Gérard Courant
Birthday
1951/12/04 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Lyon, France
Also know 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.
Acting
(2001) Primitifs
as ---
(2021) Les Jours et les Nuits
as Self
(2012) Jardins clandestins
as ---
(1985) About Greece
as ---
(2021) Le Passeur immobile
as Self
(2020) Un débat À travers l'univers
as Himself
(2015) Encore Cinématé !
as Himself
(2012) Coude à coude
as Himself
(2022) Lady Usher's Diary
as L'homme qui parle de Louis Le Prince
(1982) Litan
as Extra (uncredited)
(1984) Un film (autoportrait)
as Self
(1998) Amours décolorées
as ---
(2007) Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice
as Self
(2013) My Conversations on Film
as Himself
(1978) Cinématon
as N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000
(1984) La Neige tremblait sur les arbres
as ---
(1993) Up and Down
as Le maso
(1987) Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
as L'inspecteur
(1985) The Case of the Morituri Divisions
as Inspecteur
(1998) Omelette
as ---
(1986) Paradise Hotel
as ---
(2005) Trying to Describe Oneself
as Himself
(2013) Le Contrebandier des profondeurs
as ---
(1985) Gérard Courant filme Cinématon
as ---
(1998) Journey to the Center of the World
as ---
(1979) Hérésie pour Magritte IV
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(1986) Le Jour où TF1 m'a cinématonné
as ---
(1988) Le Jour où Antenne 2 m'a cinématonné
as ---
(2011) Vivre à Naples et Mourir (Entretien avec Werner Schroeter)
as Himself
(1984) Genova Genova
as ---
(1981) Cocktail Morlock
as Self
(1996) Chambéry-Les Arcs
as Self
(2000) Le journal de Joseph M.
as ---
(2002) Périssable Paradis
as Self
(1979) Mon tricot (Thanx to Wilma Schoer)
as ---
(1984) Spoonful
as ---
(2001) 2000 Cinématons
as Self
(2008) Alicudi
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(2007) 2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) Mes films commencent au moment où les autres se terminent (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez I)
as Himself (voice)
(2014) Un cinéaste qui ne tient pas la caméra est comme un peintre qui ne tient pas le pinceau (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez II)
as Himself (voice)
(2014) Teo Hernandez sur Radio Ark en Ciel
as Himself (voice)
(2012) Teo Hernandez à Paris
as Himself
(2012) Passions (entretien avec Philippe Garrel I)
as Himself (voice)
(2012) Attention poésie (entretien avec Philippe Garrel II)
as Himself (voice)
(2012) L’Art, c’est se perdre dans les châteaux du rêve (entretien avec Philippe Garrel III)
as Himself (voice)
(2012) L’oeuvre d’art est utile car elle consolide notre liberté (entretien avec Philippe Garrel IV)
as Himself (voice)
(2012) We Must Save Him! (interview with Werner Schroeter)
as Himself (voice)
(2016) Le Cinéma Le Trianon de Verneuil-sur-Avre célèbre Juliet Berto
as Self
(2012) Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter
as Self
(2013) Le Chemin de Resson : Joseph Morder rend visite à Marcel Hanoun
as ---
(2012) In Memoriam Marcel Hanoun
as ---
(2012) Zouzou à Saint-Denis
as ---
(2012) L'Artifice et le factice
as Self
(2011) Alicudi 1 Bella
as ---
(2012) Une cérémonie secrète
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(2012) Joseph Morder filme le défilé du Premier Mai
as ---
(2011) Vie
as ---
(2011) Nuits transparentes
as ---
(2003) Lucy en Miroir
as Jonathan (voice)
(1980) La Femme en vert
as Himself
(1979) L'Été madrilène
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(1980) Le chien amoureux
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(1982) Au petit Suisse
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(1981) Le lapin à deux têtes
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(2020) Boris Lehman à Toulouse
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(2020) Autour de Vent-Pire
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(2003) Les deux Lucy
as Himself
(1989) Otage
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(1984) Portraits / Mirrors
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(1981) Confessions d'un cinéaste
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(1980) Certains tombent en amour...
as ---
(1981) Le lapin rose
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(2022) Le Nouvel Hiver
as Self
(1985) Mort de trois présidents à vie
as A Life President of Morlock Academy
(2019) Eugénie de Franval par Louis Skorecki
as Self - Interviewer (voice)
(2015) Autour de 24 Passions
as Self
(1993) Petit Traité de Chevalerie Morlock en Vélocipède
as ---
(2014) Andy Warhol, Gregory Markopoulos et Cinématon au Jeu de paume
as ---
(2014) Le Ciné-Club Universitaire de Dijon
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(2011) Car seuls les dieux ont mordu la pomme de l'amour
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(1977) Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
as Self
(2015) Cinématé !
as ---
(2014) Le tournage du Cinématon n°1968 de Joseph Morder
as Self