Camera
Raoul Coutard
FR, CS, EN, ES cinema · 87 credits
Born
16 September 1924
Died
8 November 2016 (aged 92)
Birthplace
Paris, France
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
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
as Self (chef opérateur)
Wild Innocence
Director of Photography
The Phantom Heart
Director of Photography
Happiness Is No Joke
Director of Photography
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Director of Photography
The Birth of Love
Director of Photography
Il gèle en enfer
Director of Photography
Thick Skinned
Director of Photography
Burning Beds
Director of Photography
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Director of Photography
Blanc de Chine
Director of Photography
Max My Love
Director of Photography
Parachute
1986
Parachute
Director of Photography
The Bitch
Director of Photography
Salt on the Skin
Director of Photography
Dangerous Moves
Director of Photography
S.A.S. San Salvador
Director
First Name: Carmen
Director of Photography
Godard's Passion
Director of Photography
Operation Leopard
Director
Drummer-Crab
Director of Photography
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 Most Gentle Confessions
Director of Photography
The Bamboo Incident
as Angry French man (uncredited), Director, Adaptation
The Confession
Director of Photography
La Liberté en croupe
Director of Photography
Z
as English Surgeon (uncredited), Director of Photography
The Southern Star
Director of Photography
The Bride Wore Black
Director of Photography
Rocky Road to Dublin
Director of Photography
La Chinoise
as Self - Cinematographer (uncredited), Director of Photography
Weekend
Director of Photography
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Director of Photography
Made in U.S.A
Director of Photography
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Director of Photography
Horizon
Director of Photography
The Defector
Director of Photography
Pierrot le Fou
Director of Photography
Alphaville
Director of Photography
The 317th Platoon
Director of Photography
Scruggs
1965
Scruggs
Director of Photography
The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
Director of Photography
The Soft Skin
Director of Photography
Band of Outsiders
Director of Photography
Le Grand Escroc
Director of Photography
The Married Woman
Director of Photography
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Director of Photography
Male Companion
Director of Photography
Contempt
as Cameraman, Director of Photography
The Carabineers
Director of Photography
Le Petit Soldat
Director of Photography
Portuguese Vacation
Director of Photography
Like Two Drops of Water
Director of Photography
Antoine and Colette
Director of Photography
Jules and Jim
Director of Photography
Vivre Sa Vie
Director of Photography
And Satan Calls the Turns
Camera Operator, Director of Photography
Petit Jour
Director of Photography
Love at Twenty
Director of Photography
The Doll
Director of Photography
A Woman Is a Woman
Director of Photography
Chronicle of a Summer
Director of Photography
Lola
Director of Photography
Time Out for Love
Director of Photography
Breathless
Director of Photography
Shoot the Piano Player
Director of Photography
The Army Game
Director of Photography
The Devil's Pass
Director of Photography
Island Fisherman
Director of Photography
Ramuntcho
Director of Photography