Chris Marker

Christian Bouche-Villeneuve

Born July 29, 1921· Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France

† Died July 29, 2012

6Roles★ 7.1Average rating

Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, better known as Chris Marker (France, 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012), was a French writer, poet, activist, critic, photographer, traveler, journalist, film essayist, multimedia artist, and documentary filmmaker. He began his career as part of the French Rive Gauche group—parallel to but distinct from the Nouvelle Vague—with which he would later share certain th… Read more

Known for

Letter from Siberia1957The Sixth Side of the Pentagon1968The Koumiko Mystery1965Kashima Paradise1973

Filmography

YearRating

L’indispensable2026

Photos/Extrait

Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker2023

Kaibyō (archive footage)

★ 7.7

Kashima Paradise1973

Narrator (voice)

★ 6.8

The Sixth Side of the Pentagon1968

★ 6.9

The Koumiko Mystery1965

Narrator

★ 6.9

Letter from Siberia1957

Stargazer (uncredited)

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.

★ 6.1

Level Five1997

★ 7.6

The Last Bolshevik1994

★ 6.4

A. K.1985

★ 7.5

Sans Soleil1983

★ 6

Junkopia1981

★ 8

A Grin Without a Cat1977

★ 7.1

Far from Vietnam1967

★ 8

The Lovely Month of May1963

★ 7.9

La Jetée1962

★ 6.3

The Astronauts1959

★ 6.9

Letter from Siberia1957

★ 6.4

Sunday in Peking1956