Directing
Richard Copans
PT, FR, ES, AR cinema · 72 credits
Born
25 November 1947 (age 78)
Birthplace
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Richard Copans, born November 25, 1947, is a French film producer, cinematographer, and director. After studying cinematography at IDHEC from 1966 to 1968, he worked as an assistant cameraman for Andréas Winding, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Lhomme, and Yann Le Masson from 1969 to 1976. From 1973 to 1978, he was a cameraman and director with the far-left militant film collective Cinélutte, notably on Bonne chance la France! In 1978, he founded Les Films d’ici (GIE) and produced, among other films, Journal de campagne and Ananas by Amos Gitaï. In 1982, he founded Les Films du passage with Paulo Branco, and subsequently produced around fifteen feature films. In 1984, he founded Les Films d’ici (SARL) with Yves Jeanneau. They produced numerous documentaries, mainly with La Sept Arte, including Route One/USA and Point de départ by Robert Kramer, Mémoires d’Ex by Mosco and Check The Changes by Marc Huraux, Arthur Rimbaud, a biography by Richard Dindo, La vie est immense et pleine de danger and Et la vie by Denis Gheerbrant, Les Moissons de fer by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky and Gérard Rougeron, Les Enfants illégitimes d’Anton Webern by Lilia Ollivier.
Known for
Filmography
Fire of Wind
Co-Producer
Girl for a Day
Producer
Looking for Robert
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Trial
Co-Producer
Mon amour
Producer
Une semaine sainte
Cinematography
6999 Doors
Producer
Architectures : La Santé, une prison dans Paris
Writer, Camera Operator
Austerlitz
Producer
Un amour (Roman)
Director, Screenplay
Autour de 24 Passions
Cinematography
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
Producer, Cinematography
Gare du Nord
Director of Photography
Human Geography
Producer
Lullaby to my Father
Cinematography
Islamic Art at the Louvre - The Outstretched Hand
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Land of Madness
Producer
God's Offices
Producer
Death's Glamour
as Le producteur
Bania
Producer
24 Passions
Producer
Racines
Director
Chicago
Director, Cinematography
Algérie, la vie toujours
Delegated Producer
Le voyage à la mer
Producer
Mailer on Mailer
Director
Vilnius
Director
The Zsigmondy System
Executive Producer
Genet à Chatila
Producer
Algeria, Life Goes On
Production Accountant
Reprise
Producer
Walk the Walk
Cinematography
At All Costs
Producer
More and More
Producer
Poor George
Associate Producer
La Cabale des oursins
as Self - Director of Photography, Director of Photography
Brothers in Arms
Director, Cinematography, Writer
Transit
Director of Photography
Louvre City
Cinematography
The Seats of the Alcazar
Director of Photography
Route One/USA
Director of Photography
Opening Essay
Actor, Cinematography
The Comedy of Work
Director of Photography
Trilogy for One Man
Cinematography
The Media Waltz
Cinematography
A Better Life
Director of Photography
The Terrible Lovers
Director of Photography
Barres
Director of Photography
Bangkok-Bahrain
Cinematography
Les Minutes d'un faiseur de film
Director of Photography
La Bête noire
Director of Photography
Field Diary
Production Manager
My First Breaststroke
Cinematography
That Kid
Cinematography
Right of Access
Assistant Director