Jean Rouch
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
Outlaw
as Self
Outlaw
as Self
L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté
My Conversations on Film
as Himself
My Conversations on Film
as Himself
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
Maya Deren, Take Zero
as Himself
Maya Deren, Take Zero
as Himself
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
The Dreamed Films
as Self
The Dreamed Films
as Self
Portrait de Jean Rouch
as Self
Portrait de Jean Rouch
as Self
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
as Lui-même
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
as Lui-même
Encountering Jean Rouch
Encountering Jean Rouch
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
as Self
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
as Self
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
as Self
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
as Self
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
as Himself
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
as Himself
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
as narrador
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
as narrador
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
as Self
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
as Self
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
as Narrator
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
as Narrator
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
Son of Gascogne
as Self
Son of Gascogne
as Self
Rouch in Reverse
as himself
Rouch in Reverse
as himself
Germaine chez elle
as himself
Germaine chez elle
as himself
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
as Self
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
as Self
An Egg with No Shell
An Egg with No Shell
Letter to Jean Rouch
as Self
Letter to Jean Rouch
as Self
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
as Himself
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
as Himself
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
as himself
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
as himself
Ciné-mafia
Ciné-mafia
Cinématon
as N°1256
Cinématon
as N°1256
Samba the Great
as Narrator
Samba the Great
as Narrator
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
as Lui-même
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
as Lui-même
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
as Self
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
as Self
World Without a Game
as Self
World Without a Game
as Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
as Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
as Self
The Lovely Month of May
as Self (uncredited)
The Lovely Month of May
as Self (uncredited)
The Doll
as Officer (uncredited)
The Doll
as Officer (uncredited)
Chronicle of a Summer
as Self
Chronicle of a Summer
as Self
The Sons of the Water
The Sons of the Water
The Mad Masters
as Narrator
The Mad Masters
as Narrator
Rouch's Gang
as Self
Rouch's Gang
as Self
Work(ing Together) in Process
as Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)
Work(ing Together) in Process
as Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)