Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
May 30, 1928

Biography

Agnès Varda (May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her films, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style.

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Representative Works

Last Tango in Paris
Last Tango in Paris
6.9
/ Italian
Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo from 5 to 7
7.7
/ French
Happiness
Happiness
7.5
/ French
Vagabond
Vagabond
7.4
/ French
Viva Varda!
Viva Varda!
7.9
/ French
Faces Places
Faces Places
7.6
/ French
Uncle Yanco
Uncle Yanco
7.2
/ French
Nausicaa
Nausicaa
6.3
/ French
Quinqui Stars
Quinqui Stars
6.6
/ Spanish
Daguerre-plage
Daguerre-plage
5.0
/ French

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Last Tango in Paris
1972Nominee

Best Writing

Last Tango in Paris

Cléo from 5 to 7
1962Winner

Best Director

Cléo from 5 to 7

Happiness
1965Nominee

Best Writing

Happiness

Career Highlights

The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967Highlight

Best Performance

The Young Girls of Rochefort

The Truth About Charlie
2002Highlight

Best Performance

The Truth About Charlie