Jean Rouch
Directing
Born May 31, 1917 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
Samedi soir
The Dreamed Films
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
My Conversations on Film
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
Outlaw
Chronicle of a Summer
The Lovely Month of May
Ciné-mafia
Cinématon
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
The Mad Masters
Son of Gascogne
Germaine chez elle
Letter to Jean Rouch
Rouch in Reverse
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
Encountering Jean Rouch
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Samba the Great
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
The Doll
An Egg with No Shell
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
World Without a Game
The Sons of the Water
L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
Portrait de Jean Rouch
Rouch's Gang
A Friendly Handshake
Work(ing Together) in Process
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire