Personal Info
Raymond Depardon
Directing
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 sugg…
Filmography
Movies
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
Un Moment Si Doux
as himself
Journal de France
La rouge et la noire
as Self
Modern Life
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Donner la parole
Profils paysans : le quotidien
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Untouched by the West
as Narrator (voice)
Profils paysans : l'approche
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)