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Jean Rouch

Jean Rouch

Directing · 0.4 popularity

Age

109

Movies

39

TV

1

Born
May 31, 1917 – February 18, 2004
From
Paris, France

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.

Works

39 films

The Dreamed Films

The Dreamed Films

20107.3

Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)

Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)

19996.0

My Conversations on Film

My Conversations on Film

20133.2

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

19839.0

Outlaw

Outlaw

2025

Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991

Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991

1991

The Lovely Month of May

The Lovely Month of May

19638.0

Ciné-mafia

Ciné-mafia

1980

Freddy Buache, le cinéma

Freddy Buache, le cinéma

2012

The Mad Masters

The Mad Masters

19556.3

Chronicle of a Summer

Chronicle of a Summer

19617.2

Germaine chez elle

Germaine chez elle

1994

Encountering Jean Rouch

Encountering Jean Rouch

2003

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

19923.3

Cinématon

Cinématon

19784.9

Civilisation: L'homme et les images

Civilisation: L'homme et les images

1967

Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl

Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl

1998

Samba the Great

Samba the Great

19775.5

Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman

Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman

1999

Rouch in Reverse

Rouch in Reverse

19957.0

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

20008.0

Letter to Jean Rouch

Letter to Jean Rouch

19926.0

Son of Gascogne

Son of Gascogne

19955.1

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

19648.0

An Egg with No Shell

An Egg with No Shell

19921.0

The Doll

The Doll

19625.5

A Friendly Handshake

A Friendly Handshake

1997

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

19989.0

Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

19779.0

Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité

Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité

2004

Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

2011

World Without a Game

World Without a Game

1966

The Sons of the Water

The Sons of the Water

19599.0

Maya Deren, Take Zero

Maya Deren, Take Zero

20125.0

Portrait de Jean Rouch

Portrait de Jean Rouch

2004

Rouch's Gang

Rouch's Gang

20267.0

Work(ing Together) in Process

Work(ing Together) in Process

2026

Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

200210.0

L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté

L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté

2017