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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Primitifs
2001
Les Jours et les Nuits
as Self
2021
Jardins clandestins
2012
About Greece
1985
Le Passeur immobile
as Self
2021
Un débat À travers l'univers
as Himself
2020
Encore Cinématé !
as Himself
2015
Coude à coude
as Himself
2012
Lady Usher's Diary
as L'homme qui parle de Louis Le Prince
2022
Litan
as Extra (uncredited)
1982
Un film (autoportrait)
as Self
1984
Amours décolorées
1998
Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice
as Self
2007
Cinématon
as N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000
1978
My Conversations on Film
as Himself
2013
Up and Down
as Le maso
1993
La Neige tremblait sur les arbres
1984
The Case of the Morituri Divisions
as Inspecteur
1985
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
as L'inspecteur
1987
Omelette
1998