Known For
Camera
Born
Sep 16, 1924
Died
Nov 08, 2016
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Credits
89 titles
Raoul Coutard
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Wild Palms
Director of Photography
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory
Self
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
Self (chef opérateur)
Godard, Love and Poetry
Self
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
Self
The Outskirts of Alphaville
Wild Innocence
Director of Photography
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Self
Jean Seberg: American Actress
Self
The Phantom Heart
Director of Photography
Happiness Is No Joke
Director of Photography
The Birth of Love
Director of Photography
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Director of Photography
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède
Self
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Self
Il gèle en enfer
Director of Photography
Thick Skinned
Director of Photography
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Director of Photography
Burning Beds
Director of Photography
Blanc de Chine
Director of Photography
Max My Love
Director of Photography
Parachute
Director of Photography
The Bitch
Director of Photography
Dangerous Moves
Director of Photography
Salt on the Skin
Director of Photography
First Name: Carmen
Director of Photography
S.A.S. San Salvador
Director
Godard's Passion
Director of Photography
Operation Leopard
Director
Drummer-Crab
Director of Photography
Le Défilé du 14 Juillet 1977
Writer
Une nuit en Lorraine
Director
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Like a Pot of Strawberries
Director of Photography
A Pain in the Ass
Director of Photography
The Hostage Gang
Director of Photography
Five Leaf Clover
Director of Photography
Embassy
Director of Photography
The Hideout
The Most Gentle Confessions
Director of Photography
La Liberté en croupe
Director of Photography
The Bamboo Incident
Angry French man (uncredited)
The Confession
Director of Photography
The Southern Star
Director of Photography
Z
English Surgeon (uncredited)
Rocky Road to Dublin
Director of Photography
The Bride Wore Black
Director of Photography
Weekend
Director of Photography
La Chinoise
Self - Cinematographer (uncredited)