FILM DIRECTOR

Agnès Varda

1928 - 2019

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Agnès Varda (French: [aɲɛs vaʁda] ; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter and photographer. Varda's work employed location shooting in an era when the limitations of sound technology made it easier and more common to film indoors, with constructed sets and painted backdrops of landscapes, rather than outdoors, on location. Her use of non-professional actors was also unconventional for 1950s French cinema. Varda's feature film debut was La Pointe Courte (1955), followed by Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), one of her most notable narrative films, Vagabond (1985), and Kung Fu Master (1988). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agnès Varda is the 78th most popular film director (down from 25th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Film Director.

Agnès Varda is most famous for her work as a French filmmaker. Her most notable films include Cleo from 5 to 7, Vagabond, and The Gleaners and I.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Agnès Varda ranks 78 out of 2,041. Before her are Luc Besson, David Cronenberg, Elia Kazan, John Waters, F. W. Murnau, and Tony Scott. After her are Dziga Vertov, Alain Resnais, Franco Zeffirelli, Alan Parker, Robert Bresson, and Peter Brook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Agnès Varda ranks 33. Before her are Fidel Ramos, Yves Klein, Herbert Kroemer, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, James Coburn, and Domenico Modugno. After her are Elie Wiesel, Martin Landau, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Maya Angelou, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, and Martin Cooper. Among people deceased in 2019, Agnès Varda ranks 22. Before her are Frank Lucas, Manfred Eigen, I. M. Pei, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Peter Fonda, and Karel Gott. After her are Beji Caid Essebsi, Franco Zeffirelli, Doris Day, Marie Fredriksson, Bert Hellinger, and Murray Gell-Mann.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Agnès Varda ranks 79 out of 1,190. Before her are Maxime Weygand (1867), Quentin Matsys (1466), André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Jacques Rogge (1942), and Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559). After her are Corneille Heymans (1892), Father Damien (1840), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Étienne Lenoir (1822), and Jacky Ickx (1945).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, Agnès Varda ranks 1. After her are Chantal Akerman (1950), Jacques Feyder (1885), André Delvaux (1926), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Raoul Servais (1928), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Benoît Lamy (1945), Felix van Groeningen (1977), Lukas Dhont (1991), and Joachim Lafosse (1975).

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