Jean Rouch
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Birth Place
Paris, FR
Born
May 31, 1917
Died
February 18, 2004
Cause of Death
Killed In A Car Crash
Biography
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Ethnographer who began using film to record African rituals and customs in 1947. Rouch documented several aspects of African life before developing an interest in the film medium itself and experimenting with techniques which would later become central to cinema verite. Rouch's "Chronicle of a Summer" (1961) is seen by many as marking the beginning of the verite movement; co-directed by ...
Biography
Ethnographer who began using film to record African rituals and customs in 1947. Rouch documented several aspects of African life before developing an interest in the film medium itself and experimenting with techniques which would later become central to cinema verite. Rouch's "Chronicle of a Summer" (1961) is seen by many as marking the beginning of the verite movement; co-directed by sociologist Edgar Morin, it used the new lightweight film equipment to capture the diversity and variety of Parisian life. Rouch later returned to filming African subjects, frequently addressing the conflicts between European and African cultures.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Moi Fatigue Debout, Moi Couche
(1996)
Director
Cantate pour deux generaux
(1990)
Director
Folie ordinaire d'une fille de Cham
(1988)
Director
Boulevards d'Afrique
(1988)
Director
Brise-glace
(1987)
Director ("Bateau Give")
Enigma
(1987)
Director
Dionysos
(1986)
Director
Funerailles a Bongo: Le Vieux Anai
(1979)
Director
Cocorico Monsieur Poulet
(1977)
Director
Six in Paris
(1968)
Director of "Gare du Nord"
The Adolescents
(1967)
Director of "Marie-France and Veronica"
Jaguar
(1967)
Director
Chronicle of a Summer
(1965)
Director
La Punition
(1962)
Director
The Human Pyramid
(1961)
Director
Les maîtres fous
(1955)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment
(1999)
Mes entretiens filmes
(1998)
La Momie a Mi-Mots
(1998)
Chronicle of a Summer
(1965)
Les maîtres fous
(1955)
Narrator
Cinematography (Feature Film)
Folie ordinaire d'une fille de Cham
(1988)
Cinematographer
Boulevards d'Afrique
(1988)
Director Of Photography
Enigma
(1987)
Cinematographer
Brise-glace
(1987)
Cinematographer
Dionysos
(1986)
Director Of Photography
Jaguar
(1967)
Cinematographer
The Human Pyramid
(1961)
Cinematographer
Les maîtres fous
(1955)
Cinematographer
Writer (Feature Film)
Moi Fatigue Debout, Moi Couche
(1996)
Screenplay
Enigma
(1987)
Screenwriter
Dionysos
(1986)
Screenwriter
Cocorico Monsieur Poulet
(1977)
Screenwriter
Six in Paris
(1968)
Screenplay for "Gare du Nord"
The Adolescents
(1967)
Wrt of "Marie-France and Veronica"
Chronicle of a Summer
(1965)
Screenwriter
La Punition
(1962)
Writer
The Human Pyramid
(1961)
Screenplay
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
China, My Sorrow
(1989)
Technical Advisor
Chantons sous l'occupation
(1976)
Additional Photography
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
The Love Machine
(1999)
Other
Director (Short)
Mammy Water
(1953)
Director
Cinematography (Short)
Mammy Water
(1953)
Cinematographer
Writer (Short)
Mammy Water
(1953)
Screenplay
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