Chris Marker

Director

Born: July 29, 1921
Died: July 29, 2012 (age 91)
From: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France

Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, better known as Chris Marker (France, 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012), was a French writer, poet, activist, critic, photographer, traveler, journalist, film essayist, multimedia artist, and documentary filmmaker. He began his career as part of the French Rive Gauche group—parallel to but distinct from the Nouvelle Vague—with which he would later share certain…

Filmography (93)

L’indispensable (2026)
Photos/Extrait
Nostalgia for the Future (2026)
Self (Archive footage)
Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker (2023)
Kaibyō (archive footage)
The Invention of Chris Marker (2020)
Self
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain (2015)
Self (archive footage)
20 Little Films (2012)
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In Chris Marker's Studio (2011)
Self
iDead (2011)
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Kino (2011)
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Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011)
Self
Imagine (2011)
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Stopover in Dubai (2011)
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ROYAL POLKA.mov (2011)
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Tempo Risoluto
Tempo Risoluto (2011)
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Overnight (2011)
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Ouvroir the Movie (2010)
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La Traversée du désir (2009)
Self
The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Self (archive footage)
The Morning After
The Morning After (2008)
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Henchman Glance (2008)
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Pictures at an Exhibition (2008)
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Metrotopia (2008)
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Guillaume Movie (2008)
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A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume (2007)
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Leila Attacks
Leila Attacks (2007)
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The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion (2007)
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The Case of the Grinning Cat (2006)
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Remembrance of Things to Come (2001)
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A Mayor in Kosovo (2000)
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Eclipse (1999)
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