Raymond Depardon

Directing

Born: 1942-07-06
From: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

Biography

Raymond Depardon is a photographer, a journalist and a filmmaker, but, above all, his eyes view humans with compassion. He respects others and is kind with the reality of their lives. He was born into a family of farmers in 1942 in Burgundy and went to Paris in 1958, wishing to be a photographer. He was first taken on as a messenger in an agency and was sent to take photos of an opening-night at the cinema: the movie was none other than Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. He finally established his own agency, Gamma, together with three reporters, in 1966 'not for money but for the freedom'. He suggested to set up a cinema department: 'we bought an Eclair- camera and tried to make news-films for television in addition to taking news-photograhs... It was then that I learned to hold the camera." When Depardon films people, he is silent. If one has the impression that he always keeps his eyes lowered in the face of the world's miseries, it is untrue. Raymond Depardon looks as through a lattice and reacts like quicksilver, keeping his deepest, innermost emotion secret, and allow his pictures to speak for themselves. His films are now screened in all international film festivals, from Cannes to Hong Kong.

Awards & Nominations9 won · 6 nominated

🏆 Won

The prize of the BNF

2024
🏆 Won

Knight of the Legion of Honour

2016
Nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Film

Journal de France

2013
🏆 Won

Ptolémée Prize

2011
Nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Film

Modern Life

2009
🏆 Won

Louis Delluc Prize

Modern Life

2008
🏆 Won

César Award for Best Documentary Film

Délits Flagrants

1995
Nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Film

Délits Flagrants

1995
🏆 Won

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

New York N.Y.

1986
Nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

New York N.Y.

1986
🏆 Won

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

Reporter

1982
Nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

Reporter

1982
Nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

1979
🏆 Won

Pulitzer Prize

1977
🏆 Won

Robert Capa Gold Medal

1973

Acting15 titles

Directing45 titles

Writing8 titles

Production1 title

Camera9 titles

Sound5 titles

Crew6 titles