
Cousin, cousine
Director
(1987)
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
(1987)
(1986)
(1986)
Enigma
Director
(1984)
Dionysos
Director
(1983)
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
Director, Director of Photography
(1981)
(1980)
Ciné-mafia
Director, Cinematography
(1979)
(1978)
(1977)
(1977)
Makwayela
Director
(1977)
(1977)
Badye, the Storyteller
Director
(1976)
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
Director, Director of Photography
(1975)
Zomo et ses frères
Director
(1974)
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(1974)
(1974)
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
Director, Writer
(1973)
The Year 01
Co-Director
(1973)
(1973)
Boukoki
Director
(1973)
The Burial of the Hogon
Director
(1973)
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
Director
(1973)
VW-Voyou
Director
(1973)
(1972)
Horendi
Director
(1972)
(1972)
Un lion nommé l'Américain
Director
(1971)
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli
Director
(1971)
Drums from the Past
Director, Writer, Cinematography
(1970)
Little by Little
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(1970)
(1970)
Architects of Ayorou
Director
(1970)
Mya - la mère
Director
(1969)
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
Director
(1968)
(1968)
Ayorou Singing Stones
Director
(1968)
(1967)
Jaguar
Director, Director of Photography
(1967)
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Director
(1967)
Daouda Sorko
Director
(1966)
The Lion Hunters
Director, Director of Photography
(1966)
(1966)
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
Writer, Director of Photography, Director
(1965)
Six in Paris
Director, Writer
(1965)
Gare du Nord
Director, Screenplay
(1964)
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
Director
(1964)
(1964)
That Tender Age
Director
(1963)
Monsieur Albert, prophète
Director
(1963)
Le palmier à l'huile
Director
(1963)
Les cocotiers
Director
(1963)
Rose et Landry
Director
(1962)
The Punishment
Director, Screenplay
(1962)
(1962)
Hampi
Director
(1962)
Abidjan, port de pêche
Director
(1962)
Urbanisme africain
Director
(1962)
Le mil
Director
(1962)
Les pêcheurs du Niger
Director
(1961)
Chronicle of a Summer
Director
(1961)
The Human Pyramid
Director, Cinematography, Writer
(1960)
Funérailles au Ghana
Director
(1959)
Les Fils de l'eau
Director
(1959)
I, a Negro
Director, Writer, Producer
(1958)
Moro Naba
Director
(1958)
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
Director
(1958)
La royale goumbé
Director
(1957)
Baby Ghana
Director
(1955)
The Mad Masters
Director, Cinematography
(1953)
Mammy Water
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography
(1951)
Cemeteries in the Cliff
Director
(1951)
The Rainmakers
Director
(1951)
Les gens du mil
Director
(1950)
Battle on the Great River
Director
(1949)
Circumcision
Director, Producer, Cinematography
(1948)
The Magicians of Wanzerbé
Director
(1948)
(1948)
Hombroï
Director
(1947)
In the Land of the Black Magi
Director