Gérard Courant

Personal Info

Birthday

December 4, 1951

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Lyon, France

Also Known As

Gerard Courant

Gérard Courant

Biography

Gérard Courant is a French filmmaker, writer, actor, poet and independent producer born on December 4, 1951 in Lyon, France. He is the son of the writer and historian René Courant. He is one of the most prolific filmmakers of cinema. He created, directed and produced Cinématon, the longest film in the world (over 200 hours long). In all, he has shot nearly 7,000 filmed portraits and a very large number of other films (more than 1,000) since the mid-1970s. He has also published several books on cinema.

Known For

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

Cinématon

Litan

Up and Down

The Case of the Morituri Divisions

Lady Usher's Diary

Mort de trois présidents à vie

Lucy en Miroir

Filmography

2022
Lady Usher's Diary
as L'homme qui parle de Louis Le Prince
Le Nouvel Hiver
as Self
2021
Le Passeur immobile
as Self
Les Jours et les Nuits
as Self
2020
Un débat À travers l'univers
as Himself
2019
Eugénie de Franval par Louis Skorecki
as Self - Interviewer (voice)
2016
Le Cinéma Le Trianon de Verneuil-sur-Avre célèbre Juliet Berto
as Self
2015
Encore Cinématé !
as Himself
Autour de 24 Passions
as Self
2014
Le tournage du Cinématon n°1968 de Joseph Morder
as Self
Mes films commencent au moment où les autres se terminent (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez I)
as Himself (voice)
Un cinéaste qui ne tient pas la caméra est comme un peintre qui ne tient pas le pinceau (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez II)
as Himself (voice)
Teo Hernandez sur Radio Ark en Ciel
as Himself (voice)
2013
My Conversations on Film
as Himself
2012
L’Art, c’est se perdre dans les châteaux du rêve (entretien avec Philippe Garrel III)
as Himself (voice)
L’oeuvre d’art est utile car elle consolide notre liberté (entretien avec Philippe Garrel IV)
as Himself (voice)
Teo Hernandez à Paris
as Himself
L'Artifice et le factice
as Self
Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter
as Self
We Must Save Him! (interview with Werner Schroeter)
as Himself (voice)
Attention poésie (entretien avec Philippe Garrel II)
as Himself (voice)
Passions (entretien avec Philippe Garrel I)
as Himself (voice)
Coude à coude
as Himself
2011
Vivre à Naples et Mourir (Entretien avec Werner Schroeter)
as Himself
2007
2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder
as Self (archive footage)
Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice
as Self
2005
Trying to Describe Oneself
as Himself
2003
Les deux Lucy
as Himself
Lucy en Miroir
as Jonathan (voice)
2001
2000 Cinématons
as Self
1996
Chambéry-Les Arcs
as Self
1993
Up and Down
as Le maso
1987
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
as L'inspecteur
1985
The Case of the Morituri Divisions
as Inspecteur
Mort de trois présidents à vie
as A Life President of Morlock Academy
1984
Un film (autoportrait)
as Self
1982
Litan
as Extra (uncredited)
1981
Cocktail Morlock
as Self
1980
La Femme en vert
as Himself
1978
Cinématon
as N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000
1977
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
as Self