Gérard Courant
Gérard Courant is a French filmmaker, writer, actor, poet and independent producer born on December 4, 1951 in Lyon, France. He is the son of the writer and historian René Courant. He is one of the most prolific filmmakers of cinema. He created, directed and produced Cinématon, the longest film in the world (over 200 hours long). In all, he has shot nearly 7,000 filmed portraits and a very large number of other films (more than 1,000) since the mid-1970s. He has also published several books on cinema.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1951-12-04 · Lyon, France
Known for
- Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987) — L'inspecteur
- Litan (1982) — Extra (uncredited)
- The Case of the Morituri Divisions (1985) — Inspecteur
- Cinématon (1978) — N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000
- Up and Down (1993) — Le maso
- My Conversations on Film (2013) — Himself
- Trying to Describe Oneself (2005) — Himself
- Omelette (1998)
- Un film (autoportrait) (1984) — Self
- Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante (1977) — Self
- Cœur bleu (1980) — Director
- The Man of the Badlands (2000) — Director
- Primitifs (2001)
- Living is a solution (1980) — Director
- La bande des quatre — Director
- Je meurs de soif, j'étouffe, je ne puis crier... (1979) — Director