Agnès Varda
Film director · 17 films (1955–2017) · also 2 films as cinematographer
Agnès Varda is a director whose work here spans La Pointe Courte (1955) to Faces Places (2017), across drama and documentary. 4 of those films were photographed by Nurith Aviv. The work runs daylit — 69% of frames across the 17 films indexed here, against 42% library-wide. All 852 frames from 17 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Agnès Varda 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.
Born 30 May 1928 · Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium · died 29 March 2019
Directing style
Varda’s cinematography is grounded in a democratic, eye-level perspective that balances interior and exterior spaces, utilizing natural daylight from the sun or soft window light to illuminate her subjects. She favors medium shots, closeups, and wide compositions that split almost evenly between deep and shallow focus, allowing characters to exist in clear relation to their environments. Her visual palette shifts between crisp black-and-white and a desaturated color spectrum dominated by muted slate grays, sage greens, dusty ochres, and occasional accents of deep brick red.
Awards
- Honorary Palme d'Or · 2015
- Golden Lion · 1985
- César Award for Best Documentary Film · 2009
- César Award for Best Documentary Short Film · 1984
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour · 2017
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit · 2013
- Commander of the Legion of Honour · 2009
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit · 2007
- L'Œil d'or · 2017
- Donostia Award · 2017
- Academy Honorary Award · 2017
- Max Beckmann prize · 2016
Films directed by Agnès Varda
La Pointe Courte (1955)
Le Bonheur (Happiness) (1965)
Les Créatures (1966)
Lions Love (1969)
Daguerréotypes (1976)
L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977)
Documenteur (1981)
Mur Murs (1981)
Vagabond (1985)
Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988)
Kung Fu Master! (1988)
Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
The Gleaners & I (2000)
The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Faces Places (2017)
Cléo from 5 to 7
About Agnès Varda
When was Agnès Varda born?
Agnès Varda was born on 30 May 1928 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium and died on 29 March 2019.
What films has Agnès Varda directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 17 of them: La Pointe Courte (1955), Le Bonheur (Happiness) (1965), Les Créatures (1966), Lions Love (1969), Daguerréotypes (1976), L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977), Documenteur (1981) and Mur Murs (1981) and more.
What awards has Agnès Varda won?
Honorary Palme d'Or (2015), Golden Lion (1985), César Award for Best Documentary Film (2009) and César Award for Best Documentary Short Film (1984).
Search every frame of Agnès Varda’s films
All 852 indexed frames from 17 films directed by Agnès Varda — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.