# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raoul-coutard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:44:52.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raoul-coutard"
name: "Raoul Coutard"
slug: "raoul-coutard"
description: "Raoul Coutard was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the French New Wave period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard, which includes Breathless (1960), A Woman Is a Woman (1961), Vivre sa vie (1962), Bande à part (1964), Alphaville, Pierrot le Fou, and Weekend (1967). Coutard also shot films for New Wave director François Truffaut—including Shoot the Piano Player (1960) and Jules and Jim (1962)—as well as Jacques Demy, another contemporary associated with the movement."
tagline: "French cinematographer (1924-2016)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Raoul_Coutard.png/330px-Raoul_Coutard.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-09-16"
deathDate: "2016-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.683232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0184170"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump