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Chris Marker

Directing

Born July 29, 1921 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France

Died July 29, 2012

Also known as 크리스 마르케 · Крис Маркер · クリス・マルケル

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Biography

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). 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • César Award — Best Documentary Short Film · 1983
  • Sutherland Trophy · 1983
  • Louis Delluc Prize · 1958
  • Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1996 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Documentary Short Film · 1983 · nominated
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  • César Award — Best Editing · 1978 · nominated

Filmography19 titles

The Owl's Legacy

1989Director, Producer, Writer

Night and Fog

1956Assistant Director, Script Editor

La Jetée

1962Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay

The Beaches of Agnès

2008as Self (archive footage)

12 Monkeys

1995Original Film Writer

The Last Bolshevik

1994Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

Sans Soleil

1983as Self (uncredited)

The Confession

1970Still Photographer

Tokyo-Ga

1985as Self (uncredited)

Far from Vietnam

1967Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Valparaiso

1963Screenplay

The Case of the Grinning Cat

2006Cinematography, Director, Editor, Music, Writer

Letter from Siberia

1957as Stargazer (uncredited)

Remembrance of Things to Come

2001Director, Music, Writer

The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

1968Director, Director of Photography, Producer

Green Vinyl

2004Thanks

The Embassy

1973Cinematography, Director, Writer

Sunday in Peking

1956Director, Director of Photography, Writer

Junkopia

1981Director, Editor, Original Music Composer, Writer