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
Faces Places
(2017)
Director
Lions Love
(1969)
Director
Happiness
(1965)
Director
Cléo from 5 to 7
(1962)
Director
One Hundred and One Nights
(1995)
Director
Daguerréotypes
(1975)
Director
Documenteur
(1981)
Director
Black Panthers
(1968)
Director
La Pointe Courte
(1956)
Director
Vagabond
(1985)
Director
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
(1977)
Director
The Gleaners and I
(2000)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
La Pointe Courte
(1956)
Director
Diary of a Pregnant Woman
(1958)
Director
Along the Coast
(1958)
Director
O Seasons, O Castles
(1958)
Director
La Cocotte d'azur
(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
Uncle Yanco
(1967)
Director
Far from Vietnam
(1967)
Assistant Director
Black Panthers
(1968)
Director
Lions Love
(1969)
Director
Nausicaa
(1971)
Director
Daguerréotypes
(1975)
Director
Women Reply
(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
Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale
(1984)
Director
The So-Called Caryatids
(1984)
Director
Vagabond
(1985)
Director
Ulysse
(1986)
Director
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
(1986)
Director
Kung-Fu Master!
(1988)
Director
Jane B. for Agnès V.
(1988)
Director
Jacquot
(1991)
Director
The Young Girls Turn 25
(1993)
Director
One Hundred and One Nights
(1995)
Director
The World of Jacques Demy
(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
The Story of an Old Lady
(2003)
Director
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
(2003)
Director
Cinévardaphoto
(2004)
Director
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
(2004)
Director
Viennale Walzer
(2004)
Director
Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes
(2005)
Director
More So-called Caryatids
(2005)
Director
Rue Daguerre in 2005
(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
The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany
(2008)
Director
Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story
(2008)
Director
Souvenirs and Evocations
(2008)
Director
In Chris Marker's Studio
(2011)
Director
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
(2011)
Director
The 3 Lives of Agnès
(2012)
Director
Two Street Artists
(2012)
Director
20 Little Films
(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 Birth of Children of Paradise
(1967)
Self
Uncle Yanco
(1967)
Self
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(1967)
Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
Far from Vietnam
(1967)
Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
Lions Love
(1969)
Agnès (uncredited)
Viva Varda!
(1970)
Self
Nausicaa
(1971)
Self
Women Reply
(1975)
Self (voice)
Daguerréotypes
(1975)
Narrator
Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda
(1977)
Self
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
(1977)
Narrator (voice)
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)
Ulysse
(1986)
Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
(1986)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Calling the Shots
(1988)
Self
Jane B. for Agnès V.
(1988)
Self (uncredited)
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 Truth About Charlie
(2002)
The Widow Hyppolite
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
(2002)
Narrator
The Story of an Old Lady
(2003)
Self
The Vanishing Lion
(2003)
La Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
(2003)
Narrator / Self
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
(2004)
Narrator (voice)
Where is Sara Gómez?
(2005)
Self
Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes
(2005)
Self
Rue Daguerre in 2005
(2005)
Self
More So-called Caryatids
(2005)
Narrator
Not Like Before
(2005)
Self
The Widows of Noirmoutier
(2006)
Self
Women Behind the Camera
(2007)
Self
From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects
(2007)
Self
Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD
(2007)
Self
The Beaches of Agnès
(2008)
Self
Shooting Women
(2008)
Self
The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany
(2008)
Self
Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story
(2008)
Self
Souvenirs and Evocations
(2008)
Self
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(2008)
Self
Great Directors
(2009)
Self
The First Interview
(2011)
Self / Host (voice)
In Chris Marker's Studio
(2011)
Self
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
(2011)
Self
The 3 Lives of Agnès
(2012)
Self
Cinéast(e)s
(2013)
Self
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
(2014)
Self (uncredited)
The 8th Floor
(2014)
Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
(2014)
Self
Faces Places
(2017)
Self
A Visual History with Agnès Varda
(2017)
Herself
Chance Is the Best Assistant
(2018)
Self
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
(2018)
Self
Quinqui Stars
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
#JR
(2018)
Self
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, Instagrammer
(2018)
Self
Varda by Agnès
(2019)
Self
Harumi
(2019)
Self
Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinéma
(2019)
Agnès Varda
The Invention of Chris Marker
(2020)
self
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
(2021)
French Woman Talking
Jim Morrison: The End
(2021)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The World in Shots
(2021)
Self
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
(2022)
Self (voice)
Viva Varda!
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
La Pointe Courte
(1956)
Writer
Diary of a Pregnant Woman
(1958)
Writer
Along the Coast
(1958)
Writer
O Seasons, O Castles
(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
Daguerréotypes
(1975)
Writer
Women Reply
(1975)
Writer
The Pleasure of Love in Iran
(1976)
Writer
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
(1977)
Writer and Lyricist
Quelques femmes bulles
(1977)
Screenplay
Documenteur
(1981)
Writer
Mur Murs
(1981)
Writer
Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale
(1984)
Writer
Vagabond
(1985)
Writer
Ulysse
(1986)
Writer
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
(1986)
Idea
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
The Vanishing Lion
(2003)
Writer
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
(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