Agnes Godard
Agnès Godard (born May 28, 1951 in Dun-sur-Auron , France ) is a French camerawoman .
Life
Agnès Godard originally studied journalism and after a few years switched to the renowned Institut des hautes études cinématographiques , where she completed her camera studies in 1980. Her second film as a camera assistant was the drama The State of Things , directed by Wim Wenders , which was released in 1982. In the same year she was hired by Wenders as the chief cinematographer for his documentation Chambre 666 . She made her cinema debut as a camerawoman with the 1991 film drama Jacquot, directed by Agnès Varda . She was nominated for the French César film award for her works Liebe das Leben (1998), Die refugigen (2003) and Home (2008) . For her work on the drama Beau Travail , directed by Claire Denis , she was awarded the César 2001 award for best camera .
In 2012 Godard was honored with the Marburg Camera Prize donated by the Philipps University of Marburg . She was the second French woman after Raoul Coutard , who received the award in 2001, and the second woman to receive the award after Judith Kaufmann , who received the award in 2006.
Filmography (selection)
- 1982: Chambre 666
- 1982: The state of affairs (camera assistant)
- 1984: Paris, Texas (camera assistant)
- 1987: The sky over Berlin (camera assistant)
- 1991: Jacquot (Jacquot de Nantes)
- 1992: The Absence (L'absence)
- 1993: La vis
- 1994: I can't sleep (J'ai pas sommeil)
- 1996: Youth without God (Jeunesse sans Dieu)
- 1998: Hinterland (L'arrière pays)
- 1998: Love life (La vie rêvée des Anges)
- 1999: Beau travail
- 1999: The Foreign Legionnaire (Beau travail)
- 1999: The new Eva (La nouvelle Ève)
- 1999: Crazy about love (La vie ne me fait pas peur)
- 2002: Close to paradise (Au plus près du paradis)
- 2002: Vendredi soir
- 2003: The Fugitives (Les égarés)
- 2005: Mathilde Monnier: A life for dance (verse Mathilde)
- 2006: Golden Door (Nuovomondo)
- 2007: Together you are less alone (Ensemble, c'est tout)
- 2008: 35 Rum (35 Rhums)
- 2008: Home
- 2009: The Little House Tyrant (Trésor)
- 2009: The Affair (Partir)
- 2010: Simon Werner is missing (Simon Werner a disparu ...)
- 2011: Où va la nuit
- 2012: Winter Thief (L'enfant d'en haut)
- 2012: Tu honoreras ta mère et ta mère
- 2013: Les Salauds - Dreckskerle (Les salauds)
- 2013: The miraculous catfish (Los insólitos peces gato)
- 2013: L'armée du salut
- 2014: La ritournelle
- 2017: My beautiful inner sun (Un beau soleil intérieur)
Award (selection)
- César 1999 : nomination for the best camera for love for life
- 2000: Nomination for the European Film Award for Best Camera for The Foreign Legionnaire
- César 2001 : Best camera for Beau travail
- César 2004 : nomination for best camera for Les égarés
- César 2009 : nomination for the best camera for home
- 2012: Marburg Camera Prize
Web links
- Agnès Godard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Godard, Agnes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french camerawoman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dun-sur-Auron , France |