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.
1995
Twelve Monkeys
Average rating: 7.6
1983
Sans Soleil
Average rating: 7.4
1983
Sans Soleil
Average rating: 7.4
1983
Sans Soleil
Average rating: 7.4
1983
Sans Soleil
Average rating: 7.4
1983
Sans Soleil
Average rating: 7.4
1983
Sans Soleil
Average rating: 7.4
1962
La Jetée
Average rating: 7.9
1962
La Jetée
Average rating: 7.9
1962
La Jetée
Average rating: 7.9
1956
Night and Fog
Average rating: 8.2
1956
Night and Fog
Average rating: 8.2
1970
The Confession
Average rating: 7.3
1964
Valparaiso
Average rating: 6.9
1976
The Battle of Chile: Part II
Average rating: 7.6
1989
The Owl's Legacy
Average rating: 9.5
1989
The Owl's Legacy
Average rating: 9.5
1989
The Owl's Legacy
Average rating: 9.5
1950
Concours de rêve : La Clé des songes
Average rating: 0
1950
Concours de rêve : La Clé des songes
Average rating: 0
1950
Concours de rêve : La Clé des songes
Average rating: 0Images See all
Acting history
| Year | Media type | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Movie | Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker | Kaibyō (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Movie | The Invention of Chris Marker | Self |
| 2015 | Movie | Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Movie | In Chris Marker's Studio | Self |
| 2011 | Movie | Agnès Varda: From Here to There | Self |
| 2009 | Movie | La Traversée du désir | Self |
| 2008 | Movie | The Beaches of Agnès | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Movie | One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich | Self (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Movie | Level Five | Self (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Movie | Rush - Voyage à Moscou | Lui-même |
| 1988 | Movie | Tokyo Days | Self (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1985 | Movie | A. K. | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Self (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Movie | Sans Soleil | Self (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Movie | May Days | Self |
| 1973 | Movie | Kashima Paradise | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | Movie | The Koumiko Mystery | Narrator |
| 1963 | Movie | The Lovely Month of May | Self / Interviewer (voice) |
| 1962 | Movie | Lumière Award to Chris Marker | Self |
Producing history
| Year | Media type | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Movie | Lluvia de jaulas | Crew |
| 2013 | Movie | La Jétee | Writing |
| 2012 | Movie | Kino | Directing |
| 2012 | Movie | Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke | Writing |
| 2012 | Movie | 20 Little Films | Directing |
| 2011 | Movie | iDead | Directing |
| 2011 | Movie | Imagine | Directing |
| 2011 | Movie | Stopover in Dubai | Directing |
| 2011 | Movie | ROYAL POLKA.mov | Directing |
| 2011 | Movie | Tempo Risoluto | Directing |
| 2011 | Movie | Tempo Risoluto | Editing |
| 2011 | Movie | Overnight | Directing |
| 2011 | Movie | Overnight | Writing |
| 2010 | Movie | Ouvroir the Movie | Directing |
| 2008 | Movie | The Morning After | Editing |
| 2008 | Movie | The Morning After | Directing |
| 2008 | Movie | Henchman Glance | Directing |
| 2008 | Movie | Pictures at an Exhibition | Directing |
| 2008 | Movie | Metrotopia | Writing |
| 2008 | Movie | Metrotopia | Directing |
| 2008 | Movie | Guillaume Movie | Writing |
| 2008 | Movie | Guillaume Movie | Directing |
| 2007 | Movie | A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume | Directing |
| 2007 | Movie | A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume | Editing |
| 2007 | Movie | Leila Attacks | Directing |
| 2007 | Movie | Leila Attacks | Crew |
| 2007 | Movie | The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion | Directing |
| 2004 | Movie | The Case of the Grinning Cat | Directing |
| 2004 | Movie | The Case of the Grinning Cat | Writing |
| 2004 | Movie | Green Vinyl | Crew |
| 2001 | Movie | Remembrance of Things to Come | Directing |
| 2001 | Movie | Remembrance of Things to Come | Writing |
| 2001 | Movie | Remembrance of Things to Come | Sound |
| 2000 | Movie | A Mayor in Kosovo | Directing |
| 1999 | Movie | Eclipse | Directing |
| 1999 | Movie | One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich | Editing |
| 1999 | Movie | One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich | Crew |
| 1999 | Movie | One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich | Writing |
| 1999 | Movie | One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich | Directing |
| 1997 | Movie | Level Five | Sound |
| 1997 | Movie | Level Five | Directing |
| 1997 | Movie | Level Five | Writing |
| 1997 | Movie | Level Five | Camera |
| 1997 | Movie | Immemory | Directing |
| 1997 | Movie | Immemory | Editing |
| 1995 | Movie | Twelve Monkeys | Writing |
| 1995 | Movie | Blue Helmet | Writing |
| 1995 | Movie | Blue Helmet | Editing |
| 1995 | Movie | Blue Helmet | Directing |
| 1995 | Movie | Silent Movie (Edit 2) | Directing |
| 1994 | Movie | Bullfight in Okinawa | Directing |
| 1994 | Movie | Owl Gets in Your Eyes | Directing |
| 1994 | Movie | Three Haiku Videos | Writing |
| 1994 | Movie | Three Haiku Videos | Production |
| 1994 | Movie | Three Haiku Videos | Directing |
| 1994 | Movie | Tchaïka | Directing |
| 1994 | Movie | Petite Ceinture | Directing |
| 1994 | Movie | Tchaïka | Editing |
| 1993 | Movie | Prime Time in the Camps | Directing |
| 1993 | Movie | Slon Tango | Directing |
| 1993 | Movie | The Last Bolshevik | Crew |
| 1993 | Movie | The Last Bolshevik | Editing |
| 1993 | Movie | The Last Bolshevik | Directing |
| 1993 | Movie | The Last Bolshevik | Writing |
| 1991 | Movie | Theory of Sets | Production |
| 1991 | Movie | Theory of Sets | Directing |
| 1990 | Movie | Berliner Ballade | Writing |
| 1990 | Movie | Berliner Ballade | Directing |
| 1990 | Movie | Berliner Ballade | Editing |
| 1990 | Movie | Zoo Piece | Directing |
| 1990 | Movie | An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl | Directing |
| 1990 | Movie | Berlin 1990 | Directing |
| 1990 | Movie | Rush - Voyage à Moscou | Directing |
| 1990 | Movie | Détour Ceausescu | Writing |
| 1990 | Movie | Zapping Zone | Directing |
| 1990 | Movie | Détour Ceausescu | Directing |
| 1989 | Tv Show | The Owl's Legacy | Directing |
| 1989 | Tv Show | The Owl's Legacy | Production |
| 1989 | Tv Show | The Owl's Legacy | Writing |
| 1988 | Movie | Tokyo Days | Crew |
| 1988 | Movie | Tokyo Days | Editing |
| 1988 | Movie | Tokyo Days | Directing |
| 1988 | Movie | Cat Listening to Music | Directing |
| 1986 | Movie | Havre | Crew |
| 1986 | Movie | Mémoires pour Simone | Directing |
| 1985 | Movie | Matta '85 | Directing |
| 1985 | Movie | A. K. | Editing |
| 1985 | Movie | A. K. | Writing |
| 1985 | Movie | A. K. | Directing |
| 1985 | Movie | From Chris to Christo | Directing |
| 1984 | Movie | 2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure | Directing |
| 1983 | Movie | Sans Soleil | Visual Effects |
| 1983 | Movie | Sans Soleil | Camera |
| 1983 | Movie | Sans Soleil | Sound |
| 1983 | Movie | Sans Soleil | Editing |
| 1983 | Movie | Sans Soleil | Directing |
| 1983 | Movie | Sans Soleil | Writing |
| 1981 | Movie | Junkopia | Sound |
| 1981 | Movie | Junkopia | Directing |
| 1981 | Movie | Junkopia | Writing |
| 1981 | Movie | Junkopia | Editing |
| 1979 | Movie | The Battle of Chile: Part III | Production |
| 1979 | Movie | The Battle of Chile: Part III | Writing |
| 1978 | Movie | When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution) | Directing |
| 1977 | Movie | A Grin Without a Cat | Editing |
| 1977 | Movie | A Grin Without a Cat | Writing |
| 1977 | Movie | A Grin Without a Cat | Directing |
| 1976 | Movie | The Spiral | Editing |
| 1976 | Movie | The Battle of Chile: Part II | Production |
| 1974 | Movie | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer | Directing |
| 1974 | Movie | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer | Editing |
| 1974 | Movie | Les Deux mémoires | Editing |
| 1973 | Movie | The Embassy | Directing |
| 1973 | Movie | The Embassy | Writing |
| 1973 | Movie | You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said | Directing |
| 1973 | Movie | We Maintain It Is Possible | Directing |
| 1973 | Movie | Kashima Paradise | Writing |
| 1973 | Movie | The Train Rolls On | Directing |
| 1972 | Movie | Three Cheers for the Whale | Editing |
| 1972 | Movie | Three Cheers for the Whale | Sound |
| 1972 | Movie | Three Cheers for the Whale | Writing |
| 1972 | Movie | Three Cheers for the Whale | Directing |
| 1971 | Movie | You Speak of Paris: Maspero. Words Have Meaning | Directing |
| 1971 | Movie | You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London | Directing |
| 1971 | Movie | Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back) | Editing |
| 1971 | Movie | Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000 | Directing |
| 1970 | Movie | Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella | Writing |
| 1970 | Movie | Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella | Editing |
| 1970 | Movie | Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella | Directing |
| 1970 | Movie | The Confession | Camera |
| 1969 | Movie | Jour de tournage | Directing |
| 1969 | Movie | Report on Brazil: Torture | Writing |
| 1969 | Movie | Report on Brazil: Torture | Directing |
| 1968 | Movie | The Sixth Side of the Pentagon | Directing |
| 1968 | Movie | The Sixth Side of the Pentagon | Crew |
| 1968 | Movie | The Sixth Side of the Pentagon | Production |
| 1968 | Movie | Cinétracts | Directing |
| 1968 | Movie | Cinétracts | Writing |
| 1968 | Movie | Be Seeing You | Directing |
| 1967 | Movie | Far from Vietnam | Production |
| 1967 | Movie | Far from Vietnam | Writing |
| 1967 | Movie | Far from Vietnam | Editing |
| 1967 | Movie | Far from Vietnam | Directing |
| 1966 | Movie | If I Had Four Dromedaries | Directing |
| 1966 | Movie | If I Had Four Dromedaries | Writing |
| 1966 | Movie | The Forbidden Volcano | Writing |
| 1966 | Movie | The Forbidden Volcano | Writing |
| 1965 | Movie | The Koumiko Mystery | Camera |
| 1965 | Movie | The Koumiko Mystery | Directing |
| 1965 | Movie | The Koumiko Mystery | Writing |
| 1965 | Movie | The Koumiko Mystery | Editing |
| 1965 | Movie | The Heat of a Thousand Suns | Editing |
| 1964 | Movie | From a Distant Gaze | Crew |
| 1964 | Movie | Valparaiso | Writing |
| 1963 | Movie | The Lovely Month of May | Writing |
| 1963 | Movie | The Lovely Month of May | Directing |
| 1962 | Movie | Playtime in Paris | Editing |
| 1962 | Movie | La Jetée | Writing |
| 1962 | Movie | La Jetée | Directing |
| 1962 | Movie | La Jetée | Camera |
| 1961 | Movie | ¡Cuba Sí! | Writing |
| 1961 | Movie | ¡Cuba Sí! | Camera |
| 1961 | Movie | ¡Cuba Sí! | Crew |
| 1961 | Movie | ¡Cuba Sí! | Writing |
| 1961 | Movie | ¡Cuba Sí! | Directing |
| 1960 | Movie | Description of a Struggle | Writing |
| 1960 | Movie | Description of a Struggle | Directing |
| 1960 | Movie | America as Seen by a Frenchman | Writing |
| 1959 | Movie | The Astronauts | Directing |
| 1958 | Movie | The Sea and the Days | Writing |
| 1958 | Movie | Les hommes de la baleine | Writing |
| 1958 | Movie | Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel | Writing |
| 1958 | Movie | Broadway by Light | Writing |
| 1957 | Movie | Letter from Siberia | Directing |
| 1957 | Movie | The Mystery of Workshop 15 | Writing |
| 1957 | Movie | Django Reinhardt | Writing |
| 1956 | Movie | Sunday in Peking | Crew |
| 1956 | Movie | Sunday in Peking | Directing |
| 1956 | Movie | Sunday in Peking | Writing |
| 1956 | Movie | Night and Fog | Directing |
| 1956 | Movie | Night and Fog | Writing |
| 1953 | Movie | Statues Also Die | Writing |
| 1953 | Movie | Statues Also Die | Directing |
| 1952 | Movie | Olympia 52 | Directing |
| 1952 | Movie | Olympia 52 | Writing |
| 1950 | Tv Show | Concours de rêve : La Clé des songes | Directing |
| 1950 | Tv Show | Concours de rêve : La Clé des songes | Writing |
| 1950 | Tv Show | Concours de rêve : La Clé des songes | Creator |