Biography: life and films
Raoul Coutard is a French cinematographer. He was born in Paris, France on 16th September 1924.His best films as a cinematographer include Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris (1963), François Truffaut's La Peau douce (1964), Alphaville (1965), Pierrot le fou (1965) and Week End (1967), and whose best work as a film director include Hoa-Binh (1970) and La Légion saute sur Kolwezi (1980).
Raoul Coutard has so far was cinematographer on 73 films, directed 3 films, scripted 1 film and appeared in 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jean-Luc Godard (16 films), Pierre Schoendoerffer (4), François Truffaut (4), Edouard Molinaro (4), Philippe Garrel (3), Guillaume Nicloux (3), Raoul Lévy (2), Pierre Kast (2), José Pinheiro (2), Jean Aurel (2) and Costa-Gavras (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (40 films), comedy (16), Thriller (15), romance (11), comedy-drama (9), crime-thriller (8), War (6), comedy-romance (5), comedy-thriller (4) and Documentary (2).
Our average rating for Raoul Coutard over all films is: 3.3
Filmography
Key: d = director; c = cinematographer; a = actor; w = writer
La Passe du diable (1958) [c]
Ramuntcho (1959) [c]
Tirez sur le pianiste (1960) [c]
Les Grandes personnes (1961) [c]
Lola (1961) [c]
Une femme est une femme (1961) [c]
Et Satan conduit le bal (1962) [c]
L'Amour à vingt ans (1962) [c]
La Poupée (1962) [c]
Le Mépris (1963) [a,c]
Les Vacances portugaises (1963) [c]
Vacances portugaises (1963) [c]
Les Baisers (1964) [c]
Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964) [c]
Un monsieur de compagnie (1964) [c]
Je vous salue, mafia! (1965) [c]
Scruggs (1965) [c]
The Defector (1966) [c]
Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle (1967) [c]
L'Horizon (1967) [c]
La Mariée était en Noir (1967) [c]
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) [c]
Week End (1967) [c]
The Southern Star (1969) [c]
Z (1969) [c]
Hoa-Binh (1970) [d,w]
L'Aveu (1970) [c]
La Liberté en croupe (1970) [c]
Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne? (1971) [c]
L'Explosion (1971) [c]
Les Aveux les plus doux (1971) [c]
Embassy (1972) [c]
Le Trèfle à cinq feuilles (1972) [c]
The Jerusalem File (1972) [c]
Le Gang des otages (1973) [c]
Comme un pot de fraises! (1974) [c]
La Légion saute sur Kolwezi (1980) [d]
Passion (1982) [c]
S.A.S. à San Salvador (1983) [d]
La Diagonale du fou (1984) [c]
La Garce (1984) [c]
Blanc de Chine (1988) [c]
Brennende Betten (1988) [c]
Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort (1988) [c]
Peaux de vaches (1988) [c]
Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990) [c]
Il gèle en enfer (1990) [c]
Les Enfants volants (1990) [c]
La Vie crevée (1992) [c]
La Naissance de l'amour (1993) [c]
Faut pas rire du bonheur (1995) [c]
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
The greatest French Films of all time
The best of British film comedies
