Chris Marker
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France — Jul 29 1921• Died Jul 29 2012
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Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, better known as Chris Marker (France, 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012), was a French writer, poet, activist, critic, photographer, traveler, journalist, film essayist, multimedia artist, and documentary filmmaker. He began his career as part of the French Rive Gauche group—parallel to but distinct from the Nouvelle Vague—with which he would later share certain themes and collaborators. Marker is credited with developing the subjective documentary and is considered a pioneer of collective cinema in France. His films are…
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Chris Marker's Credits
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Twelve Monkeys
Writing
Night and Fog
Directing
La Jetée
Camera
The Owl's Legacy
Directing
The Beaches of Agnès
Self (archive footage)
Tokyo-Ga
Self (uncredited)
The Confession
Camera
Sans Soleil
Self (uncredited)
Far from Vietnam
Directing
La Traversée du désir
Self
A. K.
Self - Narrator (voice)
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
Self (voice) (uncredited)
A Grin Without a Cat
Writing
America as Seen by a Frenchman
Writing
The Lovely Month of May
Self / Interviewer (voice)
Havre
Crew
The Last Bolshevik
Directing
Statues Also Die
Directing
The Case of the Grinning Cat
Directing
When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)
Directing
Concours de rêve : La Clé des songes
Directing
20 Little Films
Directing
Valparaiso
Writing
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Self
The Forbidden Volcano
Writing
Berlin 1990
Directing
Détour Ceausescu
Directing
Playtime in Paris
Editing
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
Editing
Rush - Voyage à Moscou
Self
Les hommes de la baleine
Writing
If I Had Four Dromedaries
Directing
The Zone
Writing
The Sixth Side of the Pentagon
The Koumiko Mystery
Narrator
Green Vinyl
Crew
Tokyo Days
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Theory of Sets
Directing
Cinétracts
Directing
¡Cuba Sí!
Writing
The Spiral
Editing
Les Deux mémoires
Editing
Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel
Writing
Level Five
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Django Reinhardt
Writing
Description of a Struggle
Directing
Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke
Writing
Broadway by Light
Writing
In Chris Marker's Studio
Self
La Jétee
Writing
Sunday in Peking
Directing
Three Cheers for the Whale
Directing
The Sea and the Days
Writing
From a Distant Gaze
Camera
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer
Directing
The Invention of Chris Marker
Self
Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella
Directing
2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure
Directing
Be Seeing You
Directing
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
Directing
Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000
Directing
Letter from Siberia
Stargazer (uncredited)
May Days
Self
Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker
Kaibyō (archive footage)
The Mystery of Workshop 15
Writing
Remembrance of Things to Come
Directing
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
Self (archive footage)
The Astronauts
Directing
The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion
Directing
Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)
Editing
You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said
Directing
Owl Gets in Your Eyes
Directing
Junkopia
Directing
The Battle of Chile: Part II
Production
The Battle of Chile: Part III
Production
The Train Rolls On
Directing
Lluvia de jaulas
Crew
Cat Listening to Music
Directing
Henchman Glance
Directing
Three Haiku Videos
Directing
Slon Tango
Directing
Olympia 52
Directing
You Speak of Paris: Maspero. Words Have Meaning
Directing
The End of the World Seen by the Angel Gabriel
Directing
Stopover in Dubai
Directing
Matta '85
Directing
Guillaume Movie
Directing
Mémoires pour Simone
Directing
Tempo Risoluto
Directing
From Chris to Christo
Directing
Eclipse
Directing
A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume
Directing
We Maintain It Is Possible
Directing
Report on Brazil: Torture
Directing
Petite Ceinture
Directing
The Embassy
Directing
Metrotopia
Directing
Ouvroir the Movie
Directing
The Morning After
Editing
Zapping Zone
Directing
Blue Helmet
Directing
Imagine
Directing
Berlin 1990
Directing
Pictures at an Exhibition
Directing
Overnight
Directing
iDead
Directing
A Mayor in Kosovo
Directing
An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl
Directing
ROYAL POLKA.mov
Directing
Prime Time in the Camps
Directing
Bullfight in Okinawa
Directing
Zoo Piece
Directing
Kashima Paradise
Narrator (voice)
Tchaïka
Directing
Jour de tournage
Directing
Lumière Award to Chris Marker
Self
Silent Movie (Edit 2)
Directing
Leila Attacks
Directing
Class of Struggle
Directing
Kino
Directing