Agnès Varda (born May 30, 1928) is a French filmmaker and director based in Paris and one of the key figures in modern film. She is called the "Grandmother of the New Wave" by some of her critics.
She was born in Brussels, Belgium.
Her movies, documentaries and art installations, focus on documentary realism and social commentary. Her entire work features a distinct experimental style. For the 1985 documentary Vagabond/Without Roof or Rule she received the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival.
Agnès Varda teaches at the European Graduate School in Saas Fee , Switzerland.
Filmography
- (2002) (Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après)
- The Gleaners and I (2000) (Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse)
- A Hundred and One Nights (1995) (Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma)
- Kung-Fu Master (1987) (Le Petit amour)
- Vagabond (1985) (Sans toit ni loi)
- Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
- One Sings, The Other Doesn't (1977) (L'Une chante, l'autre pas)
- Happiness (1965) (Le Bonheur)
- Cleo From 5 to 7 (1961) (Cléo de 5 à 7)
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