Agnès Varda
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 30, 1928 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2025 | Before the End: Searching for Jim MorrisonSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | In Her Own WordsSelf | |
| 2023 | Viva Varda!Self (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the cameraSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967Self (voice) | |
| 2022 | Deneuve, la reine CatherineSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | The World in ShotsSelf | |
| 2021 | 150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated PavementFrench Woman Talking | |
| 2021 | Jim Morrison: The EndSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | The Invention of Chris Markerself | |
| 2020 | Agnes V. by Jane B.Self (Archive Footage) | |
| 2020 | La Alameda 2018ella misma | |
| 2019 | HarumiSelf | |
| 2019 | Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinémaAgnès Varda | |
| 2019 | Varda by AgnèsSelf | |
| 2019 | Varda by AgnèsSelf | |
| 2018 | Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-BlachéSelf | |
| 2018 | Chance Is the Best AssistantSelf | |
| 2018 | Quinqui StarsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | #JRSelf | |
| 2018 | Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesureSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, InstagrammerSelf | |
| 2017 | A Visual History with Agnès VardaHerself | |
| 2017 | Faces PlacesSelf | |
| 2016 | EXPRMNTLherself | |
| 2015 | Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet | |
| 2014 | Men Show Movies & Women Their BreastsSelf (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | The 8th FloorSelf | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par...Self | |
| 2013 | Cinéast(e)sSelf | |
| 2012 | The 3 Lives of AgnèsSelf | |
| 2012 | Two Street ArtistsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2012 | SquareSelf | |
| 2011 | The First InterviewSelf / Host (voice) | |
| 2011 | In Chris Marker's StudioSelf | |
| 2011 | Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereSelf | |
| 2011 | AmericanoVoice (Uncredited) | |
| 2011 | Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereSelf / Narrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | Great DirectorsSelf | |
| 2008 | The Beaches of AgnèsSelf | |
| 2008 | Shooting WomenSelf | |
| 2008 | The Little Story of Gwen from French BrittanySelf | |
| 2008 | Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy StorySelf | |
| 2008 | Souvenirs and EvocationsSelf | |
| 2008 | Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of CherbourgSelf | |
| 2008 | Daguerre-plageSelf | |
| 2008 | La chanson 'Lola'Self | |
| 2008 | Trapézistes et voltigeursSelf | |
| 2007 | Women Behind the CameraSelf | |
| 2007 | From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and ObjectsSelf | |
| 2007 | Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVDSelf | |
| 2006 | Some Widows of NoirmoutierSelf | |
| 2006 | Agnès parle du BonheurSelf | |
| 2006 | Le Bonheur? Réponses des FontenaisiensSelf | |
| 2006 | Bonheur: nom propre ou conceptSelf | |
| 2005 | Where is Sara Gómez?Self | |
| 2005 | Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and AnecdotesSelf | |
| 2005 | Rue Daguerre in 2005Self - Narrator | |
| 2005 | More So-called CaryatidsNarrator | |
| 2005 | Not Like BeforeSelf | |
| 2005 | Bread, Painting, Accordionherself | |
| 2005 | Mag Bodard, un destinSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | Ydessa, the Bears and etc.Narrator (voice) | |
| 2004 | Un divertissement et Michel PiccoliSelf | |
| 2004 | Viennale Walzer | |
| 2004 | Leçon de CinémaSelf | |
| 2003 | Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and CommentsNarrator / Self | |
| 2003 | The Story of an Old LadySelf | |
| 2003 | The Vanishing LionLa Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited) | |
| 2003 | Musique et TravellingsSelf | |
| 2003 | Un film et son époqueSelf | |
| 2002 | The Truth About CharlieThe Widow Hyppolite | |
| 2002 | The Gleaners and I: Two Years LaterNarrator | |
| 2002 | Tribute to Zgougou the CatSelf | |
| 2001 | Janela da AlmaSelf | |
| 2000 | The Gleaners and ISelf | |
| 2000 | Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s CinemaSelf | |
| 1995 | The World of Jacques DemySelf | |
| 1994 | Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the SouthSelf | |
| 1993 | The Young Girls Turn 25Self | |
| 1992 | Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New WaveSelf | |
| 1991 | JacquotNarrator (uncredited) | |
| 1990 | Pictures of EuropeSelf | |
| 1988 | Calling the ShotsSelf | |
| 1988 | Jane B. by Agnès V.Self (uncredited) | |
| 1986 | UlysseSelf - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1986 | You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1986 | a Nathalie SarrauteSelf (Voice) | |
| 1984 | The So-Called CaryatidsNarrator | |
| 1983 | One Minute for One ImageSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1982 | Mur MursSelf - Narrator | |
| 1982 | DocumenteurMur Murs Play Back (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1978 | Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain BlondenessSelf | |
| 1978 | DaguerréotypesNarrator | |
| 1977 | Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès VardaSelf | |
| 1977 | One Sings, the Other Doesn'tNarrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1975 | La Vie filmée | |
| 1975 | Women ReplySelf (voice) | |
| 1971 | NausicaaSelf | |
| 1970 | Viva Varda!Self | |
| 1969 | Lions LoveAgnès (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | Far from VietnamNarrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice) | |
| 1967 | The Birth of Children of ParadiseSelf | |
| 1967 | Uncle YancoSelf | |
| 1967 | The Young Girls of RochefortMusic-Loving Nun (uncredited) | |
| 1965 | Agnès Varda tourne...herself | |
| 1964 | La Nouvelle Vague par elle-mêmeSelf | |
| 1963 | Hello CubansNarrator (voice) | |
| 1960 | La MélangiteNarrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | All the World's Memory | |
| 1956 | CinépanoramaSelf | |
| 1954 | Le Photographe Photographié - Brassaï par Varda |
| 2011 | AmericanoCo-Producer | |
| 2008 | The Beaches of AgnèsProducer | |
| 2005 | More So-called CaryatidsProducer | |
| 2004 | Ydessa, the Bears and etc.Producer | |
| 2003 | The Vanishing LionProducer | |
| 2002 | The Gleaners and I: Two Years LaterProducer | |
| 1984 | The So-Called CaryatidsProducer | |
| 1979 | Lady OscarExecutive Producer | |
| 1969 | Lions LoveProducer | |
| 1966 | Elsa the RoseProducer |
| 2025 | Les gens de la terrasseDirector | |
| 2022 | Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967Director | |
| 2019 | Varda by AgnèsDirector | |
| 2019 | Varda by AgnèsDirector | |
| 2017 | Faces PlacesDirector | |
| 2017 | When Sandy DreamsDirector | |
| 2015 | Les 3 BoutonsDirector | |
| 2014 | Un salut à Henri LangloisDirector | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par...Director | |
| 2012 | The 3 Lives of AgnèsDirector | |
| 2012 | Two Street ArtistsDirector | |
| 2012 | 20 Little FilmsDirector | |
| 2011 | Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereDirector | |
| 2011 | In Chris Marker's StudioDirector | |
| 2011 | Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereDirector | |
| 2009 | Bord de merDirector | |
| 2008 | The Beaches of AgnèsDirector | |
| 2008 | The Little Story of Gwen from French BrittanyDirector | |
| 2008 | Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy StoryDirector | |
| 2008 | Souvenirs and EvocationsDirector | |
| 2008 | Daguerre-plageDirector | |
| 2008 | Trapézistes et voltigeursDirector | |
| 2007 | Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVDDirector | |
| 2006 | Some Widows of NoirmoutierDirector | |
| 2006 | Propos sur 'Le bonheur'Director | |
| 2006 | Les deux femmes du BonheurDirector | |
| 2006 | Le Bonheur? Réponses des FontenaisiensDirector | |
| 2006 | Bonheur: nom propre ou conceptDirector | |
| 2006 | Jean-Claude Drouot revient à Fontenay-aux-Roses et parle du film tourné en 1964Director | |
| 2005 | Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and AnecdotesDirector | |
| 2005 | More So-called CaryatidsDirector | |
| 2005 | Rue Daguerre in 2005Director | |
| 2005 | Bread, Painting, AccordionDirector | |
| 2005 | Daguerreotypes, Photographics ObjectsDirector | |
| 2005 | The Music FestivalDirector | |
| 2004 | CinévardaphotoDirector | |
| 2004 | Ydessa, the Bears and etc.Director | |
| 2004 | Un divertissement et Michel PiccoliDirector | |
| 2004 | Viennale WalzerDirector | |
| 2003 | The Vanishing LionDirector | |
| 2003 | The Story of an Old LadyDirector | |
| 2003 | Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and CommentsDirector | |
| 2003 | Musique et TravellingsDirector | |
| 2002 | The Gleaners and I: Two Years LaterDirector | |
| 2002 | Tribute to Zgougou the CatDirector | |
| 2000 | The Gleaners and IDirector | |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One NightsDirector | |
| 1995 | The World of Jacques DemyDirector | |
| 1993 | The Young Girls Turn 25Director | |
| 1991 | JacquotDirector | |
| 1988 | Kung-Fu Master!Director | |
| 1988 | Jane B. by Agnès V.Director | |
| 1986 | UlysseDirector | |
| 1986 | You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...Director | |
| 1986 | a Nathalie SarrauteDirector | |
| 1985 | VagabondDirector | |
| 1984 | Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for SaleDirector | |
| 1984 | The So-Called CaryatidsDirector | |
| 1983 | One Minute for One ImageDirector | |
| 1982 | DocumenteurDirector | |
| 1982 | Mur MursDirector | |
| 1978 | DaguerréotypesDirector | |
| 1977 | One Sings, the Other Doesn'tDirector | |
| 1976 | The Pleasure of Love in IranDirector | |
| 1975 | Women ReplyDirector | |
| 1971 | NausicaaDirector | |
| 1969 | Lions LoveDirector | |
| 1968 | Black PanthersDirector | |
| 1967 | Uncle YancoDirector | |
| 1967 | Far from VietnamAssistant Director | |
| 1967 | Far from VietnamDirector | |
| 1966 | The CreaturesDirector | |
| 1966 | Elsa the RoseDirector | |
| 1966 | Christmas CaroleDirector | |
| 1965 | HappinessDirector | |
| 1964 | The Children of MuseumDirector | |
| 1963 | Hello CubansDirector | |
| 1962 | Cléo from 5 to 7Director | |
| 1962 | Fiancés on the BridgeDirector | |
| 1960 | La MélangiteDirector | |
| 1958 | Diary of a Pregnant WomanDirector | |
| 1958 | Along the CoastDirector | |
| 1958 | O Seasons, O CastlesDirector | |
| 1958 | La Cocotte d'azurDirector | |
| 1956 | La Pointe CourteDirector |
| 2019 | Varda by AgnèsScreenplay | |
| 2017 | Faces PlacesWriter | |
| 2015 | Les 3 BoutonsWriter | |
| 2011 | Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereWriter | |
| 2008 | The Beaches of AgnèsWriter | |
| 2006 | Some Widows of NoirmoutierWriter | |
| 2005 | Rue Daguerre in 2005Writer | |
| 2005 | More So-called CaryatidsWriter | |
| 2004 | Ydessa, the Bears and etc.Writer | |
| 2003 | The Vanishing LionWriter | |
| 2003 | Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and CommentsWriter | |
| 2002 | Tribute to Zgougou the CatWriter | |
| 2000 | The Gleaners and IWriter | |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One NightsWriter | |
| 1993 | The Young Girls Turn 25Writer | |
| 1991 | JacquotWriter | |
| 1988 | Jane B. by Agnès V.Writer | |
| 1988 | Kung-Fu Master!Writer | |
| 1986 | UlysseWriter | |
| 1986 | You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...Idea | |
| 1985 | VagabondWriter | |
| 1984 | Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for SaleWriter | |
| 1982 | DocumenteurWriter | |
| 1982 | Mur MursWriter | |
| 1978 | DaguerréotypesWriter | |
| 1977 | Quelques femmes bullesScreenplay | |
| 1977 | One Sings, the Other Doesn'tWriter | |
| 1977 | One Sings, the Other Doesn'tLyricist | |
| 1976 | The Pleasure of Love in IranWriter | |
| 1975 | Women ReplyWriter | |
| 1972 | Last Tango in ParisAdaptation | |
| 1971 | NausicaaWriter | |
| 1969 | Lions LoveWriter | |
| 1968 | Black PanthersWriter | |
| 1967 | Uncle YancoWriter | |
| 1966 | The CreaturesWriter | |
| 1966 | Christmas CaroleWriter | |
| 1965 | HappinessWriter | |
| 1963 | Hello CubansWriter | |
| 1962 | Fiancés on the BridgeWriter | |
| 1962 | Cléo from 5 to 7Writer | |
| 1958 | Diary of a Pregnant WomanWriter | |
| 1958 | Along the CoastWriter | |
| 1958 | O Seasons, O CastlesWriter | |
| 1956 | La Pointe CourteWriter |
| 2003 | Jane Birkin... Mother of All BabesThanks | |
| 1984 | The So-Called CaryatidsScript |