Raoul Coutard Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Raoul Coutard

Raoul Coutard

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Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Contempt movie poster
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Contempt

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Contempt
Cameraman
La Chinoise movie poster
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La Chinoise

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La Chinoise
Self - Cinematographer (uncredited)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New WaveMOVIE
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Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

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Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
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Godard, Love and Poetry movie poster
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Godard, Love and Poetry

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Godard, Love and Poetry
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The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin movie poster
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The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin

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The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
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Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède movie poster
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Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

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Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède
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The Bamboo Incident movie poster
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The Bamboo Incident

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The Bamboo Incident
Angry French man (uncredited)
Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory movie poster
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Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

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Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory
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Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas movie poster
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Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

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Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
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Z movie poster
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Z

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English Surgeon (uncredited)

Production

Contempt movie poster
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Contempt

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Contempt
Director of Photography
Antoine and Colette movie poster
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Antoine and Colette

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Antoine and Colette
Director of Photography
Breathless movie poster
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Breathless

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Breathless
Director of Photography
La Chinoise movie poster
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La Chinoise

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La Chinoise
Director of Photography
Jules and Jim movie poster
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Jules and Jim

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Jules and Jim
Director of Photography
Vivre Sa Vie movie poster
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Vivre Sa Vie

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Vivre Sa Vie
Director of Photography
The Soft Skin movie poster
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The Soft Skin

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The Soft Skin
Director of Photography
Shoot the Piano Player movie poster
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Shoot the Piano Player

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Shoot the Piano Player
Director of Photography
Z movie poster
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Z

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Director of Photography
The Bride Wore Black movie poster
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The Bride Wore Black

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The Bride Wore Black
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Gallery

Raoul Coutard portrait