Agnès Varda (May 30, 1928 – March 29, 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.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
2025
Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison
Self (archive footage)
2025
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
Self (archive footage)
2023
Viva Varda!
Self (archive footage)
2023
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
Self (voice)
2022
The World in Shots
Self
2021
Jim Morrison: The End
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
French Woman Talking
2021
Agnes V. by Jane B.
Self (Archive Footage)
2020
The Invention of Chris Marker
self
2020
Harumi
Self
2019
Varda by Agnès
Self
2019
Varda by Agnès
Self · (2 episodes)
2019
Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinéma
Agnès Varda
2019
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
2018
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
2018
Quinqui Stars
Self (archive footage)
2018
#JR
Self
2018
Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, Instagrammer
Self
2018
Chance Is the Best Assistant
Self
2018
A Visual History with Agnès Varda
Herself
2017
Faces Places
Self
2017
EXPRMNTL
herself
2016
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
Self (uncredited)
2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
2014
The 8th Floor
Self
2014
Cinéast(e)s
Self
2013
The 3 Lives of Agnès
Self
2012
Square
Self · (1 episode)
2012
Two Street Artists
Narrator (voice)
2012
In Chris Marker's Studio
Self
2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Self / Narrator (voice) · (5 episodes)
2011
Americano
Voice (Uncredited)
2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Self
2011
The First Interview
Self / Host (voice)
2011
Great Directors
Self
2009
Souvenirs and Evocations
Self
2008
Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story
Self
2008
Daguerre-plage
Self
2008
La chanson 'Lola'
Self
2008
The Beaches of Agnès
Self
2008
Shooting Women
Self
2008
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Self
2008
The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany
Self
2008
From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects
Self
2007
Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD
Self
2007
Women Behind the Camera
Self
2007
Some Widows of Noirmoutier
Self
2006
Agnès parle du Bonheur
Self
2006
Le Bonheur? Réponses des Fontenaisiens
Self
2006
Bonheur: nom propre ou concept
Self
2006
More So-called Caryatids
Narrator
2005
Mag Bodard, un destin
2005
Not Like Before
Self
2005
Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes
Self
2005
Where is Sara Gómez?
Self
2005
Rue Daguerre in 2005
Self
2005
Bread, Painting, Accordion
herself
2005
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
Narrator (voice)
2004
Leçon de Cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
Self
2004
Musique et Travellings
Self
2003
Un film et son époque
Self · (1 episode)
2003
The Vanishing Lion
La Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
2003
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
Narrator / Self
2003
The Story of an Old Lady
Self
2003
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
Narrator
2002
The Truth About Charlie
The Widow Hyppolite
2002
Tribute to Zgougou the Cat
Self
2002
Janela da Alma
Self
2001
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
Self
2000
The Gleaners and I
Self
2000
The World of Jacques Demy
Self
1995
Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South
Self
1994
The Young Girls Turn 25
Self
1993
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Self
1992
Jacquot
Narrator (uncredited)
1991
Pictures of Europe
Self
1990
Calling the Shots
Self
1988
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Self (uncredited)
1988
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1986
Ulysse
Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1986
a Nathalie Sarraute
Self (Voice)
1986
Vagabond
(uncredited)
1985
The So-Called Caryatids
Narrator
1984
One Minute for One Image
Narrator
1983
Documenteur
Mur Murs Play Back (voice) (uncredited)
1981
Mur Murs
Self / Narrator
1981
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
Self
1978
Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda
Self
1977
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1977
Daguerréotypes
Narrator
1975
Women Reply
Self (voice)
1975
La Vie filmée
1975
Nausicaa
Self
1971
Viva Varda!
Self
1970
Lions Love
Agnès (uncredited)
1969
Far from Vietnam
Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
1967
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
1967
The Birth of Children of Paradise
Self
1967
Uncle Yanco
Self
1967
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Self
1964
Hello Cubans
Narrator (voice)
1963
La Mélangite
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1960
All the World's Memory
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (1 episode)
1956