Raoul Coutard

Raoul Coutard (born September 16, 1924 in Paris, France) is a French cinematographer who has contributed to over seventy five films. He is particularly associated with the nouvelle vague directors François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, and he helped to create the visual style of such seminal films as À bout de souffle, Vivre sa vie, Pierrot le Fou, Prénom Carmen, Tirez sur le Pianiste and Jules et Jim.

[edit] Selected filmography (as cinematographer)

Max, Mon Amour (Max, My Love) (1986)
Prénom Carmen (1983)
Passion (1982)
L'Aveu (1970)
Z (1969)
Week End (1967)
La Chinoise (1967)
Pierrot le Fou (Crazy Pete or Pete Goes Wild) (1965)
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution) (1965)
Bande à part (aka. Band of Outsiders) (1964)
Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (The most beautiful swindles in the world) (1964)
Le Mépris (Contempt) (1963)
Jules et Jim (1962)
Vivre sa Vie: Film en Douze Tableaux (My Life to Live) (1962)
Une Femme est une femme (A Woman Is a Woman) (1961)
Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) (1960)
À bout de souffle (Breathless) (1960)
Pêcheur d'Islande (1959)
Ramuntcho (1959)
La Passe du Diable (1958)