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Chris Marker
French filmmaker (1921-2012) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 91
Chris Marker was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are La Jetée (1962), A Grin Without a Cat (1977) and Sans Soleil (1983).
Chris Marker is read about 296 times a day, in 34 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2012Died29 July 20122011
Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereFilm2006
The Case of the Grinning CatFilm, Director, Writer1999
EclipseFilm, Director1994TchaïkaFilm, Director1989
The Owl's LegacySeries, Director, Writer1988
Tokyo DaysFilm, Director, Writer1983César Award for Best Documentary Short FilmAwardSutherland TrophyAward
Sans SoleilFilm, 1983Director, Writer1979
The Battle of Chile: Part IIIFilm, Producer1972
Three Cheers for the WhaleFilm, Director, Writer1968
Be Seeing YouFilm, Director1965
The Koumiko MysteryFilm, Director, Writer1963
The Lovely Month of MayFilm, Director, Writer1960
America as Seen by a FrenchmanFilm, Writer1958Louis Delluc PrizeAward
Broadway by LightFilm, 1958Writer1953
Statues Also DieFilm, Director, Writer1950
Concours de rêve : La Clé des songesSeries, Director, Writer1921Born29 July 1921
Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereFilm2006The Case of the Grinning CatFilm, Director, Writer1999EclipseFilm, Director1994TchaïkaFilm, Director1989The Owl's LegacySeries, Director, Writer1988Tokyo DaysFilm, Director, Writer1983César Award for Best Documentary Short FilmAwardSutherland TrophyAwardSans SoleilFilm, 1983Director, Writer1979The Battle of Chile: Part IIIFilm, Producer1972Three Cheers for the WhaleFilm, Director, Writer1968Be Seeing YouFilm, Director1965The Koumiko MysteryFilm, Director, Writer1963The Lovely Month of MayFilm, Director, Writer1960America as Seen by a FrenchmanFilm, Writer1958Louis Delluc PrizeAwardBroadway by LightFilm, 1958Writer1953Statues Also DieFilm, Director, Writer1950Concours de rêve : La Clé des songesSeries, Director, Writer1921Born29 July 1921People around Chris
Close ties
Anatole Dauman Produced Letter from Siberia (1957)
T. S. Eliot Influenced Chris
Ligia Branice Chris directed La Jetée and The Astronauts
Joris Ivens Directed Valparaiso (1964)
William Klein Directed Broadway by Light (1958)
François Reichenbach Directed America as Seen by a Frenchman (1960)- Pierre Braunberger Produced America as Seen by a Frenchman (1960)
Jean Négroni Chris directed La Jetée (1962)
Simone Signoret Also in The Lovely Month of May (1963)
Yves Montand Also in The Lovely Month of May (1963)
Alain Resnais Also in Statues Also Die and Far from Vietnam
Vincent Cassel Produced Sheitan (2006)
François Périer Also in The Train Rolls On (1971)
Serge Silberman Produced A. K. (1985)
Jacques Ledoux Chris directed La Jetée (1962)
Paul Paviot Produced Sunday in Peking (1956)
Hélène Châtelain Chris directed La Jetée (1962)
Kim Chapiron Directed Sheitan (2006)
Known for
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La Jetée 1962
The Beaches of Agnès 2008
Sans Soleil 1983
Tokyo-Ga 1985
Valparaiso 1964
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
229 credits on file
Television 2
Awards
About this person
Marker is usually associated with the Left Bank subset of the French New Wave that occurred in the late 1950s and 1960s, and included such other filmmakers as Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy.
Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2012 · aged 91
