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Raoul Coutard‌

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Raoul Coutard

Paris, France

Raoul Coutard

Paris, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1924-09-16

Popularity

star1.8

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.

Movie Credits

Contempt

Contempt‌
star7.1
calendar 1963

La Chinoise

La Chinoise‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave‌
star2.0
calendar 1992

Godard, Love and Poetry

Godard, Love and Poetry‌
star7.3
calendar 2007

The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin

The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin‌
star7.0
calendar 2004

Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède‌
star7.0
calendar 1993

The Bamboo Incident

The Bamboo Incident‌
star6.5
calendar 1970

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory‌
star0.0
calendar 2011

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Z

Z‌
star7.8
calendar 1969

The Hideout

The Hideout‌
star2.0
calendar 1971

Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »

Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel‌
star6.5
calendar 2018

The Outskirts of Alphaville

The Outskirts of Alphaville‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Jean Seberg: American Actress

Jean Seberg: American Actress‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Tv Credits

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama‌
star8.0
calendar 1956