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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
- Cinématon (1978) as N°1256
- The Year 01 (1973) Co-Director
- The Lovely Month of May (1963) as Self (uncredited)
- Son of Gascogne (1995) as Self
- Sodankylä Forever (2010) as Self
- Six in Paris (1965) Director
- Chronicle of a Summer (1961) Director
- Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992) as Self
- Gare du Nord (1965) Director
- La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même (1964) as Self
- Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas (2000) as Self
- The Human Pyramid (1961) Director
- The Doll (1962) as Officer (uncredited)
- That Tender Age (1964) Director
- The Punishment (1962) Director
- A Friendly Handshake (1997) Director
- Civilisation: L'homme et les images (1967) as Self
- I, a Negro (1959) Director
- Mad Mimes (2012) Property Builder
- World Without a Game (1966) as Himself
- Jaguar (1967) Director
- Circumcision (1949) Director
- The Dreamed Films (2010) as Self
- The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham (1986) Director
- The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows (1964) Director
- The Rainmakers (1951) Director
- The Lion Hunters (1966) Director
- Mammy Water (1953) Director
- Drums from the Past (1971) Director
- Makwayela (1977) Director
- Rouch's Gang as Self
- Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon (1983) Director
- Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire (2002) as Self
- Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice (1976) Director
- Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm (1966) Director
- Germaine chez elle (1994) Director
- The Magicians of Wanzerbé (1948) Director
- Horendi (1972) Director
- Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds (1998) as Self
- An Egg with No Shell (1992) Cast
- Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman (1999) as narrador
- Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- In the Land of the Black Magi (1947) Director
- Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo (1973) Director
- Battle on the Great River (1950) Director
- Maya Deren, Take Zero (2012) as Himself
- Cemeteries in the Cliff (1951) Director
- Brise-glace (1990) Director
- Badye, the Storyteller (1977) Director
- Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945 (1987) Director
- Dionysos (1984) Director
- Hampi (1962) Director
- VW-Voyou (1973) Director
- Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé (1972) Director
- Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed (1948) Director
- Baby Ghana (1957) Director
- Les pêcheurs du Niger (1962) Director
- Ayorou Singing Stones (1968) Director
- The Goumbé of the Young Revelers (1966) Writer
- Les gens du mil (1951) Director
- Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl (1998) as Narrator
- Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases) (1974) Director
- Ciné-mafia (1980) Director
- Freddy Buache, le cinéma (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel) (1968) Director
- Le mil (1962) Director
- La royale goumbé (1958) Director
- Architects of Ayorou (1970) Director
- Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo (1967) Director
- Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken (1974) Director
- Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...) (1999) as Himself
- Boukoki (1973) Director
- The Burial of the Hogon (1973) Director
- Boulevards d'Afrique (1989) Director
- Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité (2004) as Lui-même
- Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991 (1991) as Himself
- My Conversations on Film (2013) as Himself
- Damouré Speaks About AIDS (1992) Director
- Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai (1979) Director
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Most-watched Jean Rouch films currently: Cinématon (1978), The Year 01 (1973), The Lovely Month of May (1963), Son of Gascogne (1995), Sodankylä Forever (2010).
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Selected TV credits: Samedi soir (1971).
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