Jean Rouch
Born in Paris, France — May 31 1917• Died Feb 18 2004
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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…
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Cinématon
N°1256
The Year 01
Directing
Sodankylä Forever
Self
Jaguar
Directing
The Doll
Officer (uncredited)
Mad Mimes
Art
Chronicle of a Summer
Self
Six in Paris
Directing
Son of Gascogne
Self
World Without a Game
Himself
That Tender Age
Directing
The Lovely Month of May
Self (uncredited)
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
Self
Brise-glace
Directing
The Punishment
Directing
Little by Little
Directing
Mammy Water
Production
The Mad Masters
Narrator
I, a Negro
Directing
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Self
My Conversations on Film
Himself
Hampi
Directing
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
Directing
Monsieur Albert, prophète
Directing
The Human Pyramid
Directing
Drums from the Past
Directing
Ciné-mafia
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
Self (archive footage)
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Self
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Self
The Lion Hunters
Directing
Brise-glace : Bateau givre
Camera
Horendi
Directing
Enigma
Directing
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
Directing
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Zomo et ses frères
Directing
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
Directing
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
Directing
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days
Directing
A Friendly Handshake
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
Self
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
Directing
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique
Directing
Makwayela
Directing
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Directing
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
Directing
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
Himself
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Himself
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
Directing
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
Self
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
Directing
Battle on the Great River
Directing
Rouch in Reverse
himself
The Dreamed Films
Self
Circumcision
Production
Les pêcheurs du Niger
Directing
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
himself
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
Directing
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Directing
VW-Voyou
Directing
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
Directing
Gare du Nord
Directing
Madame l'eau
Directing
Letter to Jean Rouch
Self
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
Directing
Moro Naba
Directing
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
Himself
Samba the Great
Narrator
Boulevards d'Afrique
Directing
Germaine chez elle
himself
Work(ing Together) in Process
Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
Lui-même
Cousin, cousine
Directing
Germaine et ses copains
Directing
Portrait de Jean Rouch
Self
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
Directing
Le mil
Directing
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
Directing
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
Writing
The Magicians of Wanzerbé
Directing
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
Narrator
Dionysos
Directing
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
Directing
The Rainmakers
Directing
Encountering Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
Lui-même
Architects of Ayorou
Directing
Rouch's Gang
Self
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
Directing
Badye, the Storyteller
Directing
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Directing
Hombroï
Directing
In the Land of the Black Magi
Directing
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
Directing
L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
Urbanisme africain
Directing
Mya - la mère
Directing
Un lion nommé l'Américain
Directing
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort
Directing
Rose et Landry
Directing
Funérailles au Ghana
Directing
Daouda Sorko
Directing
The Sons of the Water
Le palmier à l'huile
Directing
Boukoki
Directing
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli
Directing
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
Directing
Cemeteries in the Cliff
Directing
Les cocotiers
Directing
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
Directing
La royale goumbé
Directing
An Egg with No Shell
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
narrador
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
Directing
Abidjan, port de pêche
Directing
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision
Directing
The Burial of the Hogon
Directing
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...
Directing
Ayorou Singing Stones
Directing
Announcement
Directing
Baby Ghana
Directing
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
Directing
Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou
Directing
Les gens du mil
Directing