Person
Agnès Varda
Directing · 1928–2019 · Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Biography
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
Square
Self
Cinépanorama
Self
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
Last Tango in Paris
Adaptation
Cléo from 5 to 7
Director
Happiness
Director
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
Vagabond
Director
Un film et son époque
Self
Viva Varda!
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2026Ydessa, the Bears and etc.Narrator (voice)
- 2025Les gens de la terrasseDirector
- 2025Before the End: Searching for Jim MorrisonSelf (archive footage)
- 2024In Her Own WordsSelf
- 2023Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the cameraSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Viva Varda!Self (archive footage)
- 2022Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967Self (voice)
- 2022Deneuve, la reine CatherineSelf (archive footage)
- 2021The World in ShotsSelf
- 2021Jim Morrison: The EndSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2021150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated PavementFrench Woman Talking
- 2020La Alameda 2018ella misma
- 2020Agnes V. by Jane B.Self (Archive Footage)
- 2020The Invention of Chris Markerself
- 2019HarumiSelf
- 2019Varda by AgnèsSelf
- 2019Varda by AgnèsSelf
- 2019Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinémaAgnès Varda
- 2018Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesureSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-BlachéSelf
- 2018Quinqui StarsSelf (archive footage)
- 2018#JRSelf
- 2018Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, InstagrammerSelf
- 2018Chance Is the Best AssistantSelf
- 2017A Visual History with Agnès VardaHerself
- 2017When Sandy DreamsDirector
- 2017Faces PlacesSelf
- 2016EXPRMNTLherself
- 2015Les 3 BoutonsDirector
- 2015Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet
- 2014Men Show Movies & Women Their BreastsSelf (uncredited)
- 2014Henri Langlois vu par...Self
- 2014Un salut à Henri LangloisDirector
- 2014The 8th FloorSelf
- 2013Cinéast(e)sSelf
- 2012The 3 Lives of AgnèsSelf
- 201220 Little FilmsDirector
- 2012SquareSelf
- 2012Two Street ArtistsNarrator (voice)
- 2011In Chris Marker's StudioSelf
- 2011Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereSelf / Narrator (voice)
- 2011AmericanoVoice (Uncredited)
- 2011Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereSelf
- 2011The First InterviewSelf / Host (voice)
- 2009Bord de merDirector
- 2009Great DirectorsSelf
- 2008Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy StorySelf
- 2008Souvenirs and EvocationsSelf
- 2008Daguerre-plageSelf
- 2008La chanson 'Lola'Self
- 2008Trapézistes et voltigeursSelf
- 2008The Beaches of AgnèsSelf
- 2008Shooting WomenSelf
- 2008Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of CherbourgSelf
- 2008The Little Story of Gwen from French BrittanySelf
- 2007From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and ObjectsSelf
- 2007Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVDSelf
- 2007Women Behind the CameraSelf
- 2006Some Widows of NoirmoutierSelf
- 2006Agnès parle du BonheurSelf
- 2006Le Bonheur? Réponses des FontenaisiensSelf
- 2006Bonheur: nom propre ou conceptSelf
- 2006Propos sur 'Le bonheur'Director
- 2006Les deux femmes du BonheurDirector
- 2006Jean-Claude Drouot revient à Fontenay-aux-Roses et parle du film tourné en 1964Director
- 2005More So-called CaryatidsNarrator
- 2005Mag Bodard, un destinSelf (archive footage)
- 2005The Music FestivalDirector
- 2005Not Like BeforeSelf
- 2005Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and AnecdotesSelf
- 2005Where is Sara Gómez?Self
- 2005Rue Daguerre in 2005Self - Narrator
- 2005Bread, Painting, Accordionherself
- 2005Cleo's Real Itinerary Through ParisEditor
- 2005Daguerreotypes, Photographics ObjectsDirector
- 2004Viennale Walzer
- 2004CinévardaphotoDirector
- 2004Leçon de CinémaSelf
- 2004Un divertissement et Michel PiccoliSelf
- 2003Musique et TravellingsSelf
- 2003Un film et son époqueSelf
- 2003The Vanishing LionLa Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
- 2003Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and CommentsNarrator / Self
- 2003The Story of an Old LadySelf
- 2003Jane Birkin... Mother of All BabesThanks
- 2002The Gleaners and I: Two Years LaterNarrator
- 2002The Truth About CharlieThe Widow Hyppolite
- 2002Tribute to Zgougou the CatSelf
- 2001Léaud l'uniqueSelf - filmmaker
- 2001Janela da AlmaSelf
- 2000Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s CinemaSelf
- 2000The Gleaners and ISelf
- 1995The World of Jacques DemySelf
- 1995One Hundred and One NightsDirector
- 1994Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the SouthSelf
- 1993The Young Girls Turn 25Self
- 1992Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New WaveSelf
- 1991JacquotNarrator (uncredited)
- 1990Pictures of EuropeSelf
- 1988Calling the ShotsSelf
- 1988Kung-Fu Master!Director
- 1988Jane B. by Agnès V.Self (uncredited)
- 1986You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1986UlysseSelf - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1986a Nathalie SarrauteSelf (Voice)
- 1985VagabondDirector
- 1984The So-Called CaryatidsNarrator
- 1984Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for SaleDirector
- 1983One Minute for One ImageSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1982Mur MursSelf - Narrator
- 1982DocumenteurMur Murs Play Back (voice) (uncredited)
- 1979Lady OscarExecutive Producer
- 1978Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain BlondenessSelf
- 1978DaguerréotypesNarrator
- 1977Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès VardaSelf
- 1977One Sings, the Other Doesn'tNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1977Quelques femmes bullesScreenplay
- 1976The Pleasure of Love in IranDirector
- 1975Women ReplySelf (voice)
- 1972Last Tango in ParisAdaptation
- 1971NausicaaSelf
- 1970Viva Varda!Self
- 1969Lions LoveAgnès (uncredited)
- 1968Black PanthersDirector
- 1967Far from VietnamNarrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
- 1967Uncle YancoSelf
- 1967The Young Girls of RochefortMusic-Loving Nun (uncredited)
- 1967The Birth of Children of ParadiseSelf
- 1966Elsa the RoseDirector
- 1966The CreaturesDirector
- 1966Christmas CaroleDirector
- 1965HappinessDirector
- 1965Agnès Varda tourne...herself
- 1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-mêmeSelf
- 1964The Children of MuseumDirector
- 1963Hello CubansNarrator (voice)
- 1962Cléo from 5 to 7Director
- 1962Fiancés on the BridgeDirector
- 1960La MélangiteNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1958Along the CoastDirector
- 1958O Seasons, O CastlesDirector
- 1958Diary of a Pregnant WomanDirector
- 1958La Cocotte d'azurDirector
- 1956All the World's Memory
- 1956CinépanoramaSelf
- 1956La Pointe CourteDirector
- 1954Le Photographe Photographié - Brassaï par Varda
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