About

Known credits:
218
Birthday:
1921-07-29
Place of birth:
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Website:
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Chris Marker

Overview

Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, also known as Chris Marker (France: 29 July 1921 - 29 July 2012) was a French writer, poet, activist, internaut, critic, photographer, traveler, journalist, film enssayist, multimedia artist and documentary maker.

He began his work as part of the French Rive gauche group, parallel but different from the nouvelle vague, with which he would later share themes and works. He is credited with creating the subjective documentary and is considered a pioneer of collective cinema in France. His cinematographic work is known for its poetic, sometimes ethereal, and video-art-like expression. He dedicated himself, during sixty years of work, to observing, with meticulous curiosity, with caustic and often amusing irony, even with anger, the vicissitudes of world history and also of the individual (memory, art, wars, politics, culture, nature, etc), all this while experimenting with various methods of image manipulation and montage.

He is also known for the ignorance of his person. For years, hardly anyone knew what Chris Marker looked like, he didn't like being photographed, so there were no photos of him. It amused him to offer contradictory accounts of his life in the few written interviews he gave. The closest you can get to Marker's intimate life is in his film career. Philippe Dubois once said: "Chris Marker is, in a way, the most celebrated of the unknown filmmakers". "Rather than a Man Without Qualities, he is a Man Without Biography," says his official website: chrismarker.org.

He used many pseudonyms too, some are Hayao Yamaneko, Jacopo Berenzini, Kosinki, Michel Krasna, Sandor Krasna, Guillaume-en-Égypte (his avatar) & the best known Chris Marker.

Some of his most important works are La Jetée (1962), Sans Soleil (1983), Far From Vietnam (1967), A Grin Without a Cat (1977), Level Five (1997), A.K. (1985) & One Day In the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch (1999). He also dabbled in CD-ROMs with Immemory (1997), has a website called Gorgomancy, a Youtube channel called Kosinki & created a whole world dedicated to his interests, life and works, called 'Ouvroir', in the virtual world game: Second Life.

Known for

Acting
2023 Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker Actor Kaibyō (archive footage) N/A
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2020 The Invention of Chris Marker Actor Self N/A
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2015 Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2011 In Chris Marker's Studio Actor Self 59
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2011 Agnès Varda: From Here to There Actor Self 59
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2009 La Traversée du désir Actor Self 59
Average
2008 The Beaches of Agnès Actor Self (archive footage) 62
Fair
1999 One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich Actor Self (voice) (uncredited) 59
Average
1997 Level Five Actor Self (voice) (uncredited) 59
Average
1990 Rush - Voyage à Moscou Actor Lui-même N/A
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1988 Tokyo Days Actor Self (voice) (uncredited) 58
Average
1985 A. K. Actor Self - Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1985 Tokyo-Ga Actor Self (uncredited) 60
Fair
1983 Sans Soleil Actor Self (uncredited) 63
Fair
1978 May Days Actor Self 59
Average
1973 Kashima Paradise Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1965 The Koumiko Mystery Actor Narrator 59
Average
1963 The Lovely Month of May Actor Self / Interviewer (voice) 60
Fair
1962 Lumière Award to Chris Marker Actor Self N/A
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1957 Letter from Siberia Actor Stargazer (uncredited) 59
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Directing
2012 Kino Directing Director N/A
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2012 20 Little Films Directing Director N/A
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2011 iDead Directing Director N/A
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2011 Kino Directing Director 59
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2011 Imagine Directing Director N/A
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2011 Stopover in Dubai Directing Director N/A
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2011 ROYAL POLKA.mov Directing Director N/A
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2011 Tempo Risoluto Directing Director N/A
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2011 Overnight Directing Director N/A
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2010 Ouvroir the Movie Directing Director N/A
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2008 The Morning After Directing Director N/A
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2008 Henchman Glance Directing Director N/A
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2008 Pictures at an Exhibition Directing Director N/A
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2008 Metrotopia Directing Director 59
Average
2008 Guillaume Movie Directing Director N/A
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2007 A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume Directing Director 59
Average
2007 Leila Attacks Directing Director 59
Average
2007 The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion Directing Director N/A
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2006 The Case of the Grinning Cat Directing Director 59
Average
2001 Remembrance of Things to Come Directing Director 59
Average
2000 A Mayor in Kosovo Directing Director 59
Average
1999 Eclipse Directing Director 59
Average
1999 One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich Directing Director 59
Average
1997 Level Five Directing Director 59
Average
1997 Immemory Directing Director N/A
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1995 Blue Helmet Directing Director 58
Average
1995 Silent Movie (Edit 2) Directing Director N/A
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1994 Bullfight in Okinawa Directing Director 59
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1994 Tchaïka Directing Director 59
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1994 Owl Gets in Your Eyes Directing Director 59
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1994 Three Haiku Videos Directing Director 59
Average
1994 Petite Ceinture Directing Director 59
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1993 Prime Time in the Camps Directing Director 59
Average
1993 Slon Tango Directing Director 58
Average
1993 The Last Bolshevik Directing Director 59
Average
1991 Theory of Sets Directing Director 59
Average
1990 Berliner Ballade Directing Director 59
Average
1990 Berlin 1990 Directing Director N/A
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1990 Zoo Piece Directing Director 59
Average
1990 An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl Directing Director 59
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1990 Rush - Voyage à Moscou Directing Director N/A
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1990 Détour Ceausescu Directing Director N/A
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1990 Zapping Zone Directing Director N/A
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1989 The Owl's Legacy Directing Director 71
Good
1988 Tokyo Days Directing Director 58
Average
1988 Cat Listening to Music Directing Director 59
Average
1986 Mémoires pour Simone Directing Director 59
Average
1985 Matta '85 Directing Director 59
Average
1985 A. K. Directing Director 59
Average
1985 From Chris to Christo Directing Director N/A
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1984 2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure Directing Director 58
Average
1983 Sans Soleil Directing Director 63
Fair
1981 Junkopia Directing Director 59
Average
1978 When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution) Directing Director N/A
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1977 A Grin Without a Cat Directing Director 59
Average
1974 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer Directing Director 58
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1973 The Embassy Directing Director 59
Average
1973 You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said Directing Director 58
Average
1973 We Maintain It Is Possible Directing Director 59
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1973 The Train Rolls On Directing Director 59
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1972 Three Cheers for the Whale Directing Director 59
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1971 You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London Directing Director 59
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1971 You Speak of Paris: Maspero. Words Have Meaning Directing Director 59
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1971 Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000 Directing Director 59
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1970 Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella Directing Director 59
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1969 Jour de tournage Directing Director N/A
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1969 Class of Struggle Directing Director 58
Average
1969 Report on Brazil: Torture Directing Director N/A
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1968 The Sixth Side of the Pentagon Directing Director 59
Average
1968 Cinétracts Directing Director 59
Average
1968 Be Seeing You Directing Director 59
Average
1967 Far from Vietnam Directing Director 59
Average
1966 If I Had Four Dromedaries Directing Director 59
Average
1965 The Koumiko Mystery Directing Director 59
Average
1963 The Lovely Month of May Directing Director 60
Fair
1962 La Jetée Directing Director 71
Good
1961 ¡Cuba Sí! Directing Director 59
Average
1960 Description of a Struggle Directing Director 59
Average
1959 Night and Fog Directing Assistant Director 70
Good
1959 The Astronauts Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Letter from Siberia Directing Director 59
Average
1956 Sunday in Peking Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Statues Also Die Directing Director 59
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1952 Olympia 52 Directing Director N/A
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1947 The End of the World Seen by the Angel Gabriel Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Simons - A journey of historical conjunction and remembrance Writing Original Concept N/A
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2013 La Jétee Writing Story 59
Average
2012 Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke Writing Writer 58
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2011 Overnight Writing Writer N/A
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2008 Metrotopia Writing Writer 59
Average
2008 Guillaume Movie Writing Writer N/A
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2006 The Case of the Grinning Cat Writing Writer 59
Average
2001 Remembrance of Things to Come Writing Writer 59
Average
1999 One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich Writing Writer 59
Average
1997 Level Five Writing Writer 59
Average
1995 Twelve Monkeys Writing Original Film Writer 75
Good
1995 Blue Helmet Writing Writer 58
Average
1994 Three Haiku Videos Writing Writer 59
Average
1993 The Last Bolshevik Writing Writer 59
Average
1990 Berliner Ballade Writing Writer 59
Average
1990 Détour Ceausescu Writing Writer N/A
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1989 The Owl's Legacy Writing Writer 71
Good
1988 Tokyo Days Writing Writer 58
Average
1985 A. K. Writing Writer 59
Average
1983 Sans Soleil Writing Writer 63
Fair
1981 Junkopia Writing Writer 59
Average
1979 The Battle of Chile: Part III Writing Other 59
Average
1977 A Grin Without a Cat Writing Writer 59
Average
1973 The Embassy Writing Writer 59
Average
1973 Kashima Paradise Writing Writer 59
Average
1972 Three Cheers for the Whale Writing Writer 59
Average
1970 Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella Writing Writer 59
Average
1969 Report on Brazil: Torture Writing Writer N/A
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1968 Cinétracts Writing Writer 59
Average
1967 Far from Vietnam Writing Writer 59
Average
1966 If I Had Four Dromedaries Writing Writer 59
Average
1966 The Forbidden Volcano Writing Screenplay N/A
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1966 The Forbidden Volcano Writing Writer N/A
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1965 The Koumiko Mystery Writing Writer 59
Average
1964 Valparaiso Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1963 The Lovely Month of May Writing Writer 60
Fair
1962 La Jetée Writing Writer 71
Good
1961 ¡Cuba Sí! Writing Writer 59
Average
1961 ¡Cuba Sí! Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1960 Description of a Struggle Writing Writer 59
Average
1960 America as Seen by a Frenchman Writing Writer 58
Average
1959 Night and Fog Writing Script Editor 70
Good
1958 Broadway by Light Writing Writer 59
Average
1958 The Sea and the Days Writing Writer 59
Average
1958 Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel Writing Writer 59
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1958 Les hommes de la baleine Writing Writer 59
Average
1957 Letter from Siberia Writing Writer 59
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1957 The Mystery of Workshop 15 Writing Writer 59
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1957 Django Reinhardt Writing Screenplay 58
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1956 Sunday in Peking Writing Writer 59
Average
1953 Statues Also Die Writing Writer 59
Average
1952 Olympia 52 Writing Writer N/A
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1947 The End of the World Seen by the Angel Gabriel Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1994 Three Haiku Videos Production Producer 59
Average
1991 Theory of Sets Production Producer 59
Average
1989 The Owl's Legacy Production Producer 71
Good
1979 The Battle of Chile: Part III Production Producer 59
Average
1976 The Battle of Chile: Part II Production Producer 60
Fair
1968 The Sixth Side of the Pentagon Production Producer 59
Average
1967 Far from Vietnam Production Producer 59
Average

Sound
2001 Remembrance of Things to Come Sound Music 59
Average
1997 Level Five Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1983 Sans Soleil Sound Music 63
Fair
1981 Junkopia Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1972 Three Cheers for the Whale Sound Sound 59
Average

Camera
1997 Level Five Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1983 Sans Soleil Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
1970 The Confession Camera Still Photographer 61
Fair
1966 If I Had Four Dromedaries Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1965 The Koumiko Mystery Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1962 La Jetée Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
1961 ¡Cuba Sí! Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1947 The End of the World Seen by the Angel Gabriel Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2019 Lluvia de jaulas Crew Thanks 59
Average
2007 Leila Attacks Crew Cinematography 59
Average
2004 Green Vinyl Crew Thanks 59
Average
1999 One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1993 The Last Bolshevik Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1988 Tokyo Days Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1986 Havre Crew Thanks 59
Average
1968 The Sixth Side of the Pentagon Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1964 From a Distant Gaze Crew Cinematography N/A
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1961 ¡Cuba Sí! Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1956 Sunday in Peking Crew Cinematography 59
Average
ECU Crew Thanks N/A
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Editing
2011 Kino Editing Editor 59
Average
2011 Tempo Risoluto Editing Editor N/A
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2008 The Morning After Editing Editor N/A
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2007 A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume Editing Editor 59
Average
1999 One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich Editing Editor 59
Average
1997 Immemory Editing Editor N/A
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1995 Blue Helmet Editing Editor 58
Average
1994 Tchaïka Editing Editor 59
Average
1993 The Last Bolshevik Editing Editor 59
Average
1990 Berliner Ballade Editing Editor 59
Average
1988 Tokyo Days Editing Editor 58
Average
1985 A. K. Editing Editor 59
Average
1983 Sans Soleil Editing Editor 63
Fair
1981 Junkopia Editing Editor 59
Average
1977 A Grin Without a Cat Editing Editor 59
Average
1976 The Spiral Editing Editor 59
Average
1974 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer Editing Editor 58
Average
1974 Les Deux mémoires Editing Editor 59
Average
1972 Three Cheers for the Whale Editing Editor 59
Average
1971 Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back) Editing Editor N/A
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1970 Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella Editing Editor 59
Average
1967 Far from Vietnam Editing Editor 59
Average
1966 If I Had Four Dromedaries Editing Editor 59
Average
1965 The Koumiko Mystery Editing Editor 59
Average
1965 The Heat of a Thousand Suns Editing Editor 59
Average
1962 Playtime in Paris Editing Editor N/A
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1947 The End of the World Seen by the Angel Gabriel Editing Editor N/A
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Visual Effects
1983 Sans Soleil Visual Effects Visual Effects 63
Fair