Raoul Coutard Biography (1924-1993)

Born September 16, 1924, in France; died September 5, 1993, in Troyes, France; married. Career: Cinematographer, director, screenwriter, and actor.Worked in photographic laboratories and as photographer for French Ministryof Information; freelance still photographer and combat photographer, 1951-56; film cinematographer, 1956-93; film director, 1967-93; also made televisionadvertisements. Military service: Served with the French forces in Indochina, 1945-50. Awards, Honors: British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, best British Cinematography--black and white, 1968,for The Sailor from Gibraltar; Jean Vigo Prize, best feature film 1969, Cannes Film Festival Prize, best first work, 1970, both for Hoa-Binh; Cesar Award, 1978, for Le Crabe-Tambour; Technical Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 1982, for Passion; Venice Festival Prize, 1983, forPrenom Carmen; International Award, American Society of Cinematographers, 1997.

Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer, director, screenwriter, actor
Birth Details: September 16, 1924; France
Death Details: September 5, 1993; Troyes, France

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Cinematographer, Except Where Indicated
(With others) Paradiso terrestre,1956
Thau le pecheru(short), 1957
La Passe du diable,1957
Ramuntcho,1958
Pecheur d'Islande,1959
Nicky et Kitty,1959
A bout de souffle(also known as Breathless), New Yorker Films, 1959
Tirez sur le pianiste(also known as Shoot the Pianist and Shoot the Piano Player), Astor, 1960
Le petit soldat(also known as The Little Soldier), West End, 1960
Lola(also known as Donna di vita), Films-Around-the-World,1961
Jules et Jim(also known as Jules and Jim), Janus, 1961
Les Grandes personnes(also known as Desideri proibiti and Time Out for Love), 1961
Chronique d'un ete(also known as Chronicle of a Summerand Chronicle of a Summer; Paris, 1960), 1961
Une femme est une femme(also known as A Woman Is a Woman),1961
The Army Game, SEDIF, 1961
Et satan conduit le bal(also known as Satan Leads the Dance), 1962
"Antoine et Colette," L'amour a vingt ans(also known as Love at Twenty), Embassy, 1962
Vivre sa vie(also known as My Life to Live), Union/Pathe, 1962
Vacances portugaises(also known as Les sourires de la destinee and Les Egarements), 1963
Les Baisers,1963
Als twee druppels water(also known as The Spitting Image),1963
Les Carabiniers(also known as The Soldiers), New Yorker, 1963
Le Mepris(also known as Contempt), Avco Embassy Pictures, 1963
Bande a part(also known as Band of Outsiders and The Outsiders), Royal, 1964
"Le grand escroc," Les plus belles escroqueries du monde(also known as The Beautiful Swindlers, World's Greatest Swindles andThe World's Most Beautiful Swindlers), Lux, 1964
La peau douce(also known as Silken Skin and The Soft Skin), Cinema V, 1964
Une femme mariee(also known as A Married Woman), Royal, 1964
Un monsieur de compagnie(also known as Male Companion), 1965
Scruggs(also known as A Game Called Scruggs), 1965
Je vous salue mafia(also known as Hail, Mafia), 1965
La 317e section(also known as 317th Platoon), 1965
Alphaville, une etrange aventure de Lemmy Caution(also known as Agente Lemmy Caution, missione Alphaville, Alphaville, Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution, Alphaville, a Strange Caseof Lemmy Caution, and Tarzan vs. IBM), Pathe, 1965
Pierrot le fou, Pathe/Corinth, 1965
Deux or trois choses que je sais d'elle(also known as Two or Three Things I Know About Her), New Yorker Films, 1966
The Defector(also known as L'espion and Lautlose Waffen), Warner Bros., 1966
Made in the U.S.A., Athos, 1966

La mariee etait en noir(also known as The Bride Wore Black), United Artists, 1967
The Sailor from Gibraltar, Lopert, 1967
La Chinoise(also known as La chinoise, ou plutot a la chinoise:un film en train de se faire and The Chinese Girl), 1967
Weeke-End(also known as Weekend and Le Week-End), Grove Press, 1967
Z, Cinema V, 1969
The Southern Star,1969
L'Aveu,1970
And director, Jolly Green,1970
Director, Hoa-Binh,1970
Etes-vous fiancee a un marin grec ou a un pilote de ligne?,1970
La liberte en croupe,1970
L'Explosion,1971
Les Aveuex les plus doux,1971
Le trefle a cinq feuilles,1972
The Jerusalem File(also known as Jerusalem, Jerusalem), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
Le gang des otages(also known as The Hostage Gang and The Hostages), 1972
Embassy(also known as Target: Embassy), 1972
L'Emmerdeur(also known as A Pain in the A.), 1973
Comme un pot des fraises!,1974
Le Crabe-tambour, Interama, 1977
Director, La Legion saute sur Kolwezi,1979
Passion, United Artists Classics,1982
Director, S.A.S. a San Salvador(also known as S.A.S. San Salvador), 1982
Prenom Carmen(also known as First Name: Carmen), International Spectrafilm, 1983
La diagonale du fou(also known as Dangerous Moves), Spectrafilm, 1984
La Garce,1984
Du sel sur la peau,1984
The Bitch,1984
Parachute,1985
Max, mon amour(also known as Max My Love), Connoisseur Video, 1986
Fuego, 1987
(Uncredited) Peaux de vaches(also known as Thick Skinned),1988
Brennende Betten,1988
Ne reveillez pas un flic qui dort,1988
Blanc de chine,1988
Les enfants volants(also known as Flying Children), 1990
Bethune: The Making of a Hero(also known as Dr. Bethune), Tara Releasing, 1990
La femme fardee,1990
Il gele en enfer,1990
La vie crevee(also known as Punctured Life), 1992
La naissance de l'amour(also known as The Birth of Love), 1993
Faut pas rire du bonheur(also known as Happiness is No Joke), 1994
Le coeur fantome,1996
Film Appearances
Cameraman, Le Mepris(also known as Contempt), Avco EmbassyPictures, 1963
Z, Cinema V, 1969
Commentator, Jolly Green,1970
L'Aveu,1970
Television Cinematographer
Movies
Maigret et les plaisirs de la nuit,1991
WRITINGS
Screenwriter
Hoa-Binh,1970
Jolly Green,1970

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

New York Times, September 12, 1971.*

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