Gérard Courant
Date of birth: 1951-12-04
Place of birth: Lyon, France
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Gerard Courant
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Primitifs
2001-01-01
Les Jours et les Nuits
2021-11-19
I give a methodical account of my film work: the creation of new series (Lire, Trio, Avec Mariola),
Jardins clandestins
2012-08-24
About Greece
1985-02-07
Gérard Courant films the routes of his voyage in Greece with a Super8 camera. Reflections, waves, po
Le Passeur immobile
2021-12-14
Le Passeur immobile, which covers the year 1987, is a Booklet filmed stuck between The Days and the
Un débat À travers l'univers
2020-11-15
"A Debate Across the Universe" is, on the one hand, the capture of the debate which followed the wor
Encore Cinématé !
2015-09-05
Encore Cinématé ! is a fake Cinématon by Gérard Courant, the author and designer of this famous film
Coude à coude
2012-03-26
Coude à coude is an episode of Gérard Courant's Filmed Carnets that follows Velo Love (July 1 to 3,
Lady Usher's Diary
2022-09-23
Loosely inspired by Edgar Poe. A mixture of darkness, melancholy and evanescence, a disturbing atmos
Litan
1982-02-24
Married couple Jock & Nora are visiting the town of Litan during Litan's Day, with its carnivalesque
Un film (autoportrait)
1984-05-23
The shooting diary of a film shot in France and in the United States. Using photos of Paris and of N
Amours décolorées
1998-02-02
Amours décolorées is a cinematographic poem to the glory of Mariola San Martin, model, stylist, danc
Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice
2007-01-22
30 years after their artistic revolution, members of the Zanzibar group meet in 1999 in Saint-Sulpic
Cinématon
1978-12-20
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest
My Conversations on Film
2013-10-13
This distinctly personal journey into the artistic possibilities of independent film is not to be mi
Up and Down
1993-03-27
A bicycle race is held every year in a pass of the Alps called Parpaillon. With the energy of a skil
La Neige tremblait sur les arbres
1984-04-07
A Ciné-poem – An impressionist ballad in the early 80’s.
The Case of the Morituri Divisions
1985-11-13
The story about gladiators against a German background. One of them, Ettore, has become a star of th
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987-02-04
Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a f
Omelette
1998-01-14
A young man tired of writing and rewriting a screenplay decides to begin a Super 8mm film diary. He
Paradise Hotel
1986-04-15
A diverse group of guests gather in a small hotel in Paris to contemplate the state of their lives i
Trying to Describe Oneself
2005-11-04
Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to des
Le Contrebandier des profondeurs
2013-07-09
Gérard Courant filme Cinématon
1985-03-20
Journey to the Center of the World
1998-02-02
Voyage au centre du monde is, following an invitation from the new Belgrade town hall and the govern
Le Jour où TF1 m'a cinématonné
1986-12-02
Le Jour où Antenne 2 m'a cinématonné
1988-04-16
Hérésie pour Magritte IV
1979-04-04
Ulrich Gregor is filmed in his office at the Berlin Film Festival surrounded by the festival's poste
Vivre à Naples et Mourir (Entretien avec Werner Schroeter)
2011-01-16
"On the occasion of the premiere of Nel Regno di Napoli in Cannes in 1978, Werner Schroeter gave me
Genova Genova
1984-04-05
A song of love to the city of Genoa. The film wanders the streets of the city center and explore the
Cocktail Morlock
1981-01-31
Le journal de Joseph M.
2000-02-15
Chambéry-Les Arcs
1996-11-01
Périssable Paradis
2002-12-27
15 years through Le Bois de Vincennes - The "before" and "after" 1999 storm destructions.
Mon tricot (Thanx to Wilma Schoer)
1979-12-31
Spoonful
1984-04-06
2000 Cinématons
2001-09-18
A film about an ongoing cinematic adventure that began in 1978: a vast anthology of personality port
Alicudi
2008-07-03
2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder
2007-11-01
Mes films commencent au moment où les autres se terminent (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez I)
2014-09-24
Teo Hernandez à Paris
2012-08-21
L’Art, c’est se perdre dans les châteaux du rêve (entretien avec Philippe Garrel III)
2012-09-01
L’oeuvre d’art est utile car elle consolide notre liberté (entretien avec Philippe Garrel IV)
2012-09-01
Teo Hernandez sur Radio Ark en Ciel
2014-04-26
Le Cinéma Le Trianon de Verneuil-sur-Avre célèbre Juliet Berto
2016-09-03
Attention poésie (entretien avec Philippe Garrel II)
2012-06-03
Un cinéaste qui ne tient pas la caméra est comme un peintre qui ne tient pas le pinceau (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez II)
2014-09-04
Passions (entretien avec Philippe Garrel I)
2012-06-03
We Must Save Him! (interview with Werner Schroeter)
2012-07-03
Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter
2012-07-03
Zouzou à Saint-Denis
2012-06-03
Le Chemin de Resson : Joseph Morder rend visite à Marcel Hanoun
2013-06-03
In Memoriam Marcel Hanoun
2012-11-14
On the occasion of the passing of Marcel Hanoun, Gérard Courant wanted to pay tribute to this compan
L'Artifice et le factice
2012-07-19
"L'Artifice et le factice" is the episode that covers the period from January 1, 1988 to December 31
Une cérémonie secrète
2012-11-03
Alicudi 1 Bella
2011-04-14
A cinematographic logbook around the mythical island of Alicudi in Sicily.
Joseph Morder filme le défilé du Premier Mai
2012-11-03
Vie
2011-04-14
Nuits transparentes
2011-04-14
Strolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich, Montrea
Lucy en Miroir
2003-11-18
The fortuitous meeting of two women to the identical first name, Lucy, who formerly loved the same m
La Femme en vert
1980-04-19
Le chien amoureux
1980-03-15
Au petit Suisse
1982-06-22
Le lapin à deux têtes
1981-12-08
L'Été madrilène
1979-04-05
Boris Lehman à Toulouse
2020-06-12
Autour de Vent-Pire
2020-09-30
"Autour de Vent-Pire" is a documentary recounting the shooting of "Vent-Pire", the vampire film that
Les deux Lucy
2003-11-18
Les Deux Lucy is a short documentary portrait of the shooting of Raphaël Bassan's film Lucy en miroi
Otage
1989-01-01
Inspired by the detention of Jean-Paul Kauffmann and Michel Seurat in Lebanon, hostages and improbab
Portraits / Mirrors
1984-01-01
A single-screen version of the Portraits / Mirrors multi-projection. Featuring portraits of: Aloual
Confessions d'un cinéaste
1981-01-07
A film by Vincent Tolédano
Certains tombent en amour...
1980-07-07
Six other months of my life (December 1979 – June 1980), from one decade to the next, a trip to Queb
Le lapin rose
1981-01-01
Joseph Morder's fifth journal film shot from July to December of 1980.
Le Nouvel Hiver
2022-03-17
Le Nouvel Hiver is a slightly disillusioned reflection on the state of the world (the fall of the Be
Mort de trois présidents à vie
1985-07-05
The three presidents for life of the Morlock Academy are assassinated by the Academy's permanent se
Eugénie de Franval par Louis Skorecki
2019-03-07
This film is an audio interview of Louis Skorecki, filmmaker and film critic for Cahiers du cinéma,
Autour de 24 Passions
2015-04-13
Autour de 24 Passions is the making-of of my film 24 Passions . It was shot in 2003, on the occasion
Petit Traité de Chevalerie Morlock en Vélocipède
1993-12-11
Two Morlock cyclists challenge each other in the passes of the Massif Central. Their duel is nightma
Andy Warhol, Gregory Markopoulos et Cinématon au Jeu de paume
2014-07-30
The Jeu de Paume in Paris (France) presented an Oscar Muñoz exhibition from June 3 to September 21,
Le Ciné-Club Universitaire de Dijon
2014-04-02
Le Ciné-Club Universitaire de Dijon is the recording of this radio programme - a first for Gérard Co
Car seuls les dieux ont mordu la pomme de l'amour
2011-04-14
The ending of filming 24 passions over 24 years in Burzet (France). Shot on a silver film, it takes
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977-08-01
Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop c
Cinématé !
2015-09-05
This unofficial Cinématon is one of two that Gérard Courant filmed on January 25, 2001. The second C
Le tournage du Cinématon n°1968 de Joseph Morder
2014-10-13
The filming of Joseph Morder's Cinématon n°1968.
Jean Cocteau, Derek Jarman, Dresde de sang et de feu sur Radio Libertaire
2012-11-04
This film is a recording of my radio interview with film critic Heike Hurst on the program Le Manège
L'Anniversaire de Bambou
2012-11-02
Patrick Deval, known as Bambou, the author of the cult film Acéphale, is celebrating his birthday.
Direction Sud-Est
2012-08-22
Direction Sud-Est follows L'Anniversaire de Bambou, the previous installment in Gérard Courant's Car
Périssable paradis II (Notes pour un monde nouveau)
2012-07-23
Périssable paradis II (Notes pour un monde nouveau) is therefore the result of an anachronism. Indee
La Cipale d'Arnaud Dazat
2012-07-16
Located in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris (France) and inaugurated in 1894, the Cipale velodrome was
Une semaine sainte
2020-12-17
This episode of the Filmed Diaries shows behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of 24 Passions .
Exposición (Journal du Mexique)
2019-03-20
This episode of the Carnets filmés, shot in Mexico, is largely devoted to Barbara Peón Solis's photo
Zones césariennes
2014-06-19
Zones césariennes (which covers the year 2002) is one of Gérard Courant's Filmed Notebooks shot on f