FILM DIRECTOR

Raoul Coutard

1924 - 2016

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Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard, which includes Breathless (1960), A Woman Is a Woman (1961), Vivre sa vie (1962), Bande à part (1964), Alphaville, Pierrot le Fou (both 1965), and Weekend (1967). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raoul Coutard has received more than 131,764 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Raoul Coutard is the 838th most popular film director (down from 662nd in 2019), the 3,936th most popular biography from France (down from 3,283rd in 2019) and the 106th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Raoul Coutard ranks 838 out of 2,041. Before him are Janusz Majewski, Henri Decoin, Timothy Treadwell, Mick Jackson, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, and Hong Sang-soo. After him are Benjamin Christensen, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Rosa von Praunheim, Alexander Rou, Luis Puenzo, and Sergio Martino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Raoul Coutard ranks 268. Before him are Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Emmanuel Scheffer, Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Lloyd Alexander, Hidemaro Watanabe, and Eduardo Paolozzi. After him are John Winter, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Ed Koch, J. D. Tippit, Sylvia Miles, and Sabu Dastagir. Among people deceased in 2016, Raoul Coutard ranks 264. Before him are Abdul Sattar Edhi, Leonid Zhabotinsky, Yvette Chauviré, Faina Melnik, Anita Brookner, and Pedro de Felipe. After him are Afeni Shakur, Giovanni Coppa, László Sárosi, Ken Adam, Brigitte Hamann, and Jan Němec.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raoul Coutard ranks 3,936 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine Risso (1777), Marcel Jouhandeau (1888), Samuel ibn Tibbon (1150), Alain Boghossian (1970), André Schwarz-Bart (1928), and Michèle Torr (1947). After him are Jean Becquerel (1878), Claude Aveline (1901), Rémi Brague (1947), Michel Carré (1821), André Simon (1920), and René Petit (1899).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Raoul Coutard ranks 106. Before him are Michel Audiard (1920), Pierre Schoendoerffer (1928), Alain Cavalier (1931), Claude Miller (1942), Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932), and Henri Decoin (1890). After him are Raymond Bernard (1891), Jean Becker (1933), Jeannot Szwarc (1937), Jean Grémillon (1902), Régis Wargnier (1948), and Gérard Pirès (1942).

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