Jean Rouch
Sign in to saveFrench film director and ethnologist (1917–2004)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917-05-31
- Died
- 2004-02-18
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Jean Rouch talks about his films to John Marshall and John W. Adams
- Eguéréou
- Chants du Dahomey & du Niger
- Dionysos
- Les Songhay
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Film & TV
Directing · Paris, France
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…
Known for
- Outlaw — Self2025
- L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté2017
- My Conversations on Film — Himself2013
- Maya Deren, Take Zero — Himself2012
- Freddy Buache, le cinéma — Self (archive footage)2012
- Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema — Self (archive footage)2011
- The Dreamed Films — Self2010
- Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité — Lui-même2004
- Portrait de Jean Rouch — Self2004
- Encountering Jean Rouch2003
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 13
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Key dates
- Born
- 31 May 1917
- Died
- 18 February 2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Birni-N'Konni
- Occupation
- ethnologist
- Employer
- Paris Nanterre University
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French