Jean Rouch: movies and TV shows

Jean Rouch has 171 credits in the archive: 170 films and 1 TV series, from 1947 to 2025. Highest rated: Horendi (8.6/10).

Career timeline

1947 – 2025 · busiest year: 1962 (9 credits)

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2025	Outlaw	Self	Film	—	108
2017	L’Enigma di Jean Rouch a Torino - Cronaca di un film raté		Film	—	100
2013	My Conversations on Film	Himself	Film	3.2	96
2012	Mad Mimes		Film	10.0	95
2012	Freddy Buache, le cinéma	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	95
2012	Maya Deren, Take Zero	Himself	Film	5.0	95
2011	Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	94
2010	The Dreamed Films	Self	Film	7.3	93
2004	Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité	Lui-même	Film	—	87
2004	Portrait de Jean Rouch	Self	Film	—	87
2003	Encountering Jean Rouch		Film	—	86
2002	Le Rêve plus fort que la mort		Film	—	85
2002	Le Rêve plus fort que la mort		Film	—	85
2002	Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire	Self	Film	10.0	85
2000	Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas	Self	Film	8.0	83
1999	Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)	Himself	Film	6.0	82
1999	Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman	narrador	Film	—	82
1998	Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl	Narrator	Film	—	81
1998	Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds	Self	Film	9.0	81
1997	I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down		Film	9.0	80
1997	I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down		Film	9.0	80
1997	Announcement		Film	10.0	80
1997	A Friendly Handshake		Film	—	80
1997	A Friendly Handshake		Film	—	80
1996	Germaine et ses copains		Film	—	79
1995	Son of Gascogne	Self	Film	5.1	78
1995	Rouch in Reverse	himself	Film	7.0	78
1994	Germaine chez elle	himself	Film	—	77
1994	Germaine chez elle		Film	—	77
1994	Germaine chez elle		Film	—	77
1993	Madame l'eau		Film	7.4	76
1992	Letter to Jean Rouch	Self	Film	6.0	75
1992	Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave	Self	Film	3.3	75
1992	Damouré Speaks About AIDS		Film	—	75
1992	An Egg with No Shell		Film	1.0	75
1991	Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991	Himself	Film	—	74
1990	Brise-glace		Film	6.6	73
1990	Brise-glace		Film	6.6	73
1990	Brise-glace		Film	6.6	73
1990	Brise-glace		Film	6.6	73
1990	Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...		Film	9.0	73
1989	Boulevards d'Afrique		Film	7.0	72
1987	Brise-glace : Bateau givre		Film	—	70
1987	Brise-glace : Bateau givre		Film	—	70
1987	Brise-glace : Bateau givre		Film	—	70
1987	Brise-glace : Bateau givre		Film	—	70
1987	Cousin, cousine		Film	—	70
1987	Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945		Film	7.5	70
1986	The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham		Film	10.0	69
1986	Enigma		Film	8.0	69
1984	Dionysos		Film	6.0	67
1983	Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon	himself	Film	9.0	66
1983	Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon		Film	9.0	66
1983	Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon		Film	9.0	66
1981	Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death		Film	—	64
1980	Ciné-mafia		Film	—	63
1980	Ciné-mafia		Film	—	63
1980	Ciné-mafia		Film	—	63
1979	Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai		Film	7.0	62
1978	Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend		Film	9.0	61
1978	Cinématon	N°1256	Film	4.9	61
1977	Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen		Film	—	60
1977	Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)	Lui-même	Film	9.0	60
1977	Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)		Film	9.0	60
1977	Samba the Great	Narrator	Film	5.5	60
1977	Makwayela		Film	8.0	60
1977	Badye, the Storyteller		Film	7.3	60
1976	Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice		Film	6.3	59
1976	Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice		Film	6.3	59
1975	Zomo et ses frères		Film	—	58
1974	Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)		Film	9.0	57
1974	Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken		Film	6.6	57
1974	Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken		Film	6.6	57
1974	Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken		Film	6.6	57
1974	The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death		Film	—	57
1974	The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death		Film	—	57
1973	The Year 01		Film	6.6	56
1973	The Burial of the Hogon		Film	8.0	56
1973	VW-Voyou		Film	7.3	56
1973	Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo		Film	—	56
1973	Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”		Film	—	56
1973	Boukoki		Film	7.0	56
1973	Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision		Film	7.0	56
1972	Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé		Film	10.0	55
1972	Un lion nommé l'Américain		Film	7.3	55
1972	Horendi		Film	8.6	55
1971	Samedi soir	Self	TV	6.0	54
1971	Drums from the Past		Film	6.4	54
1971	Drums from the Past		Film	6.4	54
1971	Drums from the Past		Film	6.4	54
1971	Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli		Film	7.5	54
1970	Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani		Film	7.0	53
1970	Little by Little		Film	7.1	53
1970	Little by Little		Film	7.1	53
1970	Little by Little		Film	7.1	53
1970	Architects of Ayorou		Film	10.0	53
1970	Mya - la mère		Film	8.0	53
1969	Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo		Film	9.0	52
1968	Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou		Film	9.0	51
1968	Ayorou Singing Stones		Film	10.0	51
1968	Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)		Film	—	51
1967	Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo		Film	—	50
1967	Jaguar		Film	6.8	50
1967	Jaguar		Film	6.8	50
1967	Daouda Sorko		Film	—	50
1967	Civilisation: L'homme et les images	Self	Film	—	50
1966	The Goumbé of the Young Revelers		Film	6.6	49
1966	The Goumbé of the Young Revelers		Film	6.6	49
1966	The Goumbé of the Young Revelers		Film	6.6	49
1966	The Lion Hunters		Film	6.0	49
1966	The Lion Hunters		Film	6.0	49
1966	World Without a Game	Self	Film	—	49
1966	Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm		Film	10.0	49
1965	Six in Paris		Film	6.6	48
1965	Six in Paris		Film	6.6	48
1965	Gare du Nord		Film	6.0	48
1965	Gare du Nord		Film	6.0	48
1964	That Tender Age		Film	7.0	47
1964	The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows		Film	6.7	47
1964	La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même	Self	Film	8.0	47
1964	L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique		Film	—	47
1963	The Lovely Month of May	Self (uncredited)	Film	8.0	46
1963	Monsieur Albert, prophète		Film	—	46
1963	Les cocotiers		Film	7.0	46
1963	Rose et Landry		Film	—	46
1963	Le palmier à l'huile		Film	9.0	46
1962	Hampi		Film	—	45
1962	The Doll	Officer (uncredited)	Film	5.7	45
1962	Urbanisme africain		Film	9.0	45
1962	Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days		Film	—	45
1962	Abidjan, port de pêche		Film	—	45
1962	Le mil		Film	7.0	45
1962	The Punishment		Film	8.0	45
1962	The Punishment		Film	8.0	45
1962	Les pêcheurs du Niger		Film	7.0	45
1961	Chronicle of a Summer	Self	Film	7.2	44
1961	Chronicle of a Summer		Film	7.2	44
1961	The Human Pyramid		Film	6.5	44
1961	The Human Pyramid		Film	6.5	44
1961	The Human Pyramid		Film	6.5	44
1960	Funérailles au Ghana		Film	—	43
1959	I, a Negro		Film	7.4	42
1959	I, a Negro		Film	7.4	42
1959	I, a Negro		Film	7.4	42
1959	The Sons of the Water		Film	9.0	42
1959	The Sons of the Water		Film	9.0	42
1958	La royale goumbé		Film	9.0	41
1958	Une sortie de novices de Sakpata		Film	—	41
1958	Moro Naba		Film	5.3	41
1957	Baby Ghana		Film	7.7	40
1955	The Mad Masters	Narrator	Film	6.3	38
1955	The Mad Masters		Film	6.3	38
1955	The Mad Masters		Film	6.3	38
1953	Mammy Water		Film	5.7	36
1953	Mammy Water		Film	5.7	36
1953	Mammy Water		Film	5.7	36
1953	Mammy Water		Film	5.7	36
1951	The Rainmakers		Film	8.5	34
1951	Les gens du mil		Film	7.0	34
1951	Cemeteries in the Cliff		Film	7.0	34
1950	Battle on the Great River		Film	6.5	33
1950	Battle on the Great River		Film	6.5	33
1949	Circumcision		Film	4.8	32
1949	Circumcision		Film	4.8	32
1949	Circumcision		Film	4.8	32
1948	Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed		Film	10.0	31
1948	Hombroï		Film	8.0	31
1948	The Magicians of Wanzerbé		Film	7.0	31
1947	In the Land of the Black Magi		Film	6.6	30
	Rouch's Gang	Self	Film	7.0	—
	Work(ing Together) in Process	Self, the filmmaker before the filmmakers (in 240p)	Film	—	—

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