Directing · b. 1917 · Paris, France

Jean Rouch

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...

Directed
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort 2002 I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down 1997 A Friendly Handshake 1997 Announcement 1997 Germaine et ses copains 1996 Germaine chez elle 1994 Madame l'eau 1993 Damouré Speaks About AIDS 1992 Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après... 1990 Brise-glace 1990 Boulevards d'Afrique 1989 Cousin, cousine 1987 Brise-glace : Bateau givre 1987 Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945 1987 The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham 1986 Enigma 1986 Dionysos 1984 Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon 1983 Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death 1981 Ciné-mafia 1980 Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai 1979 Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend 1978 Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan) 1977 Makwayela 1977 Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen 1977 Badye, the Storyteller 1977 Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice 1976 Zomo et ses frères 1975 Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken 1974 Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases) 1974 The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death 1974 Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision 1973 Boukoki 1973 The Burial of the Hogon 1973 Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo 1973 VW-Voyou 1973 Giraffe Football or “The Alternative” 1973 Horendi 1972 Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé 1972 Un lion nommé l'Américain 1972 Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli 1971 Drums from the Past 1971 Little by Little 1970 Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani 1970 Architects of Ayorou 1970 Mya - la mère 1970 Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo 1969 Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou 1968 Ayorou Singing Stones 1968 Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel) 1968 Jaguar 1967 Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo 1967 Daouda Sorko 1967 The Lion Hunters 1966 Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm 1966 The Goumbé of the Young Revelers 1966 Six in Paris 1965 Gare du Nord 1965 The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows 1964 L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique 1964 That Tender Age 1964 Monsieur Albert, prophète 1963 Le palmier à l'huile 1963 Les cocotiers 1963 Rose et Landry 1963 The Punishment 1962 Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days 1962 Hampi 1962 Abidjan, port de pêche 1962 Urbanisme africain 1962 Le mil 1962 Les pêcheurs du Niger 1962 Chronicle of a Summer 1961 The Human Pyramid 1961 Funérailles au Ghana 1960 The Sons of the Water 1959 I, a Negro 1959 Moro Naba 1958 Une sortie de novices de Sakpata 1958 La royale goumbé 1958 Baby Ghana 1957 The Mad Masters 1955 Mammy Water 1953 Cemeteries in the Cliff 1951 The Rainmakers 1951 Les gens du mil 1951 Battle on the Great River 1950 Circumcision 1949 The Magicians of Wanzerbé 1948 Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed 1948 Hombroï 1948 In the Land of the Black Magi 1947
Cinematography
Brise-glace 1990 Brise-glace : Bateau givre 1987 Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon 1983 Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice 1976 Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken 1974 Little by Little 1970 Jaguar 1967 The Lion Hunters 1966 The Goumbé of the Young Revelers 1966
Acting
L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté 2017 My Conversations on Film Himself 2013 Maya Deren, Take Zero Himself 2012 Freddy Buache, le cinéma Self (archive footage) 2012 Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema Self (archive footage) 2011 The Dreamed Films Self 2010 Sodankylä Forever Self 2010 Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité Lui-même 2004 Portrait de Jean Rouch Self 2004 Encountering Jean Rouch 2003 Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire Self 2002 Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas Self 2000 Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...) Himself 1999 Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman narrador 1999 Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl Narrator 1998 Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds Self 1998 Son of Gascogne Self 1995 Rouch in Reverse himself 1995 Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave Self 1992 An Egg with No Shell 1992 Letter to Jean Rouch Self 1992 Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991 Himself 1991 Cinématon N°1256 1978 Samba the Great Narrator 1977 Civilisation: L'homme et les images Self 1967 World Without a Game Himself 1966 La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même Self 1964 The Lovely Month of May Self (uncredited) 1963 The Doll Officer (uncredited) 1962
Other Credits
Mad Mimes Property Builder 2012 The Year 01 Co-Director 1973
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