Agnès Varda
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| Agnès Varda | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 30, 1928 Brussels, Belgium |
| Occupation | director, screenwriter, editor, actor, producer |
| Years active | 1955 - present |
Agnès Varda (born May 30, 1928) is a French film director. Her movies, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style.
Varda was born in Brussels, Belgium, to a Greek father and French mother. Her father's family were Greek refugees from Asia Minor.
Despite similarities to the New Wave, films by Varda belonged more precisely to the parallel Rive Gauche movement, along with Chris Marker, Marguerite Duras,Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean Cayrol and Henri Colpi. The group was strongly tied to the nouveau roman movement in literature and politically was positioned in the Left. Like the New Wave, its members would often collaborate with each other.
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[edit] Award
For the 1985 documentary-style feature film Vagabond/Without Roof or Rule she received the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival.
[edit] Filmography
| Title | English Title | Country | Year | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Pointe Courte | — | France | 1956 | Director, Writer |
| Cléo de 5 à 7 | Cléo from 5 to 7 | France/Italy | 1962 | Director, Writer |
| Le Bonheur | Happiness | France | 1965 | Director, Writer |
| Lions Love | Lions Love | USA/France | 1969 | Director, Writer, Producer |
| L'Une chante, l'autre pas | One Sings, the Other Doesn't | Venezuela/France/Belgium | 1977 | Director, Writer |
| Sans toit ni loi | Vagabond | France/UK | 1985 | Director, Writer, Editor |
| Jane B. par Agnès V. | Jane B. by Agnes V. | France | 1986-7 | Director, Writer, Editor |
| Le Petit amour | Kung-Fu Master | France | 1987 | Director, Writer |
| Jacquot de Nantes | — | France | 1990 | Director, Writer |
| Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma | A Hundred and One Nights | UK/France | 1994 | Director, Writer |
| Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse | The Gleaners and I | France | 2000 | Director, Writer, Producer, Editor |
| Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après | The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later | France | 2002 | Director, Editor |
| Lion volatil, Le | — | France | 2003 | Director, Writer, Producer, Editor |
| Plages d'Agnès, Les (currently in production) | — | France | 2008 | Director, Writer, Producer |
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[edit] References
- How Agnes Varda "invented" the New Wave by Ginette Vincendeaud, 4 by Agnes Varda, Criterion, 2008
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