Agnes VARDA

Director

Country: FRANCE

Biography

French filmmaker born in 1928. Greek father. French mother. Short studies in Paris. Photographer in the Fifties. In 1954, she creates a film company CINE-TAMARIS for La Pointe Courte (also first feature of Philippe Noiret). It gave her the title of "Grand Mother of the French New Wave". Among 32 short and long, the best known films of Agnès Varda are: Cléo de 5 à 7 (1961), Sans toit ni loi / Vagabond (1985), Jacquot de Nantes / Jacquot (1990), Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse / The Gleaners And I (2000). In the last two years Agnès Varda worked on video installations: Patatutopia (Venise Art Biennale and Taïpei Museum), Le Triptyque et Les Veuves de Noirmoutier (Aboucaya Gallery, Paris 2005).

Films presented in Cannes

2012 - CLEO DE 5 A 7 (CLEO FROM 5 TO 7) - Cannes Classics Director, Screenplay
2009 - LOIN DU VIETNAM (FAR FROM VIETNAM) - Cannes Classics Director
2000 - LES GLANEURS ET LA GLANEUSE - Out of Competition Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editor
1993 - LES DEMOISELLES ONT EU 25 ANS - Un Certain Regard Director, Screenplay, Film Editor
1991 - JACQUOT DE NANTES - Out of Competition Director, Screenplay
1986 - T'AS DE BEAUX ESCALIERS, TU SAIS ... - Out of Competition Narration, Director, Screenplay
1983 - ULYSSE - Un Certain Regard Narration, Director, Screenplay
1981 - MUR MURS - Un Certain Regard Narration, Director, Screenplay
1962 - CLEO DE 5 A 7 - In Competition Director, Screenplay
1958 - Ô SAISONS Ô CHÂTEAUX - In Competition Director, Screenplay

Member of the Jury

2013 - Caméra d'or - President
2005 - Sélection officielle - Member