Raoul Coutard

Birthday:
09/16/1924
Place of birth:
Paris, France:
Biography:
Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the Nouvelle Vague period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard. Coutard also shot films for New Wave director François Truffaut as well as Jacques Demy, a contemporary frequently associated with the movement. He shot over 75 films during a career that lasted nearly half a century. Coutard originally planned to study chemistry, but switched to photography because of the cost of tuition. In 1945, Coutard was sent to participate in the French Indochina War; he lived in Vietnam for the next 11 years, working as a war photographer, eventually becoming a freelancer for Paris Match and Look. In 1956, he was approached to shoot a film by Pierre Schoendoerffer, La Passe du Diable. Coutard had never used a movie camera before, and reportedly agreed to the job because of a misunderstanding (he believed he was being hired to shoot production stills of the film). Coutard's first work collaboration with Jean-Luc Godard was Godard's first feature, À bout de souffle, shot in 1959. He was reportedly "imposed" on Godard by producer Georges de Beauregard; the director had already settled on a different cinematographer. Coutard photographed nearly all of Godard's work in the Nouvelle Vague era (1959 - 1967), with the exception of Masculin, féminin; their last work during this period was Week-end (1967), which marked the end of Godard's work as a 'mainstream' filmmaker. The two did not work together again until Passion; their final collaboration was Godard's next feature, Prénom Carmen. ... Source: Article "Raoul Coutard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Credits

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)
as Self
Pierre Schoendoerffer, la sentinelle de la mémoire (2011)
as Self
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim » (2008)
as Self (chef opérateur)
Godard, l'amour, la poésie (2007)
as Self
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin (2004)
as Self
Alphaville, périphéries... (2003)
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas (2000)
as Self
Jean Seberg: American Actress (1997)
as Self
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède (1993)
as Self
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)
as Self
L'Explosion (1971)
Hoa-Binh (1970)
as Angry French man (uncredited)
Z (1969)
as English Surgeon (uncredited)
La Chinoise (1967)
as Self - Cinematographer (uncredited)
Le Mépris (1963)
as Cameraman
The Wild Palms
Director of Photography
Sauvage innocence
Director of Photography
Le Cœur fantôme
Director of Photography
Faut pas rire du bonheur
Director of Photography
La naissance de l'amour
Director of Photography
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Director of Photography
Il gèle en enfer
Director of Photography
Peaux de vaches
Director of Photography
Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort
Director of Photography
Brennende Betten
Director of Photography
Blanc de Chine
Director of Photography
Max mon amour
Director of Photography
Parachute
Director of Photography
La garce
Director of Photography
La Diagonale du fou
Director of Photography
Du sel sur la peau
Director of Photography
Prénom Carmen
Director of Photography
S.A.S. à San Salvador
Director
Passion
Director of Photography
La légion saute sur Kolwezi
Director
Le Crabe-Tambour
Director of Photography
Le Défilé du 14 Juillet 1977
Director
Le Défilé du 14 Juillet 1977
Writer
Une nuit en Lorraine
Director
Comme un pot de fraises !..
Director of Photography
L'Emmerdeur
Director of Photography
Le Gang des otages
Director of Photography
Le Trèfle à cinq feuilles
Director of Photography
Embassy
Director of Photography
Les Aveux les plus doux
Director of Photography
La Liberté en croupe
Director of Photography
Hoa-Binh
Director
Hoa-Binh
Adaptation
L'Aveu
Director of Photography
The Southern Star
Director of Photography
Z
Director of Photography
Rocky Road to Dublin
Director of Photography
La mariée était en noir
Director of Photography
Week End
Director of Photography
La Chinoise
Director of Photography
L'horizon
Director of Photography
2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle
Director of Photography
Made in U.S.A
Director of Photography
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Director of Photography
L'espion
Director of Photography
Pierrot le fou
Director of Photography
L'Avatar botanique de mademoiselle Flora
Director of Photography
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
Director of Photography
La 317ème Section
Director of Photography
Scruggs
Director of Photography
Une femme mariée: Suite de fragments d'un film tourné en 1964
Director of Photography
Un monsieur de compagnie
Director of Photography
Le Grand Escroc
Director of Photography
Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du monde
Director of Photography
Bande à part
Director of Photography
La Peau douce
Director of Photography
Le Mépris
Director of Photography
Vacances portugaises
Director of Photography
Les Carabiniers
Director of Photography
Als twee druppels water
Director of Photography
Le Petit Soldat
Director of Photography
La Poupée
Director of Photography
Et Satan conduit le bal
Camera Operator
Vivre sa vie: film en douze tableaux
Director of Photography
L'Amour à vingt ans
Director of Photography
Antoine et Colette
Director of Photography
Jules et Jim
Director of Photography
Petit Jour
Director of Photography
Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
Director of Photography
Une femme est une femme
Director of Photography
Lola
Director of Photography
Les Grandes Personnes
Director of Photography
Tire-au-flanc 62
Director of Photography
Tirez sur le pianiste
Director of Photography
À bout de souffle
Director of Photography
La passe du Diable
Director of Photography
Pêcheur d'Islande
Director of Photography
Ramuntcho
Director of Photography

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