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Director

Jean Rouch

Popular films

Chronicle of a Summer1961
The Mad Masters1955
The Year 011973
I, a Negro1959

About Jean Rouch

Known for: Directing
Born: May 31, 1917
Died: February 18, 2004 (age 86)
Birthplace: Paris, France

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…

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Filmography

Le Rêve plus fort que la mort2002Director

I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down1997Director
A Friendly Handshake1997Director
Announcement1997Director
Germaine et ses copains1996Director
Germaine chez elle1994Director
Madame l'eau1993Director
Damouré Speaks About AIDS1992Director
Brise-glace1990Director
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...1990Director
Boulevards d'Afrique1989Director
Brise-glace : Bateau givre1987Director
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 19451987Director
Cousin, cousine1987Director
Enigma1986Director
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham1986Director
Ciné-Portrait de Bill Witney1986Director
Dionysos1984Director
Hampâté Bâ1984Director
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon1983Director
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death1981Director
Ciné-mafia1980Director
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai1979Director
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend1978Director
Ciné-Portrait de Stanislas Adotevi1978Director
Makwayela1977Director
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)1977Director
Badye, the Storyteller1977Director
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen1977Director
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice1976Director
Zomo et ses frères1975Director
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken1974Director
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)1974Director
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death1974Director
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision1973Director
The Year 011973Co-Director
Boukoki1973Director
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo1973Director
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”1973Director
Hommage à Marcel Mauss : Taro Okamoto1973Director
The Burial of the Hogon1973Director
VW-Voyou1973Director
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé1972Director
Horendi1972Director
Un lion nommé l'Américain1972Director
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli1971Director
Drums from the Past1971Director
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani1970Director
Little by Little1970Director
Architects of Ayorou1970Director
Mya - la mère1970Director
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo1969Director
Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou1968Director
Ayorou Singing Stones1968Director
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)1968Director
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo1967Director
Jaguar1967Director
Daouda Sorko1967Director
The Lion Hunters1966Director
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm1966Director
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers1966Director
Gare du Nord1965Director
Six in Paris1965Director
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows1964Director
That Tender Age1964Director
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique1964Director
Le palmier à l'huile1963Director
Les cocotiers1963Director
Monsieur Albert, prophète1963Director
Rose et Landry1963Director
Hampi1962Director
The Punishment1962Director
Abidjan, port de pêche1962Director
Le mil1962Director
Les pêcheurs du Niger1962Director
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days1962Director
Urbanisme africain1962Director
Chronicle of a Summer1961Director
The Human Pyramid1961Director
Funérailles au Ghana1960Director
The Sons of the Water1959Director
I, a Negro1959Director
Moro Naba1958Director
La royale goumbé1958Director
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata1958Director
Baby Ghana1957Director
The Mad Masters1955Director
Mammy Water1953Director
The Rainmakers1951Director
Cemeteries in the Cliff1951Director
Les gens du mil1951Director
Battle on the Great River1950Director
Circumcision1949Director
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed1948Director
The Magicians of Wanzerbé1948Director
Hombroï1948Director
In the Land of the Black Magi1947Director

Outlaw2025as Self

L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté2017
My Conversations on Film2013as Himself
Freddy Buache, le cinéma2012as Self (archive footage)
Maya Deren, Take Zero2012as Himself
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema2011as Self (archive footage)
The Dreamed Films2010as Self
Portrait de Jean Rouch2004as Self
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité2004as Lui-même
Encountering Jean Rouch2003
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire2002as Self
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas2000as Self
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)1999as Himself
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman1999as narrador
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds1998as Self
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl1998as Narrator
A Friendly Handshake1997
Son of Gascogne1995as Self
Rouch in Reverse1995as himself
Germaine chez elle1994as himself
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave1992as Self
An Egg with No Shell1992
Letter to Jean Rouch1992as Self
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-19911991as Himself
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon1983as himself
Ciné-mafia1980
Cinématon1978as N°1256
Samba the Great1977as Narrator
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)1977as Lui-même
Civilisation: L'homme et les images1967as Self
World Without a Game1966as Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même1964as Self
The Lovely Month of May1963as Self (uncredited)
The Doll1962as Officer (uncredited)
Chronicle of a Summer1961as Self
The Sons of the Water1959
The Mad Masters1955as Narrator
Rouch's GangYear unavailableas Self
Work(ing Together) in ProcessYear unavailableas Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)

Le Rêve plus fort que la mort2002Writer

Germaine chez elle1994Writer
Brise-glace1990Writer
Brise-glace : Bateau givre1987Writer
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken1974Writer
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death1974Writer
Drums from the Past1971Writer
Little by Little1970Writer
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers1966Writer
Gare du Nord1965Screenplay
Six in Paris1965Writer
The Punishment1962Screenplay
The Human Pyramid1961Writer
I, a Negro1959Writer
Mammy Water1953Writer

I, a Negro1959Producer

Mammy Water1953Producer
Circumcision1949Producer

Mad Mimes2012Property Builder

Brise-glace1990Director of Photography

Brise-glace : Bateau givre1987Director of Photography
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon1983Director of Photography
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice1976Director of Photography
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken1974Director of Photography
Little by Little1970Director of Photography
Jaguar1967Director of Photography
The Lion Hunters1966Director of Photography
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers1966Director of Photography
The Human Pyramid1961Director of Photography

I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down1997Cinematography

Ciné-mafia1980Cinematography
Drums from the Past1971Cinematography
The Mad Masters1955Cinematography
Mammy Water1953Cinematography
Battle on the Great River1950Cinematography
Circumcision1949Cinematography

Brise-glace1990Editor

Brise-glace : Bateau givre1987Editor