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Jean Rouch (French: [ʁuʃ]; 31 May 1917, Paris – 18 February 2004, Niger) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist. He is considered to be one of the founders of cinéma-vérité in France, which shared the aesthetics of the direct cinema. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker for over sixty years in Africa, was characterized by the idea of shared anthropology. Influenced by his discovery of surrealism in his early twenties, many of his films blur the line between fiction and documentary, creating a new style of ethnofiction. He was also hailed by the French New Wave as one of theirs. His seminal film…
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- Samedi soir (1971) as Self
- Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...) (1999) as Himself
- The Dreamed Films (2010) as Self
- Horendi (1972) Director
- Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991 (1991) as Himself
- Chronicle of a Summer (1961) Director
- Jaguar (1967) Director
- Cousin, cousine (1987) Director
- My Conversations on Film (2013) as Himself
- Brise-glace : Bateau givre (1987) Editor
- Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend (1978) Director
- The Year 01 (1973) Co-Director
- Mammy Water (1953) Director
- Hampi (1962) Director
- Outlaw (2025) as Self
- Ciné-mafia (1980) Director
- The Lovely Month of May (1963) as Self (uncredited)
- Six in Paris (1965) Director
- Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon (1983) Director of Photography
- Little by Little (1970) Director
- Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death (1981) Director
- Cinématon (1978) as N°1256
- I, a Negro (1959) Director
- VW-Voyou (1973) Director
- Battle on the Great River (1950) Director
- Germaine chez elle (1994) Director
- The Mad Masters (1955) Director
- Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992) as Self
- Brise-glace (1990) Director
- That Tender Age (1964) Director
- Freddy Buache, le cinéma (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Mad Mimes (2012) Property Builder
- Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice (1976) Director
- Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days (1962) Director
- Germaine et ses copains (1996) Director
- Gare du Nord (1965) Director
- The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham (1986) Director
- Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai (1979) Director
- Une sortie de novices de Sakpata (1958) Director
- I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down (1997) Director
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Most-watched Jean Rouch films currently: Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...) (1999), The Dreamed Films (2010), Horendi (1972), Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991 (1991), Chronicle of a Summer (1961).
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Selected TV credits: Samedi soir (1971).
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