Raoul Coutard
Age: N/A | From: Paris, France
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Paris, France
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Movie Involvements: 82
TV Involvements: 0
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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.
Most Famous Work
Pierrot le Fou
(1965) Director of Photography
Vivre Sa Vie
(1962) Director of Photography
Band of Outsiders
(1964) Director of Photography
Weekend
(1967) Director of Photography
First Name: Carmen
(1983) Director of Photography
The Married Woman
(1964) Director of Photography
Jules and Jim
(1962) Director of Photography
Contempt
(1963) Director of PhotographyActing
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| 2018 | Self | |
| 2007 | Self | |
| 2004 | Self | |
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| 2000 | Self | |
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| 1993 | Self | |
| 1992 | Self | |
| 1975 | Self | |
| 1970 | Angry French man (uncredited) | |
| 1969 | English Surgeon (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | Self - Cinematographer (uncredited) | |
| 1963 | Cameraman | |
| 1956 | Self | |
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Camera
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| 2001 | Director of Photography | |
| 1996 | Director of Photography | |
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| 1962 | Camera Operator | |
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| 1959 | Director of Photography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1988 | Cinematography | |
| 1967 | Cinematography | |
| 1965 | Cinematography | |
| 1963 | Cinematography | |
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| 1962 | Cinematography | |
| 1959 | Cinematography | |
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| 1958 | Cinematography | |
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Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1983 | Director | |
| 1980 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1975 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
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Writing
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| 1977 | Writer | |
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