Agnès Varda

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.

Directed

1. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) — Director
2. Faces Places (2017) — Director
3. Vagabond (1985) — Director
4. Happiness (1965) — Director
5. The Gleaners and I (2000) — Director
6. The Beaches of Agnès (2008) — Director
7. La Pointe Courte (1956) — Director
8. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) — Director
9. Black Panthers (1968) — Director
10. Varda by Agnès (2019) — Director
11. Kung-Fu Master! (1988) — Director
12. Fiancés on the Bridge (1962) — Director
13. Along the Coast (1958) — Director
14. Jane B. by Agnès V. (1988) — Director
15. Jacquot (1991) — Director
16. One Hundred and One Nights (1995) — Director
17. Women Reply (1975) — Director
18. Hello Cubans (1963) — Director
19. Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1958) — Director
20. Documenteur (1982) — Director
21. Uncle Yanco (1967) — Director
22. Daguerréotypes (1978) — Director
23. The Creatures (1966) — Director
24. Lions Love (1969) — Director
25. The So-Called Caryatids (1984) — Director
26. The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002) — Director
27. The Pleasure of Love in Iran (1976) — Director
28. You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know... (1986) — Director
29. Mur Murs (1982) — Director
30. Ulysse (1986) — Director
31. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993) — Director
32. O Seasons, O Castles (1958) — Director
33. Far from Vietnam (1967) — Director
34. Elsa the Rose (1966) — Director
35. The Vanishing Lion (2003) — Director
36. Tribute to Zgougou the Cat (2002) — Director
37. The World of Jacques Demy (1995) — Director
38. Les 3 Boutons (2015) — Director
39. Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale (1984) — Director
40. Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes (2005) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) — Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
2. Faces Places (2017) — Self
3. The Gleaners and I (2000) — Self
4. The Truth About Charlie (2002) — The Widow Hyppolite
5. The Beaches of Agnès (2008) — Self
6. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
7. Varda by Agnès (2019) — Self
8. Jane B. by Agnès V. (1988) — Self (uncredited)
9. Jacquot (1991) — Narrator (uncredited)
10. Women Reply (1975) — Self (voice)
11. Hello Cubans (1963) — Narrator (voice)
12. Uncle Yanco (1967) — Self
13. Documenteur (1982) — Mur Murs Play Back (voice) (uncredited)
14. Daguerréotypes (1978) — Narrator
15. All the World's Memory (1956)
16. Lions Love (1969) — Agnès (uncredited)
17. The So-Called Caryatids (1984) — Narrator
18. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) — Self
19. Americano (2011) — Voice (Uncredited)
20. The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002) — Narrator
21. You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know... (1986) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
22. Mur Murs (1982) — Self - Narrator
23. Ulysse (1986) — Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
24. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993) — Self
25. Far from Vietnam (1967) — Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
26. Janela da Alma (2001) — Self
27. The Vanishing Lion (2003) — La Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
28. Great Directors (2009) — Self
29. Tribute to Zgougou the Cat (2002) — Self
30. The World of Jacques Demy (1995) — Self
31. Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes (2005) — Self
32. Nausicaa (1971) — Self
33. Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967 (2022) — Self (voice)
34. Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts (2014) — Self (uncredited)
35. Jim Morrison: The End (2021) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
36. Viva Varda! (2023) — Self (archive footage)
37. In Chris Marker's Studio (2011) — Self
38. The Story of an Old Lady (2003) — Self
39. Quinqui Stars (2018) — Self (archive footage)
40. Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011) — Self