Agnès Varda was a French photographer, filmmaker, and installation artist. Known for her political and feminist films, she was the only female director to emerge out of French New Wave cinema and is considered a founder of the movement.
was a French photographer, filmmaker, and installation artist. Known for her political and feminist films, she was the only female director to emerge out of French New Wave cinema and is considered a founder of the movement. Born Arlette Varda on May 30, 1928 in Ixelles, Belgium, Varda moved to France at 18 where she studied art history at the École du Louvre and photography at the École des Beaux-Arts working as a photographer at the Théâtre National Populaire in Paris.
She made more than 30 films during her lifetime, including 1962’s, a milestone of the new wave that cemented her career. She also was a photography and presented her works at LACMA, the Fondation Cartier in Paris, and the Biennale de Lyon. In 2017, she released, a documentary that she co-directed with graffiti artist, JR, during a road trip across rural France. It premiered to critical acclaim in Cannes and received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature in 2018.
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