About
Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the Nouvelle Vague period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard. Coutard also shot films for New Wave director François Truffaut as well as Jacques Demy, a contemporary frequently associated with the movement. He shot over 75 films during a career that lasted nearly half a century. Coutard originally planned to study chemistry, but switched to photography because of the cost of tuition. In 1945, Coutard was sent to participate in the French Indochina War; he lived in Vietnam for the next 11 years, working as a war photographer, eventually becoming a freelancer for Paris Match and Look. In 1956, he was approached to shoot a film by Pierre Schoendoerffer, La Passe du Diable. Coutard had never used a movie camera before, and reportedly agreed to...
Known for
BreathlessMovie • 1960
ContemptMovie • 1963
Vivre Sa VieMovie • 1962
AlphavilleMovie • 1965
Pierrot le FouMovie • 1965
First Name: CarmenMovie • 1983
Shoot the Piano PlayerMovie • 1960
The Bride Wore BlackMovie • 1968
ZMovie • 1969
Jules and JimMovie • 1962
WeekendMovie • 1967
A Woman Is a WomanMovie • 1961
The Soft SkinMovie • 1964
The ConfessionMovie • 1970
La ChinoiseMovie • 1967
LolaMovie • 1961
A Pain in the AssMovie • 1973
Love at TwentyMovie • 1962
The Married WomanMovie • 1964
2 or 3 Things I Know About HerMovie • 1967
Band of OutsidersMovie • 1964
Antoine and ColetteMovie • 1962
Le Petit SoldatMovie • 1963
Dangerous MovesMovie • 1984