Biography
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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 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.
Filmography
all 106
Movies 105
Director 70
self 23
Narrator 5
TV Shows 1
My Conversations on Film (2013)
Mad Mimes (2012)
Maya Deren, Take Zero (2012)
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema (2011)
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
The Dreamed Films (2010)
Moustapha Alassane, Cineaste of the Possible (2008)
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité (2004)
Encountering Jean Rouch (2003)
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire (2002)
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas (2000)
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...) (1999)
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds (1998)
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl (1998)
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down (1997)
A Friendly Handshake (1997)
Announcement (1997)
Son of Gascogne (1995)
Rouch in Reverse (1995)
Madame l'eau (1993)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)
An Egg with No Shell (1992)
Damouré Speaks About AIDS (1992)
Letter to Jean Rouch (1992)
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991 (1991)
Brise-glace (1990)
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après... (1990)
Boulevards d'Afrique (1989)
Brise-glace : Bateau givre (1987)
Cousin, cousine (1987)
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945 (1987)
Enigma (1986)
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham (1986)
Dionysos (1984)
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon (1983)
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death (1981)
Ciné-mafia (1980)
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai (1979)
Cinématon (1978)
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend (1978)
Makwayela (1977)
Samba the Great (1977)
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan) (1977)
Badye, the Storyteller (1977)
Chantons sous l'occupation (1976)
Working to the Beat (1976)
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice (1976)
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases) (1974)
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken (1974)
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death (1974)
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision (1973)
The Year 01 (1973)
The Burial of the Hogon (1973)
Boukoki (1973)
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo (1973)
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative” (1973)
VW-Voyou (1973)
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé (1972)
Un lion nommé l'Américain (1972)
Horendi (1972)
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli (1971)
Samedi soir (1971)
Drums from the Past (1971)
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani (1970)
Little by Little (1970)
Mya - la mère (1970)
Architects of Ayorou (1970)
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo (1969)
Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou (1968)
Ayorou Singing Stones (1968)
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo (1967)
Jaguar (1967)
Civilisation: L'homme et les images (1967)
Daouda Sorko (1967)
The Lion Hunters (1966)
World Without a Game (1966)
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers (1966)
Six in Paris (1965)
Gare du Nord (1965)
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm (1965)
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows (1964)
That Tender Age (1964)
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même (1964)
The Lovely Month of May (1963)
The Doll (1962)
The Punishment (1962)
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days (1962)
Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
The Human Pyramid (1961)
Funérailles au Ghana (1960)
Les Fils de l'eau (1959)
Moi, un Noir (1959)
Moro Naba (1958)
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata (1958)
Baby Ghana (1957)
The Mad Masters (1955)
Mammy Water (1953)
The Rainmakers (1951)
Cemeteries in the Cliff (1951)
Battle on the Great River (1950)
Circumcision (1949)
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed (1948)
The Magicians of Wanzerbé (1948)
In the Land of the Black Magi (1947)
Rouch's Gang
Cousin, cousine, pirogue gondole
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GenderMale
Birthday1917-05-31
Deathday2004-02-18 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceParis, France
FatherJules Rouch
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known As장 루슈
AwardsHonorary doctor of Leiden University
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