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
(2006) Un débat À travers l'univers
as Himself
(2001) Encore Cinématé !
as Himself
(1996) 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 ---
(1999) Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice
as Self
(1978) Cinématon
as N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000
(2013) My Conversations on Film
as Himself
(1993) Up and Down
as Le maso
(1984) La Neige tremblait sur les arbres
as ---
(1985) The Case of the Morituri Divisions
as Inspecteur
(1987) Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
as L'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 ---
(1986) Le Jour où TF1 m'a cinématonné
as ---
(1988) Le Jour où Antenne 2 m'a cinématonné
as ---
(1979) Hérésie pour Magritte IV
as ---
(2011) Vivre à Naples Et Mourir
as Himself
(1984) Genova Genova
as ---
(1981) Cocktail Morlock
as Self
(2000) Le journal de Joseph M.
as ---
(1996) Chambéry-Les Arcs
as Self
(2002) Périssable Paradis
as ---
(1979) Mon tricot (Thanx to Wilma Schoer)
as ---
(1984) Spoonful
as ---
(2001) 2000 Cinématons
as Self
(2008) Alicudi
as ---
(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)
(2012) Teo Hernandez à Paris
as Himself
(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)
(2014) Teo Hernandez sur Radio Ark en Ciel
as Himself (voice)
(2016) Le Cinéma Le Trianon de Verneuil-sur-Avre célèbre Juliet Berto
as Self
(2012) Attention poésie (entretien avec Philippe Garrel II)
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)
(2012) Passions (entretien avec Philippe Garrel I)
as Himself (voice)
(2012) We Must Save Him! (interview with Werner Schroeter)
as Himself (voice)
(2012) Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter
as Self
(2012) Zouzou à Saint-Denis
as ---
(2013) Le Chemin de Resson : Joseph Morder rend visite à Marcel Hanoun
as ---
(2013) In Memoriam Marcel Hanoun
as ---
(2012) L'Artifice et le factice
as Self
(2012) Une cérémonie secrète
as ---
(2011) Alicudi 1 Bella
as ---
(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
(1980) Le chien amoureux
as ---
(1982) Au petit Suisse
as ---
(1981) Le lapin à deux têtes
as ---
(1979) L'Été madrilène
as ---
(2020) Boris Lehman à Toulouse
as ---
(2020) Autour de Vent-Pire
as ---
(2003) Les deux Lucy
as Himself
(1989) Otage
as ---
(1984) Portraits / Mirrors
as ---
(1981) Confessions d'un cinéaste
as ---
(1980) Certains tombent en amour...
as ---
(1981) Le lapin rose
as ---
(1991) Le Nouvel Hiver
as Self