Martine Rousset

Biography

Born on May 29, 1951 in Montpellier, Martine Rousset resided in Sète, France until 1975. She studied Philosophy of Cinema at the Université Paul Valery of Montpellier. As a director, she focuses on light and script. She has worked in cinema since 1977, and has been working as an expert beside Suzanne Pagé since 1978 in the audiovisual department of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris. She has attended various festivals such as Festival of Berlin (1980), MNAM, Paris (1989), Berkeley (1990), MoMA, New York (1995), Feminale, Cologne (1992/1994/1996), Osnabrück (1996), IMPACT (1996), Oberhausen (1998), Scratch (1998/2001/2003), Riga (2002), Pesaro (2003), Los Angeles Film Forum (2004), Festival des cinémas differents, Paris (2005), La Enana Marrón, Madrid (2005), Rencontre des labos de Bruxelles (2005), 10 ans de l'Abominable (2006), Taiwan Women in the Arts (2007), Les Inattendus, Lyon (2007), Belgrade Alternative Film Festival (2008), Les Écrans Documentaires (2008).

Directed

1. Train (2022) — Director
2. Mansfield K. (1988) — Director
3. Chants (1995) — Director
4. Mer (2003) — Director
5. Le Phare (2024) — Director
6. In/ex Dérive (1979) — Director
7. Encéphale (1977) — Director
8. Vangölü ekspresi (2015) — Director
9. Anatolia (2015) — Director
10. Le petite réverbère (1978) — Director
11. Carolyn III (1981) — Director
12. Carolyn I (1977) — Director
13. Carolyn II (1980) — Director
14. Kleist (1993) — Director
15. Istanbul (2007) — Director
16. Un vent leger dans le feuillage (1994) — Director
17. Passages (1998) — Director
18. Laure (1984) — Director
19. Été (1991) — Director
20. À l'instant (2008) — Director
21. Crépuscule aux Aresquiers (2014) — Director
22. Dehors (1985) — Director
23. Chemins (2014) — Director
24. Les heures (1990) — Director
25. Hôtel Turkoman (2000) — Director
26. Samarcande — Director
27. Rue Pouchkine (2017) — Director
28. Ombres (2019) — Director
29. Poussières (2025) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Cinématon (1978) — N°22
2. M M M M M... (1977)
3. Sha-Dada (1978) — (voice)
4. Tandis que j’agonise (1980)
5. Portraiture (1993)
6. Cinexpérimentaux #1: Martine Rousset (2000)
7. Cinématon III (1978) — N°22
8. Cinématon n°22 : Martine Rousset (1978)
9. Portraits / Mirrors (1984)