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Agnès Varda

May 30, 1928 - Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium

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.

Known For Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	2021	The World in Shots	Self
Movie	1978	Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness	Self
Movie	2000	The Gleaners and I	Self
Movie	1970	Viva Varda!	Self
Movie	2001	Janela da Alma	Self
Movie	2008	The Beaches of Agnès	Self
Movie	2023	Viva Varda!	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1992	Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave	Self
Movie	1990	Pictures of Europe	Self
Movie	2003	Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments	Narrator / Self
Movie	1986	Ulysse	Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie	2020	The Invention of Chris Marker	self
Movie	1964	La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même	Self
Movie	1986	You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie	2023	Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera	Self (archive footage)
Movie	2012	The 3 Lives of Agnès	Self
Movie	2017	A Visual History with Agnès Varda	Herself
Movie	2022	Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967	Self (voice)
Movie	2019	Harumi	Self
Movie	1984	The So-Called Caryatids	Narrator
Movie	2019	Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinéma	Agnès Varda
Movie	1963	Hello Cubans	Narrator (voice)
Movie	1967	Far from Vietnam	Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
Movie	2011	The First Interview	Self / Host (voice)
Movie	2025	Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1975	La Vie filmée
Movie	2007	Women Behind the Camera	Self
Movie	2008	Shooting Women	Self
Movie	2005	Where is Sara Gómez?	Self
Movie	1960	La Mélangite	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie	2012	Two Street Artists	Narrator (voice)
Movie	1967	The Birth of Children of Paradise	Self
Movie	1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Self
Movie	2009	Great Directors	Self
Movie	2011	In Chris Marker's Studio	Self
Movie	2007	From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects	Self
Movie	2003	The Story of an Old Lady	Self
Movie	2013	Cinéast(e)s	Self
Movie	2017	Faces Places	Self
Movie	2014	Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts	Self (uncredited)
Movie	2018	Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché	Self
Movie	2018	Chance Is the Best Assistant	Self
Movie	1967	Uncle Yanco	Self
Movie	2014	The 8th Floor	Self
Movie	2019	Varda by Agnès	Self
Movie	2018	Quinqui Stars	Self (archive footage)
Movie	2018	#JR	Self
Movie	2018	Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1977	Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda	Self
Movie	1969	Lions Love	Agnès (uncredited)
Movie	2018	Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, Instagrammer	Self
Movie	2002	The Truth About Charlie	The Widow Hyppolite
Movie	2008	The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany	Self
Movie	2007	Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD	Self
Movie	2014	Henri Langlois vu par...	Self
Movie	2000	Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema	Self
Movie	1967	The Young Girls of Rochefort	Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
Movie	1977	One Sings, the Other Doesn't	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie	1975	Women Reply	Self (voice)
Movie	1971	Nausicaa	Self
Movie	2005	Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes	Self
Movie	1981	Mur Murs	Self / Narrator
Movie	1988	Calling the Shots	Self
Movie	1975	Daguerréotypes	Narrator
Movie	2005	Rue Daguerre in 2005	Self
Movie	2003	The Vanishing Lion	La Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
Movie	2005	More So-called Caryatids	Narrator
Movie	2002	The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later	Narrator
Movie	2008	Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story	Self
Movie	2008	Souvenirs and Evocations	Self
Movie	1995	The World of Jacques Demy	Self
Movie	1985	Vagabond	(uncredited)
Movie	1988	Jane B. by Agnès V.	Self (uncredited)
Movie	1991	Jacquot	Narrator (uncredited)
Movie	2004	Ydessa, the Bears and etc.	Narrator (voice)
Movie	2006	Some Widows of Noirmoutier	Self
Movie	2008	Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Self
Movie	2005	Not Like Before	Self
Movie	1994	Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South	Self
Movie	2021	150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement	French Woman Talking
Movie	2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Self
Movie	1983	One Minute for One Image	Narrator
Movie	2021	Jim Morrison: The End	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Movie	2016	EXPRMNTL	herself
Movie	2005	Bread, Painting, Accordion	herself
Movie	1981	Documenteur	Mur Murs Play Back (voice) (uncredited)
Movie	2002	Tribute to Zgougou the Cat	Self
Movie	2003	Musique et Travellings	Self
Movie	2020	Agnes V. by Jane B.	Self (Archive Footage)
Movie	2004	Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli	Self
Movie	2008	Daguerre-plage	Self
Movie	2025	BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions	Self (archive footage)
Movie	2011	Americano	Voice (Uncredited)
Movie	1956	All the World's Memory
Movie	1986	a Nathalie Sarraute	Self (Voice)
Movie	2008	La chanson 'Lola'	Self
Movie	2006	Agnès parle du Bonheur	Self
Movie	2006	Le Bonheur? Réponses des Fontenaisiens	Self
Movie	2006	Bonheur: nom propre ou concept	Self
Movie	2005	Mag Bodard, un destin	Self (archive footage)
Movie	2015	Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet
TV Show	2003	Un film et son époque	Self	1
TV Show	2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Self / Narrator (voice)	5
TV Show	2004	Leçon de Cinéma	Self	1
TV Show	2019	Varda by Agnès	Self	2
TV Show	2012	Square	Self	1
TV Show	1956	Cinépanorama	Self	1

Crew

Media
Movie	1962	Cléo from 5 to 7	Director	Directing
Movie	2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Director	Directing
Movie	1991	Jacquot	Director	Directing
Movie	1991	Jacquot	Writer	Writing
Movie	2000	The Gleaners and I	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	The Gleaners and I	Writer	Writing
Movie	2008	The Beaches of Agnès	Director	Directing
Movie	2008	The Beaches of Agnès	Writer	Writing
Movie	1977	One Sings, the Other Doesn't	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Lions Love	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	Vagabond	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	Vagabond	Writer	Writing
Movie	2005	Rue Daguerre in 2005	Writer	Writing
Movie	1988	Kung-Fu Master!	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Daguerréotypes	Writer	Writing
Movie	1975	Daguerréotypes	Director	Directing
Movie	1956	La Pointe Courte	Director	Directing
Movie	1956	La Pointe Courte	Writer	Writing
Movie	1961	Fiancés on the Bridge	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Fiancés on the Bridge	Writer	Writing
Movie	1965	Happiness	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Happiness	Writer	Writing
Movie	1966	The Creatures	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	The Creatures	Writer	Writing
Movie	1988	Jane B. by Agnès V.	Director	Directing
Movie	1988	Jane B. by Agnès V.	Writer	Writing
Movie	2002	The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later	Director	Directing
Movie	1995	One Hundred and One Nights	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Diary of a Pregnant Woman	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Diary of a Pregnant Woman	Writer	Writing
Movie	2022	Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	The Pleasure of Love in Iran	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Cinévardaphoto	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Documenteur	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Documenteur	Writer	Writing
Movie	1968	Black Panthers	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Uncle Yanco	Writer	Writing
Movie	1963	Hello Cubans	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	The Vanishing Lion	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Elsa the Rose	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Women Reply	Director	Directing
Movie	1995	The World of Jacques Demy	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Mur Murs	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Mur Murs	Writer	Writing
Movie	1984	Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes	Thanks	Crew
Movie	1958	Along the Coast	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Along the Coast	Writer	Writing
Movie	1986	Ulysse	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	Ulysse	Writer	Writing
Movie	2008	The Beaches of Agnès	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1966	Christmas Carole	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Christmas Carole	Writer	Writing
Movie	1986	You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...	Idea	Writing
Movie	1967	Uncle Yanco	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	O Seasons, O Castles	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Lady Oscar	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1984	The So-Called Caryatids	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Black Panthers	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2005	More So-called Caryatids	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2002	The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1963	Hello Cubans	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2004	Ydessa, the Bears and etc.	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Ydessa, the Bears and etc.	Writer	Writing
Movie	2004	Ydessa, the Bears and etc.	Producer	Production
Movie	2004	Ydessa, the Bears and etc.	Editor	Editing
Movie	1977	Quelques femmes bulles	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1984	The So-Called Caryatids	Script	Crew
Movie	2012	The 3 Lives of Agnès	Director	Directing
Movie	2022	Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967	Editor	Editing
Movie	1971	Nausicaa	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Nausicaa	Writer	Writing
Movie	2006	Some Widows of Noirmoutier	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Some Widows of Noirmoutier	Writer	Writing
Movie	2006	Some Widows of Noirmoutier	Editor	Editing
Movie	1984	The So-Called Caryatids	Producer	Production
Movie	2015	Les 3 Boutons	Director	Directing
Movie	2015	Les 3 Boutons	Writer	Writing
Movie	2015	Les 3 Boutons	Editor	Editing
Movie	1983	One Minute for One Image	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	Vagabond	Editor	Editing
Movie	1988	Jane B. by Agnès V.	Editor	Editing
Movie	2003	The Vanishing Lion	Producer	Production
Movie	1988	Kung-Fu Master!	Writer	Writing
Movie	1995	One Hundred and One Nights	Writer	Writing
Movie	1966	Elsa the Rose	Producer	Production
Movie	2003	The Vanishing Lion	Editor	Editing
Movie	2003	The Vanishing Lion	Writer	Writing
Movie	2011	Americano	Co-Producer	Production
Movie	1962	Cléo from 5 to 7	Writer	Writing
Movie	1960	La Mélangite	Director	Directing
Movie	2005	Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes	Director	Directing
Movie	2012	Two Street Artists	Director	Directing
Movie	2012	20 Little Films	Director	Directing
Movie	2008	The Beaches of Agnès	Producer	Production
Movie	2011	In Chris Marker's Studio	Director	Directing
Movie	2017	Faces Places	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	Last Tango in Paris	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	2002	Tribute to Zgougou the Cat	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	The Story of an Old Lady	Director	Directing
Movie	2005	More So-called Caryatids	Director	Directing
Movie	2005	More So-called Caryatids	Writer	Writing
Movie	2005	More So-called Caryatids	Producer	Production
Movie	2005	More So-called Caryatids	Editor	Editing
Movie	1967	Far from Vietnam	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1976	The Pleasure of Love in Iran	Writer	Writing
Movie	1977	One Sings, the Other Doesn't	Writer	Writing
Movie	2017	Faces Places	Editor	Editing
Movie	2004	Viennale Walzer	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Far from Vietnam	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	The Gleaners and I	Editor	Editing
Movie	2000	The Gleaners and I	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2003	Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments	Writer	Writing
Movie	1963	Hello Cubans	Writer	Writing
Movie	1968	Black Panthers	Writer	Writing
Movie	1975	Women Reply	Writer	Writing
Movie	2005	Rue Daguerre in 2005	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Lions Love	Writer	Writing
Movie	2019	Varda by Agnès	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	The Children of Museum	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Writer	Writing
Movie	1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Editor	Editing
Movie	2002	The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later	Producer	Production
Movie	2002	The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later	Editor	Editing
Movie	1969	Lions Love	Producer	Production
Movie	1984	Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale	Writer	Writing
Movie	2019	Varda by Agnès	Editor	Editing
Movie	1958	La Cocotte d'azur	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Tribute to Zgougou the Cat	Writer	Writing
Movie	2017	Faces Places	Writer	Writing
Movie	2019	Varda by Agnès	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	2005	Cleo's Real Itinerary Through Paris	Editor	Editing
Movie	2008	The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany	Director	Directing
Movie	2007	Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD	Director	Directing
Movie	2014	Un salut à Henri Langlois	Director	Directing
Movie	2014	Henri Langlois vu par...	Director	Directing
Movie	1962	Cléo from 5 to 7	Songs	Sound
Movie	1958	O Seasons, O Castles	Writer	Writing
Movie	2008	Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story	Director	Directing
Movie	2008	Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	2008	Souvenirs and Evocations	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	One Sings, the Other Doesn't	Lyricist	Writing
Movie	2005	Bread, Painting, Accordion	Director	Directing
Movie	2005	Daguerreotypes, Photographics Objects	Director	Directing
Movie	2005	The Music Festival	Director	Directing
Movie	2009	Bord de mer	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	Musique et Travellings	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli	Editor	Editing
Movie	2004	Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli	Director	Directing
Movie	2008	Daguerre-plage	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Propos sur 'Le bonheur'	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	a Nathalie Sarraute	Director	Directing
Movie	2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Writer	Writing
Movie	2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Editor	Editing
Movie	2006	Les deux femmes du Bonheur	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Le Bonheur? Réponses des Fontenaisiens	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Bonheur: nom propre ou concept	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Jean-Claude Drouot revient à Fontenay-aux-Roses et parle du film tourné en 1964	Director	Directing
TV Show	2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Director	Directing
TV Show	2019	Varda by Agnès	Director	Directing