Jean Rouch
Biography
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
Narrator
Samba le grand
Officer (uncredited)
La Poupée
Self
Le Fils de Gascogne
Lui-même
Ispahan : lettre persane
Encountering Jean Rouch
Self
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
En une poignée de mains amies
Self
Les films rêvés
Les Fils de l'eau
Himself
Мир без игры
Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Self
De bende van rouch
Self
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
Self (archive footage)
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
himself
Rouch in Reverse
Self
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Himself
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Narrator
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
Narrator
Les Maîtres fous
Ciné-mafia
himself
Germaine chez elle
Himself
Jean Rouch, Primera Película: 1947-1991
Self
Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
Himself
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
Himself
Mes entretiens filmés
himself
Ciné-portrait de Raymond Depardon
N°1256
Cinématon
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
Self
Pierre Verger: Mensageiro Entre Dois Mundos
Self (uncredited)
Le Joli Mai
L'Oeuf sans coquille
Lui-même
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
Self
Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata
Himself
Lettre à Jean Rouch
narrador
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)
Work(ing Together) in Process
Self
Portrait de Jean Rouch
Self (archive footage)
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
38
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-05-31
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
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