- Agnès Godard
Agnès Godard is a
César Award -winning Frenchcinematographer . She is most famous for her long-running collaboration with filmmakerClaire Denis .Biography, Career and Collaboration with Denis
Godard originally studied journalism [ [http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0014,vincentelli,13776,20.html village voice > film > Agnes Godard's Candid Camera by Elisabeth Vincentelli ] ] , but switched to film after several years, graduating from
La Femis [ [http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/godard.htm Agnès Godard ] ] (then known asIDHEC ) in 1980. Her first project as a cinematographer wasWim Wenders ' 50-minute "Room 666 ", made for television. There she met Claire Denis, who was working as Wenders'assistant director . [ [http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0014,vincentelli,13776,20.html village voice > film > Agnes Godard's Candid Camera by Elisabeth Vincentelli ] ]Godard spent much of the 1980s working as an assistant camera operator or
focus puller on films by Wenders,Joseph Losey ,Peter Greenaway andAlain Resnais . She also served as director of photography on a short film directed by legendary cinematographerHenri Alekan . Her first collaboration with Denis was the director's debut feature, "Chocolat", where she served as the camera operator; she has been Denis' regular cinematographer since 1990, when the two worked together on a documentary aboutNouvelle Vague filmmakerJacques Rivette made for the French television series "Cinema, de Notre Temps ".Filmography
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35 rhums " (2008)
*"Ensemble, c'est tout " (2007)
*"The Golden Door " (2006)
*"Backstage " (2005)
*"Vers Mathilde " (2005)
*"L'Intrus " (2004)
*"Wild Side" (2004)
*"Les égarés " (2003)
*"" (2002) (segment "Vers Nancy")
*"Vendredi soir " (2002)
*"Au plus près du paradis " (2002)
*"Trouble Every Day " (2001)
*"La Répétition " (2001)
*"Beau Travail " (1999)
*"Vie ne me fait pas peur " (1999)
*"La Nouvelle Ève " (1999)
*"L'Arrière pays " (1998)
*"The Dreamlife of Angels " (1998)
*"" (1997) (TV)
*"Nénette et Boni " (1996)
*"Jeunesse sans Dieu " (1996) (TV)
*"À propos de Nice, la suite " (1995) (segment "Nice, Very Nice")
*"US Go Home " (1994)
*"I Can't Sleep" (1994)
*"Le Géographe manuel " (1994)
*"La robe à cerceau " (1993) TV episode
*"L'Absence " (1993)
*"Sida, une histoire qui n'a pas de fin " (1993)
*"Histoires autour de la folie " (1993) (TV)
*"La Vis " (1993)
*"Dimanche soir " (1992)
*"Jacquot de Nantes " (1991)
*"Keep It for Yourself " (1991)
*"Jacques Rivette - Le veilleur " (1990) (TV)
*"Room 666 " (1982) (TV)External links
* [http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/godard.htm Entry in the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers]
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