Raymond Depardon
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Raymond Depardon is a photographer, a journalist and a filmmaker, but, above all, his eyes view humans with compassion. He respects others and is kind with the reality of their lives. He was born into a family of farmers in 1942 in Burgundy and went to Paris in 1958, wishing to be a photographer. He was first taken on as a messenger in an agency and was sent to take photos of an opening-night at the cinema: the movie was none other than Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. He finally established his own agency, Gamma, together with three reporters, in 1966 'not for money but for the freedom'. He suggested to set up a cinema department: 'we bought an Eclair- camera and tried to make news-films for television in addition to taking news-photograhs... It was then that I learned to hold the camera." When Depardon films people, he is silent. If one has the impression that he always keeps his eyes lowered in the face of the world's miseries, it is untrue. Raymond Depardon looks as through a lattice and reacts like quicksilver, keeping his deepest, innermost emotion secret, and allow his pictures to speak for themselves. His films are now screened in all international film festivals, from Cannes to Hong Kong.
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To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
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Lumière & Company (1995)
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The 8th Floor (2014)
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Reporters (1981)
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Les Habitants (2016)
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Profils paysans : l'approche (2001)
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Lest We Forget (1991)
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Amour (1997)
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Modern Life (2008)
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Tibesti Too (1976)
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12 Days (2017)
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Concerning Nice (1995)
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Mon arbre (2019)
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Numéros zéro (1981)
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Muriel Leferle (1999)
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Contacts (1990)
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Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française (1985)
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Profils paysans : le quotidien (2005)
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1974, une partie de campagne (2002)
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Tchad 3 (1976)
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News Items (1983)
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Paris (1998)
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Urgences (1988)
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Captive of the Desert (1990)
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Untouched by the West (2003)
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Malraux (1996)
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Caught in the Acts (1994)
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San Clemente (1981)
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The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial (2004)
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Tchad 2 : L'Ultimatum (1975)
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The Joy of Maths (2011)
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Ten Minutes of Silence for John Lennon (1980)
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Jan Palach (1969)
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Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ? (1996)
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Journal de France (2012)
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Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés) (1994)
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Bolivia (1998)
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The Declic Years (1984)
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Paris, Les inconnues du Saint-Lazare express (—)
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Quoi de neuf au Garet? (2005)
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Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa (1985)
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La France de Raymond Depardon (2010)
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Face à la mer (1993)
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Les Révolutionnaires du Tchad (1970)
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New York, N.Y. (1986)
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Tchad 1 : L'Embuscade (1970)
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Chasseurs et Chamans (2003)
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Donner la parole (2008)
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Une histoire très simple (1989)
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