Agnes Varda

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Biography

Agnes Varda is often called the "grandmother of the New Wave. " Although not a member of the Cahiers du cinema critical fraternity which formed the core of this movement, the Belgian-born Varda completed her first feature, "La Pointe Courte," in 1954, five years before the New Wave's first films. With almost no academic or technical knowledge of film (though she had been a still photographer for Jean Vilar's Theatre National Populaire), Varda …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Camera, Film & Tape, Editor, Music, Other

Born

May 30, 1928

LATEST CREDITS

The Beaches of Agnes

Herself, Director

Three Women Filmmakers

Actor

The Gleaners and I

Actor, Director

Great Directors

Herself

Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque

Himself

Jane B. par Agnes V.

Herself, Director

The Truth About Charlie

The Widow Hyppolite

The Young Girls of Rochefort

Nun

Conversations in World Cinema

Actor

The Universe of Jacques Demy

Director

Vagabond

Director

One Hundred and One Nights

Director

Cleo From 5 to 7

Director

La Pointe courte

Director

Kung Fu Master!

Director

One Sings, the Other Doesn't

Director

Le Bonheur

Director

Lions Love

Director

Two Years Later

Director

Jacquot

Director

Cinevardaphoto

Director

Les Creatures

Director