
Gérard Courant
Known for Directing · 94 credits
- Born
- 1951-12-04 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Lyon, France
- 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.
Known For

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987
as L'inspecteur

Cinématon
1978
as N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000

Litan
1982
as Extra (uncredited)

Urgent ou Ă quoi bon exĂ©cuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-mĂȘme une jouissance suffisante
1977
as Self

Vivre Ă Naples et Mourir (Entretien avec Werner Schroeter)
2011
as Himself

Un cinéaste qui ne tient pas la caméra est comme un peintre qui ne tient pas le pinceau (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez II)
2014
as Himself (voice)
Movies (94)

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987
as L'inspecteur

Cinématon
1978
as N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000

Litan
1982
as Extra (uncredited)

Urgent ou Ă quoi bon exĂ©cuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-mĂȘme une jouissance suffisante
1977
as Self

Vivre Ă Naples et Mourir (Entretien avec Werner Schroeter)
2011
as Himself

Un cinéaste qui ne tient pas la caméra est comme un peintre qui ne tient pas le pinceau (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez II)
2014
as Himself (voice)

Les Jours et les Nuits
2021
as Self

Petite intrusion dans lâunivers incandescent de Werner Schroeter
2012
as Self

We Must Save Him! (interview with Werner Schroeter)
2012
as Himself (voice)

Up and Down
1993
as Le maso

My Conversations on Film
2013
as Himself

Jardins clandestins
2012

Paradise Hotel
1986

Le Passeur immobile
2021
as Self

Primitifs
2001

Vie
2011

Omelette
1998

Un film (autoportrait)
1984
as Self

The Case of the Morituri Divisions
1985
as Inspecteur

Trying to Describe Oneself
2005
as Himself

In Memoriam Marcel Hanoun
2012

L'Artifice et le factice
2012
as Self

2000 Cinématons
2001
as Self

Zanzibar Ă Saint-Sulpice
2007
as Self

Nuits transparentes
2011

Passions (entretien avec Philippe Garrel I)
2012
as Himself (voice)

L'ĂtĂ© madrilĂšne
1979

Le Cinéma Le Trianon de Verneuil-sur-Avre célÚbre Juliet Berto
2016
as Self

About Greece
1985

Mort de trois présidents à vie
1985
as A Life President of Morlock Academy

2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder
2007
as Self (archive footage)

Le Chemin de Resson : Joseph Morder rend visite Ă Marcel Hanoun
2013
Au petit Suisse
1982

Le journal de Joseph M.
2000

Le Nouvel Hiver
2022
as Self

Attention poésie (entretien avec Philippe Garrel II)
2012
as Himself (voice)

Portraits / Mirrors
1984

Journey to the Center of the World
1998

L'Anniversaire de Bambou
2012
Le lapin Ă deux tĂȘtes
1981

Le Jour oĂč TF1 m'a cinĂ©matonnĂ©
1986

Otage
1989
La Femme en vert
1980
as Himself

Zouzou Ă Saint-Denis
2012

Mes films commencent au moment oĂč les autres se terminent (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez I)
2014
as Himself (voice)

Chambéry-Les Arcs
1996
as Self

Le Contrebandier des profondeurs
2013

Une cérémonie secrÚte
2012

Genova Genova
1984

Spoonful
1984

LâArt, câest se perdre dans les chĂąteaux du rĂȘve (entretien avec Philippe Garrel III)
2012
as Himself (voice)

Périssable Paradis
2002
as Self
Mon tricot (Thanx to Wilma Schoer)
1979
Le lapin rose
1981

Zones césariennes
2014
Le chien amoureux
1980

Boris Lehman Ă Toulouse
2020

Une semaine sainte
2020

Lady Usher's Diary
2022
as L'homme qui parle de Louis Le Prince

Lucy en Miroir
2003
as Jonathan (voice)

Amours décolorées
1998

Un débat à travers l'univers
2020
as Himself

Cocktail Morlock
1981
as Self
Confessions d'un cinéaste
1981

Eugénie de Franval par Louis Skorecki
2019
as Self - Interviewer (voice)

Teo Hernandez sur Radio Ark en Ciel
2014
as Himself (voice)

Lâoeuvre dâart est utile car elle consolide notre libertĂ© (entretien avec Philippe Garrel IV)
2012
as Himself (voice)
Certains tombent en amour...
1980

Le Ciné-Club Universitaire de Dijon
2014

Le tournage du Cinématon n°1968 de Joseph Morder
2014
as Self

Ari Boulogne X 3
2013

Car seuls les dieux ont mordu la pomme de l'amour
2011

Gérard Courant filme Cinématon
1985

Alicudi
2008
Les deux Lucy
2003
as Himself

Cinématé !
2015

Joseph Morder filme le défilé du Premier Mai
2012

Teo Hernandez Ă Paris
2012
as Himself

Le Jour oĂč Antenne 2 m'a cinĂ©matonnĂ©
1988

Encore Cinématé !
2015
as Himself

Andy Warhol, Gregory Markopoulos et Cinématon au Jeu de paume
2014

Direction Sud-Est
2012

Autour de 24 Passions
2015
as Self

La Cipale d'Arnaud Dazat
2012

Hérésie pour Magritte IV
1979

Jean Cocteau, Derek Jarman, Dresde de sang et de feu sur Radio Libertaire
2012
as self

La Neige tremblait sur les arbres
1984

Alicudi 1 Bella
2011

Petit Traité de Chevalerie Morlock en VélocipÚde
1993

Coude Ă coude
2012
as Himself

Périssable paradis II (Notes pour un monde nouveau)
2012

ExposiciĂłn (Journal du Mexique)
2019

Autour de Vent-Pire
2020

Against Time and Oblivion
1997
as self
About Gérard Courant
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. With 94 credits spanning from 1977 to 2022, Gérard Courant has appeared in 94 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gérard Courant Movies
- Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987) â as L'inspecteur
- CinĂ©maton (1978) â as N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000
- Litan (1982) â as Extra (uncredited)
- Urgent ou Ă quoi bon exĂ©cuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-mĂȘme une jouissance suffisante (1977) â as Self
- Vivre Ă Naples et Mourir (Entretien avec Werner Schroeter) (2011) â as Himself
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