Directing
Raymond Depardon
- Born
- Jul 6, 1942 · Age 84
- Place of birth
- Villefranche-sur-Saône
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 15
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 48
Biography
Raymond Depardon is a photographer, a journalist and a filmmaker, but, above all, his eyes view humans with compassion. He respects others and is kind with the reality of their lives. He was born into a family of farmers in 1942 in Burgundy and went to Paris in 1958, wishing to be a photographer. He was first taken on as a messenger in an agency and was sent to take photos of an opening-night at the cinema: the movie was none other than Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. He finally established his own agency, Gamma, together with three reporters, in 1966 'not for money but for the freedom'. He…
