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

• New York Times, September 12, 1971.*