Agnès Varda

Agnes Varda (born May 30, 1928 in Brussels, Belgium) is a French filmmaker and director based in Paris and one of the key figures in modern film. She is called the "Grandmother of the New Wave" by some of her critics.

Her movies, documentaries and art installations, focus on documentary realism and social commentary. Her entire work features a distinct experimental style. For the 1985 documentary Vagabond/Without Roof or Rule she received the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival.

Agnès Varda teaches at the European Graduate School in Saas Fee, Switzerland.

Filmography:

• The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002) (Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après)
• The Gleaners and I (2000) (Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les)
• A Hundred and One Nights (1995) (Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma)
• Kung-Fu Master (1987) (Le Petit amour)
• Vagabond (1985) (Sans toit ni loi)
• Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
• One Sings, The Other Doesn't (1977) (Une chante, l'autre pas, L')
• Happiness (1965) (Le Bonheur)
• Leo from 5 to 7 (1961) (Cléo de 5 à 7)

External Links:

• http://www.egs.edu/faculty/agnesvarda.html