Agnès Varda

Biography

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

Cinépanorama

Square

Leçon de Cinéma

The Young Girls of Rochefort

Un film et son époque

The Gleaners and I

The Truth About Charlie

The Beaches of Agnès

All Movies (106)

• Ydessa, the Bears and etc.2026 · as Narrator (voice)
• Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• In Her Own Words2024 · as Self
• Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Viva Varda!2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 19672022 · as Self (voice)
• Deneuve, la reine Catherine2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• The World in Shots2021 · as Self
• Jim Morrison: The End2021 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement2021 · as French Woman Talking
• La Alameda 20182020 · as ella misma
• Agnes V. by Jane B.2020 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• The Invention of Chris Marker2020 · as self
• Harumi2019 · as Self
• Varda by Agnès2019 · as Self
• Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinéma2019 · as Agnès Varda
• Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché2018 · as Self
• Quinqui Stars2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• #JR2018 · as Self
• Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, Instagrammer2018 · as Self
• Chance Is the Best Assistant2018 · as Self
• A Visual History with Agnès Varda2017 · as Herself
• Faces Places2017 · as Self
• EXPRMNTL2016 · as herself
• Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet2015
• Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts2014 · as Self (uncredited)
• Henri Langlois vu par...2014 · as Self
• The 8th Floor2014 · as Self
• Cinéast(e)s2013 · as Self
• The 3 Lives of Agnès2012 · as Self
• Two Street Artists2012 · as Narrator (voice)
• In Chris Marker's Studio2011 · as Self
• Americano2011 · as Voice (Uncredited)
• Agnès Varda: From Here to There2011 · as Self
• The First Interview2011 · as Self / Host (voice)
• Great Directors2009 · as Self
• Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story2008 · as Self
• Souvenirs and Evocations2008 · as Self
• Daguerre-plage2008 · as Self
• La chanson 'Lola'2008 · as Self
• Trapézistes et voltigeurs2008 · as Self
• The Beaches of Agnès2008 · as Self
• Shooting Women2008 · as Self
• Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg2008 · as Self
• The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany2008 · as Self
• From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects2007 · as Self
• Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD2007 · as Self
• Women Behind the Camera2007 · as Self
• Some Widows of Noirmoutier2006 · as Self
• Agnès parle du Bonheur2006 · as Self
• Le Bonheur? Réponses des Fontenaisiens2006 · as Self
• Bonheur: nom propre ou concept2006 · as Self
• More So-called Caryatids2005 · as Narrator
• Mag Bodard, un destin2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Not Like Before2005 · as Self
• Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes2005 · as Self
• Where is Sara Gómez?2005 · as Self
• Rue Daguerre in 20052005 · as Self - Narrator
• Bread, Painting, Accordion2005 · as herself
• Viennale Walzer2004
• Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli2004 · as Self
• Musique et Travellings2003 · as Self
• The Vanishing Lion2003 · as La Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
• Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments2003 · as Narrator / Self
• The Story of an Old Lady2003 · as Self
• The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later2002 · as Narrator
• The Truth About Charlie2002 · as The Widow Hyppolite
• Tribute to Zgougou the Cat2002 · as Self
• Léaud l'unique2001 · as Self - filmmaker
• Janela da Alma2001 · as Self
• Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema2000 · as Self
• The Gleaners and I2000 · as Self
• The World of Jacques Demy1995 · as Self
• Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South1994 · as Self
• The Young Girls Turn 251993 · as Self
• Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave1992 · as Self
• Jacquot1991 · as Narrator (uncredited)
• Pictures of Europe1990 · as Self
• Calling the Shots1988 · as Self
• Jane B. by Agnès V.1988 · as Self (uncredited)
• You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...1986 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Ulysse1986 · as Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• a Nathalie Sarraute1986 · as Self (Voice)
• The So-Called Caryatids1984 · as Narrator
• One Minute for One Image1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Mur Murs1982 · as Self - Narrator
• Documenteur1982 · as Mur Murs Play Back (voice) (uncredited)
• Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness1978 · as Self
• Daguerréotypes1978 · as Narrator
• Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda1977 · as Self
• One Sings, the Other Doesn't1977 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Women Reply1975 · as Self (voice)
• Nausicaa1971 · as Self
• Viva Varda!1970 · as Self
• Lions Love1969 · as Agnès (uncredited)
• Far from Vietnam1967 · as Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
• Uncle Yanco1967 · as Self
• The Young Girls of Rochefort1967 · as Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
• The Birth of Children of Paradise1967 · as Self
• Agnès Varda tourne...1965 · as herself
• La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même1964 · as Self
• Hello Cubans1963 · as Narrator (voice)
• La Mélangite1960 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• All the World's Memory1956
• Le Photographe Photographié - Brassaï par Varda1954

All TV Shows (6)

• Varda by Agnès2019 · as Self
• Square2012 · as Self
• Agnès Varda: From Here to There2011 · as Self / Narrator (voice)
• Leçon de Cinéma2004 · as Self
• Un film et son époque2003 · as Self
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self