Agnès Varda

Directing

Born: 1928-05-30
Died: 2019-03-29
From: Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Gender: Female
Height: 1.52 m
Popularity: 1.2

Also Known As

아녜스 바르다阿涅斯·瓦尔达아그네스 바르다아그네스 바다

Biography

Agnès Varda (May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her films, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style.

Photos6

Awards & Nominations26 won · 11 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film

Faces Places

2018
🏆 Won

L'Œil d'or

Faces Places

2017
🏆 Won

Donostia Award

2017
🏆 Won

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

2017
🏆 Won

Academy Honorary Award

2017
🏆 Won

Max Beckmann prize

2016
🏆 Won

Honorary Palme d'Or

2015
🏆 Won

Leopard of Honour

2014
🏆 Won

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

2014
🏆 Won

honorary citizen of Brussels

2013
🏆 Won

Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

2013
🏆 Won

Honorary doctor of the University of Liège

2010
🏆 Won

Carrosse d'or

2010
Nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Film

The Beaches of Agnès

2009
Nominated

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film

The Beaches of Agnès

2009
Nominated

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries

The Beaches of Agnès

2009
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Documentary

The Beaches of Agnès

2009
🏆 Won

César Award for Best Documentary Film

The Beaches of Agnès

2009
🏆 Won

Commander of the Legion of Honour

2009
🏆 Won

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film

The Beaches of Agnès

2009
🏆 Won

honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg

2008
🏆 Won

Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit

2007
🏆 Won

René Clair Award

2002
Nominated

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film

The Gleaners and I

2001
🏆 Won

Honorary César

2001
🏆 Won

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film

The Gleaners and I

2001
🏆 Won

Konrad Wolf Prize

2001
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Documentary

The Gleaners and I

2000
🏆 Won

European Film Award for Best Documentary

The Gleaners and I

2000
Nominated

César Award for Best Director

Vagabond

1986
Nominated

César Award for Best Film

Vagabond

1986
🏆 Won

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Vagabond

1986
🏆 Won

Golden Lion

Vagabond

1985
Nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

Ulysse

1984
🏆 Won

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

Ulysse

1984
Nominated

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

Women Reply

1977
🏆 Won

Louis Delluc Prize

Happiness Is in the Field

1964

Acting15 titles

Directing48 titles

Writing37 titles

Production8 titles

Camera7 titles

Sound1 title

Editing11 titles

Crew1 title