Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda is known for Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), Faces Places (2017).
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.
Questions about Agnès Varda
How many Agnès Varda films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 80 films with Agnès Varda, from 1956 to 2026.
What is the best rated Agnès Varda film?
The best rated Agnès Varda film in the catalogue is The Beaches of Agnès (2008), rated 7.7.
What was the first Agnès Varda film?
The first Agnès Varda film in the catalogue is La Pointe Courte, from 1956.
Who has Agnès Varda worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Agnès Varda shares the most credits with Janine Verneau (6 films), Rosalie Varda (6 films) and Mathieu Demy (5 films).
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- Awards
- Academy Honorary Award (2017) · Donostia Award (2017) · Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2017) · L'Œil d'or (2017) · Max Beckmann prize (2016) · Honorary Palme d'Or (2015) · European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) · Leopard of Honour (2014) · Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (2013) · honorary citizen of Brussels (2013) · Carrosse d'or (2010) · Honorary doctor of the University of Liège (2010) · César Award for Best Documentary Film (2009) · Commander of the Legion of Honour (2009) · honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg (2008) · Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit (2007) · René Clair Award (2002) · Honorary César (2001) · Konrad Wolf Prize (2001) · National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film (2001) · European Film Award for Best Documentary (2000) · Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1986) · Golden Lion (1985) · César Award for Best Documentary Short Film (1984) · Louis Delluc Prize (1964)
- Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film (2018) · César Award for Best Documentary Film (2009) · National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film (2009) · Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries (2009) · European Film Award for Best Documentary (2000) · César Award for Best Film (1986) · César Award for Best Director (1986) · César Award for Best Documentary Short Film (1977)
Known for
Trivia
- Also works as
- photographer · visual artist · screenwriter · university teacher · cinematographer · film producer · film editor · activist · director · editor · documentarian · plastic artist · film director
- Studied at
- École du Louvre
- Notable works
- Cléo from 5 to 7 · Vagabond · The Gleaners and I
- Spouse
- Jacques Demy
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
120 films — 80 in the catalogue
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6.5 Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
2026 · Narrator (voice)
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In Her Own Words
2024 · Self
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7.2 Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023 · Self (archive footage)
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7.9 Viva Varda!
2023 · Self (archive footage)
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7.5 Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
2022 · Self (voice)
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7.6 Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022 · Self (archive footage)
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6.5 The World in Shots
2021 · Self
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7.1 Jim Morrison: The End
2021 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
2021 · French Woman Talking
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10.0 La Alameda 2018
2020 · ella misma
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Agnes V. by Jane B.
2020 · Self (Archive Footage)
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The Invention of Chris Marker
2020 · self
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Harumi
2019 · Self
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7.9 Varda by Agnès
2019 · Self
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Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinéma
2019 · Agnès Varda
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9.0 Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018 · Self (archive footage)
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7.2 Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018 · Self
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6.6 Quinqui Stars
2018 · Self (archive footage)
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6.3 #JR
2018 · Self
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10.0 Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, Instagrammer
2018 · Self
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Chance Is the Best Assistant
2018 · Self
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A Visual History with Agnès Varda
2017 · Herself
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7.6 Faces Places
2017 · Self
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EXPRMNTL
2016 · herself
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Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet
2015
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4.1 Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014 · Self (uncredited)
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5.0 Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Self
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6.0 The 8th Floor
2014 · Self
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Cinéast(e)s
2013 · Self
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Les 3 vies d'Agnès
2012 · Self
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6.3 Deux artistes de rue à Paris
2012 · Narrator (voice)
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6.4 Dans l'atelier de Chris Marker
2011 · Self
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4.9 Americano
2011 · Voice (Uncredited)
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7.6 Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011 · Self
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The First Interview
2011 · Self / Host (voice)
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6.1 Great Directors
2009 · Self
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8.0 Agnès V. raconte l'histoire triste et gaie du film Jacquot de Nantes
2008 · Self
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5.5 Souvenirs and Evocations
2008 · Self
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5.0 Daguerre-plage
2008 · Self
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La chanson 'Lola'
2008 · Self
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5.0
Trapézistes et voltigeurs
2008 · Self
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7.7 The Beaches of Agnès
2008 · Self
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Shooting Women
2008 · Self
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8.0 Il était une fois... « Les parapluies de Cherbourg »
2008 · Self
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6.6 La Petite Histoire de Gwen la Bretonne
2008 · Self
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5.0 From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects
2007 · Self
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Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD
2007 · Self
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3.0
Women Behind the Camera
2007 · Self
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9.5 Quelques veuves de Noirmoutier
2006 · Self
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Agnès parle du Bonheur
2006 · Self
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Le Bonheur? Réponses des Fontenaisiens
2006 · Self
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Bonheur: nom propre ou concept
2006 · Self
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5.8 Les Dites Cariatides bis
2005 · Narrator
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Mag Bodard, un destin
2005 · Self (archive footage)
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Not Like Before
2005 · Self
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7.0 Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes
2005 · Self
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2.0 ¿Dónde está Sara Gómez?
2005 · Self
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6.3 La Rue Daguerre en 2005
2005 · Self - Narrator
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5.0 Pain, peinture et accordéon
2005 · herself
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5.0 Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
2004 · Self
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Musique et Travellings
2003 · Self
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6.0 The Vanishing Lion
2003 · La Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
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8.0 Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
2003 · Narrator / Self
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5.9 Histoire d’une vieille dame
2003 · Self
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7.1 The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
2002 · Narrator
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4.9 The Truth About Charlie
2002 · The Widow Hyppolite
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6.9 Tribute to Zgougou the Cat
2002 · Self
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10.0 Léaud l'unique
2001 · Self - filmmaker
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6.9 Janela da Alma
2001 · Self
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8.0 Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
2000 · Self
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7.7 The Gleaners and I
2000 · Self
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6.9 The World of Jacques Demy
1995 · Self
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8.0 Σταύρος Τορνές: Ο Φτωχός Κυνηγός του Νότου
1994 · Self
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7.1 The Young Girls Turn 25
1993 · Self
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3.3
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992 · Self
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7.5 Jacquot
1991 · Narrator (uncredited)
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Pictures of Europe
1990 · Self
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9.0 Calling the Shots
1988 · Self
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6.8 Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988 · Self (uncredited)
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5.9 You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
1986 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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6.9 Ulysse
1986 · Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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a Nathalie Sarraute
1986 · Self (Voice)
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6.4 The So-Called Caryatids
1984 · Narrator
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6.1 Une minute pour une image
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
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7.4 Mur Murs
1982 · Self - Narrator
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6.6 Documenteur
1982 · Mur Murs Play Back (voice) (uncredited)
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Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978 · Self
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7.3 Daguerréotypes
1978 · Narrator
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8.0 Die Frauen sind auf natürliche Art schöpferisch – Agnès Varda
1977 · Self
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7.2 One Sings, the Other Doesn't
1977 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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6.3 Women Reply
1975 · Self (voice)
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6.3 Nausicaa
1971 · Self
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5.0 Viva Varda!
1970 · Self
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5.9 Lions Love
1969 · Agnès (uncredited)
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7.1 Far from Vietnam
1967 · Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
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7.2 Uncle Yanco
1967 · Self
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7.7 The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
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Die Geburt der Kinder Des Olymp
1967 · Self
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Agnès Varda tourne...
1965 · herself
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8.0 La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1964 · Self
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7.3 Hello Cubans
1963 · Narrator (voice)
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6.0 La Mélangite
1960 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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7.1 All the World's Memory
1956
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Le Photographe Photographié - Brassaï par Varda
1954
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6.1 One Hundred and One Nights
1995
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6.4 Kung-Fu Master!
1988
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7.4 Vagabond
1985
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6.4 The Creatures
1966
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6.5 Christmas Carole
1966
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7.4 Happiness
1965
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7.7 Cléo from 5 to 7
1962
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7.3 Along the Coast
1958
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6.5 Fiancés on the Bridge
1962
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6.9 La Pointe Courte
1956
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6.1 Elsa the Rose
1966
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6.8 Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale
1984
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7.1 Black Panthers
1968
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6.4 O Seasons, O Castles
1958
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6.7 Diary of a Pregnant Woman
1958
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5.8 The Pleasure of Love in Iran
1976
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Cast
