Agnès Varda

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Biography

Varda is associated with the French New Wave, though her first films pre-date the movement. She made her first film, “La Pointe Courte,” in 1955, at the age of twenty-six. She was active until the very end of her life, and made documentaries into her last decade.

  • Primary profession
  • Director·writer·editor
  • Country
  • France
  • Nationality
  • French
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 30 May 1928
  • Place of birth
  • Ixelles
  • Death date
  • 2019-03-29
  • Death age
  • 91
  • Place of death
  • Paris
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Children
  • Mathieu Demy·Rosalie Varda
  • Spouses
  • Jacques Demy
  • Knows language
  • French language
  • Member of
  • Royal Academy of Science· Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium

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Quotes

Happiness is a beautiful fruit that tastes of cruelty. .

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