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Bulle Ogier

Bulle Ogier

2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19792002

Born 9 August 1939 · Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Bulle Ogier is a French actress.

Ogier's first appearance on screen was in Voilà l'Ordre, a short film directed by Jacques Baratier with a number of the then-emerging young singers of the 1960s in France, including Boris Vian, Claude Nougaro, etc.

She worked with Jacques Rivette (L'Amour fou, Céline et Julie vont en bateau, Duelle, Le Pont du Nord, La Bande des Quatre), Luis Buñuel (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie), René Allio, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Paul Civeyrac (All the Fine Promises Prix Jean Vigo), Claude Duty, Marguerite Duras, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Barbet Schroeder, and others.

Her daughter Pascale Ogier was also an actress, with a

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19792002

  • Commander of the National Order of Merit2021
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour
  • Swiss Film Award/Honorary Award2025
  • Prix Marguerite Duras2015
  • Officer of Arts and Letters

How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Bulle takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 54% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Bulle takes.

Time of day

Night54%
Day32%
Interior10%

Lighting

Low key51%
Natural38%
High key11%

Shot size

Medium42%
Closeup35%
Wide13%
Establishing5%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
High angle12%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral62%
Tense20%
Lonely14%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

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