Jean Rouch

Jean Rouch

b. 1917 — d. 2004 (aged 87)

Cinematographer Director Writer

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

Me, a Black

Six in Paris

Madame L'Eau

Dionysos

Filmography

Rouch in Reverse

Rouch in Reverse

Maya Deren, Take 0

Cimetière dans la falaise

Cimetière dans la falaise

2011 Director Cinematographer

Jean Rouch: paroles données

Jean Rouch et Germaine Dieterlen, l'avenir du souvenir

Portrait de Jean Rouch

Encountering Jean Rouch

Mon père, c'est un lion

Le rêve plus fort que la mort

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Mensageiro Entre Dois Mundos

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Mensageiro Entre Dois Mundos

La momie à mi-mots

A Friendly Handshake

A Friendly Handshake

Moi fatigué debout, moi couché

1997 Director Cinematographer

Faire-part: Musée Henri Langlois

Faire-part: Musée Henri Langlois

1997 Self Director

Madame L'Eau

1993 Director Writer Cinematographer

An Egg with No Shell

An Egg with No Shell

Jean Rouch, premier film: 1947-1991

Cantate pour deux généraux

1990 Director Writer Cinematographer

Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...

Brise-glace

1988 Actor Director Cinematographer

Ordinary Madness of One of Cham's Daughters

1988 Director Writer Cinematographer

Boulevards d'Afrique

1988 Director Cinematographer

Brigade de nuit

Enigma

1986 Director Cinematographer

Appunti di una scuola di cinema: Jean Rouch a torino

Cousin, cousine, pirogue gondole

Projection privée

Dionysos

1984 Director Writer Cinematographer

Portrait de Raymond Depardon

Portrait de Raymond Depardon

1983 Self Director

Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death

1981 Director Writer Cinematographer

1980 Self Director Cinematographer

Le vieil Anaï

1979 Director Cinematographer

Margaret Mead: A Portrait by a Friend

Margaret Mead: A Portrait by a Friend

Simi Siddo Kuma

Samba the Great

Samba the Great

Makwayela

Ispahan: lettre persanne 1977

Badye, the Storyteller

Hommage à Marcel Mauss: Germaine Dieterlen

Hommage à Marcel Mauss: Marcel Levy

Fête des Gandyi Bi à Simiri

Singing During the Occupation

Singing During the Occupation

1976 Cinematographer

Babatu

1976 Director Cinematographer

Médecines et médecins

1976 Director Cinematographer

Working to the Beat

Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! Mr. Chicken

Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! Mr. Chicken

1974 Director Cinematographer

The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death

1974 Director Writer Cinematographer

La 504 et les foudroyers

Sigui 1973 - l'auvent de la circoncision

Deux festivals à Grenoble

The Year 01

The Burial of the Hogon

Hommage à Marcel Mauss: Tara Okamoto

Sigui 1972 - les pagnes de Yamé

Le Musée imaginaire

Le musée du cinéma

Tourou et Bitti

Tourou et Bitti

1971 Actor Director Writer Cinematographer

Yenendi di Simiri

Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli

Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli

Porto Novo - la danse des reines

Architects of Ayorou

Little by Little

Little by Little

1970 Director Writer Cinematographer

Mya - la mère

Sigui 1970 - les clameurs d'Amani

1970 Director Writer

Yenendi de Yantalla

1970 Director Writer

Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo

Un lion nommé l'américain

Un lion nommé l'américain

Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou

Ayorou Singing Stones

Jaguar

Civilisation: L'homme et les images

Sigui 1967: L'enclume De Yougo

Hunting the Lion with Bow and Arrow

Hunting the Lion with Bow and Arrow

1966 Director Cinematographer

La goumbe des jeunes noceurs

1966 Director Cinematographer

Batteries Dogon - éléments pour une étude des rythmes

Fêtes de novembre à Bregbo

Sigui année zero

Six in Paris

1965 Director Writer

Tambours de pierre

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