Agnès Varda (30 May 1928 – 29 March 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.
Venice International Film Festival
Golden Lion
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
National Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Non-Fiction Film
Cannes Film Festival
L'Œil d'or
Known For
Cléo from 5 to 7
(1962)
Director
Happiness
(1965)
Director
Faces Places
(2017)
Director
Lions Love
(1969)
Director
Vagabond
(1985)
Director
The Gleaners and I
(2000)
Director
One Hundred and One Nights
(1995)
Director
Black Panthers
(1968)
Director
La Pointe Courte
(1956)
Director
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
(1977)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
La Pointe Courte
(1956)
Director
La Cocotte d'azur
(1958)
Director
Along the Coast
(1958)
Director
O Seasons, O Castles
(1958)
Director
Diary of a Pregnant Woman
(1958)
Director
La Mélangite
(1960)
Director
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge
(1961)
Director
Cléo from 5 to 7
(1962)
Director
Salut les Cubains
(1963)
Director
The Children of Museum
(1964)
Director
Happiness
(1965)
Director
The Creatures
(1966)
Director
Elsa the Rose
(1966)
Director
Christmas Carole
(1966)
Director
Far from Vietnam
(1967)
Assistant Director
Uncle Yanco
(1967)
Director
Black Panthers
(1968)
Director
Lions Love
(1969)
Director
Nausicaa
(1971)
Director
Women Reply
(1975)
Director
Daguerréotypes
(1975)
Director
The Pleasure of Love in Iran
(1976)
Director
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
(1977)
Director
Documenteur
(1981)
Director
Mur Murs
(1981)
Director
One Minute for One Image
(1983)
Director
The So-Called Caryatids
(1984)
Director
Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale
(1984)
Director
Vagabond
(1985)
Director
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
(1986)
Director
Ulysse
(1986)
Director
Jane B. for Agnès V.
(1988)
Director
Kung-Fu Master!
(1988)
Director
Jacquot
(1991)
Director
The Young Girls Turn 25
(1993)
Director
The World of Jacques Demy
(1995)
Director
One Hundred and One Nights
(1995)
Director
The Gleaners and I
(2000)
Director
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
(2002)
Director
Tribute to Zgougou the Cat
(2002)
Director
The Vanishing Lion
(2003)
Director
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
(2003)
Director
The Story of an Old Lady
(2003)
Director
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
(2004)
Director
Cinévardaphoto
(2004)
Director
More So-called Caryatids
(2005)
Director
Rue Daguerre in 2005
(2005)
Director
Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes
(2005)
Director
The Widows of Noirmoutier
(2006)
Director
Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD
(2007)
Director
The Beaches of Agnès
(2008)
Director
Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story
(2008)
Director
Souvenirs and Evocations
(2008)
Director
The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany
(2008)
Director
In Chris Marker's Studio
(2011)
Director
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
(2011)
Director
Two Street Artists
(2012)
Director
20 Little Films
(2012)
Director
The 3 Lives of Agnès
(2012)
Director
Un salut à Henri Langlois
(2014)
Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
(2014)
Director
Les 3 Boutons
(2015)
Director
Faces Places
(2017)
Director
Varda by Agnès
(2019)
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
(2022)
Director
Acting
Salut les Cubains
(1963)
Narrator (voice)
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
(1964)
Self
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(1967)
Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
Uncle Yanco
(1967)
Self
Far from Vietnam
(1967)
Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
The Birth of Children of Paradise
(1967)
Self
Lions Love
(1969)
Agnès (uncredited)
Viva Varda!
(1970)
Self
Nausicaa
(1971)
Self
Daguerréotypes
(1975)
Narrator
Women Reply
(1975)
Self (voice)
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
(1977)
Narrator (voice)
Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda
(1977)
Self
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
(1978)
Self
Mur Murs
(1981)
Self / Narrator
One Minute for One Image
(1983)
Narrator
The So-Called Caryatids
(1984)
Narrator
Vagabond
(1985)
(uncredited)
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
(1986)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ulysse
(1986)
Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jane B. for Agnès V.
(1988)
Self (uncredited)
Calling the Shots
(1988)
Self
Picture of Europe
(1990)
Self
Jacquot
(1991)
Narrator (uncredited)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
(1992)
Self
The Young Girls Turn 25
(1993)
Self
Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South
(1994)
Self
The World of Jacques Demy
(1995)
Self
The Gleaners and I
(2000)
Self
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
(2000)
Self
Janela da Alma
(2001)
Self
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
(2002)
Narrator
The Truth About Charlie
(2002)
The Widow Hyppolite
The Vanishing Lion
(2003)
La Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
(2003)
Narrator / Self
The Story of an Old Lady
(2003)
Self
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
(2004)
Narrator (voice)
Not Like Before
(2005)
Self
Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes
(2005)
Self
More So-called Caryatids
(2005)
Narrator
Rue Daguerre in 2005
(2005)
Self
Where is Sara Gómez?
(2005)
Self
The Widows of Noirmoutier
(2006)
Self
Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD
(2007)
Self
From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects
(2007)
Self
Women Behind the Camera
(2007)
Self
The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany
(2008)
Self
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(2008)
Self
Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story
(2008)
Self
Shooting Women
(2008)
Self
The Beaches of Agnès
(2008)
Self
Souvenirs and Evocations
(2008)
Self
Great Directors
(2009)
Self
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
(2011)
Self
In Chris Marker's Studio
(2011)
Self
The First Interview
(2011)
Self / Host (voice)
The 3 Lives of Agnès
(2012)
Self
Cinéast(e)s
(2013)
Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
(2014)
Self
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
(2014)
Self (uncredited)
The 8th Floor
(2014)
Self
A Visual History with Agnès Varda
(2017)
Herself
Faces Places
(2017)
Self
Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, Instagrammer
(2018)
Self
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Quinqui Stars
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
#JR
(2018)
Self
Chance Is the Best Assistant
(2018)
Self
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
(2018)
Self
Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinéma
(2019)
Agnès Varda
Varda by Agnès
(2019)
Self
Harumi
(2019)
Self
The Invention of Chris Marker
(2020)
self
Jim Morrison: The End
(2021)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
(2021)
French Woman Talking
The World in Shots
(2021)
Self
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
(2022)
Self (voice)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Viva Varda!
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
La Pointe Courte
(1956)
Writer
O Seasons, O Castles
(1958)
Writer
Along the Coast
(1958)
Writer
Diary of a Pregnant Woman
(1958)
Writer
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge
(1961)
Writer
Cléo from 5 to 7
(1962)
Writer
Salut les Cubains
(1963)
Writer
Happiness
(1965)
Writer
The Creatures
(1966)
Writer
Christmas Carole
(1966)
Writer
Uncle Yanco
(1967)
Writer
Black Panthers
(1968)
Writer
Lions Love
(1969)
Writer
Nausicaa
(1971)
Writer
Last Tango in Paris
(1972)
Adaptation
Women Reply
(1975)
Writer
Daguerréotypes
(1975)
Writer
The Pleasure of Love in Iran
(1976)
Writer
Quelques femmes bulles
(1977)
Screenplay
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
(1977)
Writer and Lyricist
Documenteur
(1981)
Writer
Mur Murs
(1981)
Writer
Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale
(1984)
Writer
Vagabond
(1985)
Writer
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
(1986)
Idea
Ulysse
(1986)
Writer
Jane B. for Agnès V.
(1988)
Writer
Kung-Fu Master!
(1988)
Writer
Jacquot
(1991)
Writer
The Young Girls Turn 25
(1993)
Writer
One Hundred and One Nights
(1995)
Writer
The Gleaners and I
(2000)
Writer
Tribute to Zgougou the Cat
(2002)
Writer
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
(2003)
Writer
The Vanishing Lion
(2003)
Writer
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
(2004)
Writer
More So-called Caryatids
(2005)
Writer
Rue Daguerre in 2005
(2005)
Writer
The Widows of Noirmoutier
(2006)
Writer
The Beaches of Agnès
(2008)
Writer
Les 3 Boutons
(2015)
Writer
Faces Places
(2017)
Writer
Varda by Agnès
(2019)
Screenplay
Sound
Camera
Salut les Cubains
(1963)
Director of Photography
Black Panthers
(1968)
Director of Photography
The Young Girls Turn 25
(1993)
Director of Photography
The Gleaners and I
(2000)
Director of Photography
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
(2002)
Director of Photography
More So-called Caryatids
(2005)
Director of Photography
Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story
(2008)
Camera Operator
The Beaches of Agnès
(2008)
Director of Photography
Production
Elsa the Rose
(1966)
Producer
Lions Love
(1969)
Producer
Lady Oscar
(1979)
Executive Producer
The So-Called Caryatids
(1984)
Producer
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
(2002)
Producer
The Vanishing Lion
(2003)
Producer
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
(2004)
Producer
More So-called Caryatids
(2005)
Producer
The Beaches of Agnès
(2008)
Producer
Americano
(2011)
Co-Producer
Crew
Editing
Vagabond
(1985)
Editor
Jane B. for Agnès V.
(1988)
Editor
The Young Girls Turn 25
(1993)
Editor
The Gleaners and I
(2000)
Editor
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
(2002)
Editor
The Vanishing Lion
(2003)
Editor
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
(2004)
Editor
More So-called Caryatids
(2005)
Editor
Cleo's Real Itinerary Through Paris
(2005)
Editor
The Widows of Noirmoutier
(2006)
Editor
Les 3 Boutons
(2015)
Editor
Faces Places
(2017)
Editor
Varda by Agnès
(2019)
Editor
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
(2022)
Editor