Richard Copans

At the same time producing, realizer and director of the photography of many films. IDHEC 1968 (section taken of sights). Of 1969 with 1976, he is assistant-operator of Andréas Winding, of Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Lhomme and Yann Masson; then operator-realizer in the collective CINELUTTE of 1973 to 1978, in particular for Crossed Good luck (Cannes 1976).

  • In 1978, it founds the Films from here (GIE) and produced inter alia Journal of countryside and Ananas of Amos Gitaï

  • In 1982, it founds the Films of the Passage with Paulo Branco, and produces about fifteen feature-length films then.
  • In 1984, it founds the Films from here (limited liability company) with Yves Jeanneau. They produce the many documentary ones, mainly with the Seven ARTE, of which Route One/USA and Starting point of Robert Kramer; Memories of Ex de Mosco, Check the Exchanges of Marc Huraux; Arthur Rimbaud, a biography of Richard Dindo; The life is immense and full with danger and the life with Denis Gheerbrant; Iron Harvests of Jean-Claude Lubtchansky and Gerard Rougeron; Illegitimate children of Anton Webern de Lilia Olivier.

Principal achievements

  • the hour of the slag (short-measuring of fiction, 20 min - 1981)
  • black Sun (cartoon film, 8 min - 1983)
  • Emptied Nova (documentary, 52 min - 1985)
  • Lubat music, Père and Wire (documentary, 52 min - 1984)
  • Charles Sterling, a hunter in the medieval night (documentary, 45 min - 1989)
  • Faire way with… Rene Char (documentary, 18 min - 1991)
  • the brothers of the Brothers (documentary, 98 min - 1992)
  • In Louvre with the Masters (documentary, 47 min- 1993)
  • In the series Architecture: The villa Dall' Ava, a house in Bordeaux, the school of Siza, stone thermal baths, Nemausus I, the Center Georges Pompidou, the Saint-Pancras station, Pierrefonds, the castle of the architect

He was director of the photography of:

  • this kid and Best of the life of Renaud Victor (1974)
  • Genesis of a meal of Luc Moullet (1977)
  • Guns of Robert Kramer (1980)
  • My first pitch-stirrer of Luc Moullet (1980 - INA)
  • Birth of Robert Kramer (1981-INA)
  • any pace of Robert Kramer (1982 - Cannes 1983)

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