Agnès Varda

Known for: Directing
Born: May 30, 1928, Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Died: March 29, 2019
Movies: 187

Agnès Varda (May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her films, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style.

Best-Known Movies

7.7

Cléo from 5 to 7

1962

7.7

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967

7.6

Faces Places

2017

7.4

Vagabond

1985

7.4

Happiness

1965

7.7

The Gleaners and I

2000

4.9

The Truth About Charlie

2002

7.7

The Beaches of Agnès

2008

6.9

La Pointe Courte

1956

7.2

One Sings, the Other Doesn't

1977

Filmography

2024	In Her Own Words	Self
2023	Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera	Self (archive footage)
2023	Viva Varda !	Self (archive footage)
2022	Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967	Self (voice)
2022	Deneuve, la reine Catherine	Self (archive footage)
2021	The World in Shots	Self
2021	Jim Morrison: The End	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021	150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement	French Woman Talking
2020	La Alameda 2018	ella misma
2020	Agnes V. by Jane B.	Self (Archive Footage)
2020	The Invention of Chris Marker	self
2019	Harumi	Self
2019	Varda by Agnès	Self
2019	Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinéma	Agnès Varda
2018	Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure	Self (archive footage)
2018	Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché	Self
2018	Quinqui Stars	Self (archive footage)
2018	#JR	Self
2018	Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, Instagrammer	Self
2018	Chance Is the Best Assistant	Self
2017	A Visual History with Agnès Varda	Herself
2017	Faces Places	Self
2016	EXPRMNTL	herself
2015	Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet
2014	Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts	Self (uncredited)
2014	Henri Langlois vu par...	Self
2014	The 8th Floor	Self
2013	Cinéast(e)s	Self
2012	The 3 Lives of Agnès	Self
2012	Two Street Artists	Narrator (voice)
2011	My Paris Movie
2011	In Chris Marker's Studio	Self
2011	Americano	Voice (Uncredited)
2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Self
2011	The First Interview	Self / Host (voice)
2009	Great Directors	Self
2008	Souvenirs and Evocations	Self
2008	Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story	Self
2008	Daguerre-plage	Self
2008	La chanson 'Lola'	Self
2008	Trapézistes et voltigeurs	Self
2008	The Beaches of Agnès	Self
2008	Shooting Women	Self
2008	Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Self
2008	The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany	Self
2007	From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects	Self
2007	Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD	Self
2007	Women Behind the Camera	Self
2006	Some Widows of Noirmoutier	Self
2006	Agnès parle du Bonheur	Self
2006	Le Bonheur? Réponses des Fontenaisiens	Self
2006	Bonheur: nom propre ou concept	Self
2005	More So-called Caryatids	Narrator
2005	Mag Bodard, un destin	Self (archive footage)
2005	Not Like Before	Self
2005	Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes	Self
2005	Where is Sara Gómez?	Self
2005	Rue Daguerre in 2005	Self - Narrator
2005	Bread, Painting, Accordion	herself
2004	Ydessa, the Bears and etc.	Narrator (voice)
2004	Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli	Self
2003	Musique et Travellings	Self
2003	The Vanishing Lion	La Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
2003	Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments	Narrator / Self
2003	The Story of an Old Lady	Self
2002	The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later	Narrator
2002	The Truth About Charlie	The Widow Hyppolite
2002	Tribute to Zgougou the Cat	Self
2001	Léaud l'unique	Self - filmmaker
2001	Window of the Soul	Self
2000	Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema	Self
2000	The Gleaners and I	Self
1995	The World of Jacques Demy	Self
1994	Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South	Self
1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Self
1992	Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave	Self
1991	Jacquot	Narrator (uncredited)
1990	Pictures of Europe	Self
1988	Calling the Shots	Self
1988	Jane B. by Agnès V.	Self (uncredited)
1986	You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1986	Ulysse	Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1986	a Nathalie Sarraute	Self (Voice)
1984	The So-Called Caryatids	Narrator
1983	One Minute for One Image	Self - Narrator (voice)
1982	Mur Murs	Self - Narrator
1982	Documenteur	Mur Murs Play Back (voice) (uncredited)
1978	Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness	Self
1978	Daguerréotypes	Narrator
1977	Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda	Self
1977	One Sings, the Other Doesn't	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1975	Women Reply	Self (voice)
1971	Nausicaa	Self
1970	Viva Varda!	Self
1969	Lions Love	Agnès (uncredited)
1967	Far from Vietnam	Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
1967	Uncle Yanco	Self
1967	The Young Girls of Rochefort	Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
1967	The Birth of Children of Paradise	Self
1965	Agnès Varda tourne...	herself
1964	La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même	Self
1963	Hello Cubans	Narrator (voice)
1960	La Mélangite	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1956	All the World's Memory
1954	Le Photographe Photographié - Brassaï par Varda

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	Les gens de la terrasse	Director
2022	Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967	Director
2019	Varda by Agnès	Director, Screenplay
2017	When Sandy Dreams	Director
2017	Faces Places	Director, Writer
2015	Les 3 Boutons	Director, Writer
2014	Henri Langlois vu par...	Director
2014	Un salut à Henri Langlois	Director
2012	The 3 Lives of Agnès	Director
2012	20 Little Films	Director
2012	Two Street Artists	Director
2011	In Chris Marker's Studio	Director
2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Director, Writer
2009	Bord de mer	Director
2008	Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story	Director
2008	Souvenirs and Evocations	Director
2008	Daguerre-plage	Director
2008	Trapézistes et voltigeurs	Director
2008	The Beaches of Agnès	Director, Writer, Producer
2008	The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany	Director
2007	Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD	Director
2006	Some Widows of Noirmoutier	Director, Writer
2006	Propos sur 'Le bonheur'	Director
2006	Les deux femmes du Bonheur	Director
2006	Le Bonheur? Réponses des Fontenaisiens	Director
2006	Bonheur: nom propre ou concept	Director
2006	Jean-Claude Drouot revient à Fontenay-aux-Roses et parle du film tourné en 1964	Director
2005	More So-called Caryatids	Writer, Director, Producer
2005	The Music Festival	Director
2005	Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes	Director
2005	Rue Daguerre in 2005	Writer, Director
2005	Bread, Painting, Accordion	Director
2005	Daguerreotypes, Photographics Objects	Director
2004	Cinévardaphoto	Director
2004	Ydessa, the Bears and etc.	Writer, Producer, Director
2004	Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli	Director
2003	Musique et Travellings	Director
2003	The Vanishing Lion	Director, Producer, Writer
2003	The Story of an Old Lady	Director
2003	Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments	Director, Writer
2002	The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later	Director, Producer
2002	Tribute to Zgougou the Cat	Director, Writer
2000	The Gleaners and I	Director, Writer
1995	The World of Jacques Demy	Director
1995	One Hundred and One Nights	Director, Writer
1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Director, Writer
1991	Jacquot	Writer, Director
1988	Kung-Fu Master!	Director, Writer
1988	Jane B. by Agnès V.	Director, Writer
1986	You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...	Director
1986	Ulysse	Director, Writer
1986	a Nathalie Sarraute	Director
1985	Vagabond	Director, Writer
1984	Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale	Director, Writer
1984	The So-Called Caryatids	Director, Producer
1983	One Minute for One Image	Director
1982	Documenteur	Writer, Director
1982	Mur Murs	Director, Writer
1978	Daguerréotypes	Director, Writer
1977	One Sings, the Other Doesn't	Director, Writer
1977	Quelques femmes bulles	Screenplay
1976	The Pleasure of Love in Iran	Director, Writer
1975	Women Reply	Director, Writer
1971	Nausicaa	Director, Writer
1969	Lions Love	Director, Writer, Producer
1968	Black Panthers	Director, Writer
1967	Far from Vietnam	Director
1967	Uncle Yanco	Writer, Director
1966	Elsa the Rose	Director, Producer
1966	The Creatures	Writer, Director
1966	Christmas Carole	Writer, Director
1965	Happiness	Writer, Director
1964	The Children of Museum	Director
1963	Hello Cubans	Director, Writer
1962	Cléo from 5 to 7	Director, Writer
1962	Fiancés on the Bridge	Director, Writer
1960	La Mélangite	Director
1958	Along the Coast	Writer, Director
1958	O Seasons, O Castles	Director, Writer
1958	Diary of a Pregnant Woman	Writer, Director
1958	La Cocotte d'azur	Director
1956	La Pointe Courte	Director, Writer

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