Raoul Coutard
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-09-16
Day of Death
2016-11-08 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Raoul Coutard
Biography
Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the Nouvelle Vague period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard. Coutard also shot films for New Wave director François Truffaut as well as Jacques Demy, a contemporary frequently associated with the movement.
He shot over 75 films during a career that lasted nearly half a century.
Coutard originally planned to study chemistry, but switched to photography because of the cost of tuition. In 1945, Coutard was sent to participate in the French Indochina War; he lived in Vietnam for the next 11 years, working as a war photographer, eventually becoming a freelancer for Paris Match and Look. In 1956, he was approached to shoot a film by Pierre Schoendoerffer, La Passe du Diable. Coutard had never used a movie camera before, and reportedly agreed to the job because of a misunderstanding (he believed he was being hired to shoot production stills of the film).
Coutard's first work collaboration with Jean-Luc Godard was Godard's first feature, À bout de souffle, shot in 1959. He was reportedly "imposed" on Godard by producer Georges de Beauregard; the director had already settled on a different cinematographer.
Coutard photographed nearly all of Godard's work in the Nouvelle Vague era (1959 - 1967), with the exception of Masculin, féminin; their last work during this period was Week-end (1967), which marked the end of Godard's work as a 'mainstream' filmmaker. The two did not work together again until Passion; their final collaboration was Godard's next feature, Prénom Carmen. ...
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Acting
(2018)
(2011)
(2008)
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
as Self (chef opérateur)
(2007)
Godard, Love and Poetry
as Self
(2004)
(2003)
(2000)
(1997)
(1993)
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède
as Self
(1992)
(1971)
(1970)
The Bamboo Incident
as Angry French man (uncredited)
(1969)
Z
as English Surgeon (uncredited)
(1967)
La Chinoise
as Self - Cinematographer (uncredited)
(1963)
Contempt
as Cameraman
Crew
(2001)
Wild Innocence
Director of Photography
(1996)
The Phantom Heart
Director of Photography
(1995)
Happiness Is No Joke
Director of Photography
(1993)
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Director of Photography
(1993)
The Birth of Love
Director of Photography
(1990)
Il gèle en enfer
Director of Photography
(1989)
Thick Skinned
Director of Photography
(1988)
Burning Beds
Director of Photography
(1988)
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Director of Photography
(1988)
Blanc de Chine
Director of Photography
(1986)
Max My Love
Director of Photography
(1984)
The Bitch
Director of Photography
(1984)
Salt on the Skin
Director of Photography
(1984)
Dangerous Moves
Director of Photography
(1983)
S.A.S. San Salvador
Director
(1983)
First Name: Carmen
Director of Photography
(1982)
Godard's Passion
Director of Photography
(1980)
Operation Leopard
Director
(1977)
Drummer-Crab
Director of Photography
(1977)
Le Défilé du 14 Juillet 1977
Director, Writer
(1975)
Une nuit en Lorraine
Director
(1974)
Like a Pot of Strawberries
Director of Photography
(1973)
A Pain in the Ass
Director of Photography
(1973)
The Hostage Gang
Director of Photography
(1972)
Five Leaf Clover
Director of Photography
(1972)
Embassy
Director of Photography
(1971)
The Most Gentle Confessions
Director of Photography
(1970)
The Bamboo Incident
Director, Adaptation
(1970)
The Confession
Director of Photography
(1970)
La Liberté en croupe
Director of Photography
(1969)
Z
Director of Photography
(1969)
The Southern Star
Director of Photography
(1968)
The Bride Wore Black
Director of Photography
(1968)
Rocky Road to Dublin
Director of Photography
(1967)
La Chinoise
Director of Photography
(1967)
Weekend
Director of Photography
(1967)
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Cinematography
(1967)
Horizon
Cinematography
(1967)
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Director of Photography
(1967)
Made in U.S.A
Director of Photography
(1966)
The Defector
Director of Photography
(1965)
Pierrot le Fou
Director of Photography
(1965)
Alphaville
Director of Photography
(1965)
The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
Cinematography
(1965)
The 317th Platoon
Director of Photography
(1965)
Scruggs
Director of Photography
(1964)
The Soft Skin
Director of Photography
(1964)
Band of Outsiders
Director of Photography
(1964)
Le Grand Escroc
Director of Photography
(1964)
The Married Woman
Director of Photography
(1964)
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Director of Photography
(1964)
Male Companion
Director of Photography
(1963)
Contempt
Director of Photography
(1963)
Le Petit Soldat
Director of Photography
(1963)
The Carabineers
Director of Photography
(1963)
Portuguese Vacation
Cinematography
(1963)
Like Two Drops of Water
Cinematography
(1962)
Antoine and Colette
Director of Photography
(1962)
Vivre Sa Vie
Director of Photography
(1962)
Jules and Jim
Director of Photography
(1962)
And Satan Calls the Turns
Camera Operator
(1962)
Petit Jour
Director of Photography
(1962)
Love at Twenty
Director of Photography
(1962)
The Doll
Director of Photography
(1961)
A Woman Is a Woman
Director of Photography
(1961)
Chronicle of a Summer
Director of Photography
(1961)
Lola
Director of Photography
(1960)
Breathless
Director of Photography
(1960)
Shoot the Piano Player
Director of Photography
(1960)
The Army Game
Director of Photography
(1959)
Island Fishermen
Cinematography
(1959)
The Devil's Pass
Cinematography, Director of Photography
(1958)
Ramuntcho
Cinematography