Jean Rouch
Biography
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 Wave as one of theirs. His seminal film Me a Black (Moi, un noir) pioneered the technique of jump cut popularized by Jean-Luc Godard. Godard said of Rouch in the Cahiers du Cinéma (Notebooks on Cinema) n°94 April 1959, "In charge of research for the Musée de l'Homme (French, "Museum of Man") Is there a better definition for a filmmaker?" Along his career, Rouch was no stranger to controversy.
Known For(34 works)
Sodankylä Forever
2010Sodankylä Forever
2010
Chronicle of a Summer
1961Chronicle of a Summer
1961
Cinématon
1978Cinématon
1978
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
2011Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
2011
Son of Gascogne
1995Son of Gascogne
1995
The Lovely Month of May
1963The Lovely Month of May
1963
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998
World Without a Game
1966World Without a Game
1966
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
1999Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
1999
The Doll
1962The Doll
1962
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1964
Outlaw
2025Outlaw
2025
Encountering Jean Rouch
2003Encountering Jean Rouch
2003
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
2012Freddy Buache, le cinéma
2012
The Mad Masters
1955The Mad Masters
1955
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
2004Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
2004
Work(ing Together) in Process
Work(ing Together) in Process
Samba the Great
1977Samba the Great
1977
Portrait de Jean Rouch
2004Portrait de Jean Rouch
2004
A Friendly Handshake
1997A Friendly Handshake
1997
Germaine chez elle
1994Germaine chez elle
1994
My Conversations on Film
2013My Conversations on Film
2013
The Sons of the Water
1959The Sons of the Water
1959
Rouch's Gang
Rouch's Gang
The Dreamed Films
2010The Dreamed Films
2010
An Egg with No Shell
1992An Egg with No Shell
1992
Letter to Jean Rouch
1992Letter to Jean Rouch
1992
L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
2017L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
2017
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
1998Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
1998
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
2000Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
2000
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
1991Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
1991
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
1999Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
1999
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983