Richard Copans
Richard Copans, born November 25, 1947, is a French film producer, cinematographer, and director. After studying cinematography at IDHEC from 1966 to 1968, he worked as an assistant cameraman for Andréas Winding, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Lhomme, and Yann Le Masson from 1969 to 1976. From 1973 to 1978, he was a cameraman and director with the far-left militant film collective Cinélutte, notably on Bonne chance la France! In 1978, he founded Les Films d’ici (GIE) and produced, among other films, Journal de campagne and Ananas by Amos Gitaï. In 1982, he founded Les Films du passage with Paulo Branco, and subsequently produced around fifteen feature films. In 1984, he founded Les Films d’ici (SARL) with Yves Jeanneau. They produced numerous documentaries, mainly with La Sept Arte, including Route One/USA and Point de départ by Robert Kramer, Mémoires d’Ex by Mosco and Check The Changes by Marc Huraux, Arthur Rimbaud, a biography by Richard Dindo, La vie est immense et pleine de danger and Et la vie by Denis Gheerbrant, Les Moissons de fer by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky and Gérard Rougeron, Les Enfants illégitimes d’Anton Webern by Lilia Ollivier.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1947-11-25 · Paris, Île-de-France, France
Known for
- The Vanishing Lion (2003) — Thanks
- Opening Essay (1988)
- Barres (1984) — Director of Photography
- God's Offices (2008) — Producer
- Gare du Nord (2013) — Director of Photography
- The Seats of the Alcazar (1989) — Director of Photography
- Route One/USA (1989) — Director of Photography
- La Cabale des oursins (1992) — Self - Director of Photography
- Poor George (1993) — Associate Producer
- Louvre City (1990) — Cinematography
- Death's Glamour (2007) — Le producteur
- The Comedy of Work (1988) — Director of Photography
- Land of Madness (2009) — Producer
- Cities of the Plain (2000) — Producer
- Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary (1994) — Producer
- Field Diary (1982) — Production Manager