
Born May 31, 1917 — Died February 18, 2004
From Paris, France
Also known as 장 루슈
Jean Rouch (French: [ʁuʃ]; 31 May 1917, Paris – 18 February 2004, Niger) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist. He is considered to be one of the founders of cinéma-vérité in France, which shared the aesthetics of the direct cinema. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker for over sixty years in Africa...

Outlaw
Self

L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté

My Conversations on Film
Himself

Freddy Buache, le cinéma
Self (archive footage)
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Himself

Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
Self (archive footage)

The Dreamed Films
Self

Portrait de Jean Rouch
Self

Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
Lui-même

Encountering Jean Rouch
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
Self

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Self

Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
Himself

Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
narrador

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
Self

Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
Narrator

A Friendly Handshake

Son of Gascogne
Self
Rouch in Reverse
himself

Germaine chez elle
himself
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Self

An Egg with No Shell

Letter to Jean Rouch
Self

Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
Himself

Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
himself
Ciné-mafia

Cinématon
N°1256

Samba the Great
Narrator

Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
Lui-même
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
Self

World Without a Game
Self

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Self

The Lovely Month of May
Self (uncredited)

The Doll
Officer (uncredited)

Chronicle of a Summer
Self

The Sons of the Water

The Mad Masters
Narrator

Rouch's Gang
Self

Work(ing Together) in Process
Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)