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Raoul Coutard

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Nascita
16 settembre 1924 · Paris, France
Morte
8 novembre 2016

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Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the Nouvelle Vague period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard. Coutard also shot films for New Wave director François Truffaut as well as Jacques Demy, a contemporary frequently associated with the movement. He shot over 75 films during a career that lasted nearly half a century. Coutard originally planned to study chemistry, but switched to photography because of the cost of tuition. In 1945, Coutard was sent to participate in the French Indochina War; he lived in Vietnam for the next 11 years, working as a war photographer, eventually becoming a freelancer for Paris Match and Look. In 1956, he was approached to shoot a film by Pierre Schoendoerffer, La Passe du Diable. Coutard had never used a movie camera before, and reportedly agreed to the job because of a misunderstanding (he believed he was being hired to shoot production stills of the film). Coutard's first work collaboration with Jean-Luc Godard was Godard's first feature, À bout de souffle, shot in 1959. He was reportedly "imposed" on Godard by producer Georges de Beauregard; the director had already settled on a different cinematographer. Coutard photographed nearly all of Godard's work in the Nouvelle Vague era (1959 - 1967), with the exception of Masculin, féminin; their last work during this period was Week-end (1967), which marked the end of Godard's work as a 'mainstream' filmmaker. The two did not work together again until Passion; their final collaboration was Godard's next feature, Prénom Carmen. ... Source: Article "Raoul Coutard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Film · 1960 · ★ 7,5
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Jules e Jim
Film · 1962 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di Il disprezzo
Il disprezzo
Film · 1963 · ★ 7,0
Locandina di Il bandito delle 11
Il bandito delle 11
Film · 1965 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di Questa è la mia vita
Questa è la mia vita
Film · 1962 · ★ 7,7
Locandina di Z - L'orgia del potere
Z - L'orgia del potere
Film · 1969 · ★ 7,8
Locandina di Agente Lemmy Caution, missione Alphaville
Agente Lemmy Caution, missione Alphaville
Film · 1965 · ★ 6,9
Locandina di Bande à part
Bande à part
Film · 1964 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di Tirate sul pianista
Tirate sul pianista
Film · 1960 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di La donna è donna
La donna è donna
Film · 1961 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di Week-end, un uomo e una donna dal sabato alla domenica
Week-end, un uomo e una donna dal sabato alla domenica
Film · 1967 · ★ 6,9
Locandina di Lola - Donna di vita
Lola - Donna di vita
Film · 1961 · ★ 7,1

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