Jean Rouch

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

40

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-05-31

Day of death

2004-02-18 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Jean Rouch

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • Chronicle of a Summer

    Chronicle of a Summer

  • My Conversations on Film

    My Conversations on Film

  • Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

    Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

  • The Doll

    The Doll

  • World Without a Game

    World Without a Game

  • Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

    Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

  • Son of Gascogne

    Son of Gascogne

  • The Dreamed Films

    The Dreamed Films

  • Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

  • Cinématon

    Cinématon

  • The Lovely Month of May

    The Lovely Month of May

  • Portrait de Jean Rouch

    Portrait de Jean Rouch

  • L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté

    L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté

  • Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

    Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

  • The Mad Masters

    The Mad Masters

  • La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

    La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

  • Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

    Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon

  • Rouch in Reverse

    Rouch in Reverse

  • Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

    Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

  • Maya Deren, Take Zero

    Maya Deren, Take Zero

  • Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

    Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

  • Letter to Jean Rouch

    Letter to Jean Rouch

  • Rouch's Gang

    Rouch's Gang

  • Samba the Great

    Samba the Great

  • Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman

    Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman

  • A Friendly Handshake

    A Friendly Handshake

  • Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité

    Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité

  • Civilisation: L'homme et les images

    Civilisation: L'homme et les images

  • Germaine chez elle

    Germaine chez elle

  • Freddy Buache, le cinéma

    Freddy Buache, le cinéma

  • Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl

    Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl

  • Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991

    Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991

  • Les Fils de l'eau

    Les Fils de l'eau

  • Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

    Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

  • Ciné-mafia

    Ciné-mafia

  • Encountering Jean Rouch

    Encountering Jean Rouch

  • Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)

  • An Egg with No Shell

    An Egg with No Shell

  • Work(ing Together) in Process

    Work(ing Together) in Process