Gérard Courant
Director
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.
As Director
Cœur bleu
1980
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
The Man of the Badlands
2000
Lire
1986
Cinématon n°333 : Dominique Païni
1984
Cinématon n°1083: Sergueï Paradjanov
1988
Vivre est une solution
1980
Villagium
2021
Aurore Collective
2020
La bande des quatre
TBA
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
2015Filmography
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
as L'inspecteur 1987
Litan
as Extra (uncredited) 1982
The Case of the Morituri Divisions
as Inspecteur 1985
Cinématon
as N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000 1978
My Conversations on Film
as Himself 2013
Up and Down
as Le maso 1993
Trying to Describe Oneself
as Himself 2005
Omelette
1998
Un film (autoportrait)
as Self 1984
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
as Self 1977
Primitifs
2001
Périssable Paradis
as Self 2002
2000 Cinématons
as Self 2001
Otage
1989
Les Jours et les Nuits
as Self 2021
Jardins clandestins
2012
About Greece
1985