
Gérard Courant
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1951-12-04
Place of birth: Lyon, France
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.
Known for

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