Agnès Varda (May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019) 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.

KNOWN FOR

Cinépanorama
1962
Storyville
2001
Ciné regards
1978
Square
2012
Leçon de Cinéma
2019
Last Tango in Paris
1972
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962
Un film et son époque
2008
Happiness
1965
Vagabond
1985
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967
The Truth About Charlie
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
112
Directing
84
Writing
46
Producing
10
Camera
10
Editing
16
Sound
1
Crew
2
2026
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
as Narrator (voice)
2024
In Her Own Words
as Self
2023
Viva Varda!
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
as Self (voice)
2022
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The World in Shots
as Self
2021
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
as French Woman Talking
2021
Jim Morrison: The End
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2020
The Invention of Chris Marker
as self
2020
Agnes V. by Jane B.
as Self (Archive Footage)
2020
La Alameda 2018
as ella misma
2019
Harumi
as Self
2019
Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinéma
as Agnès Varda
2019
Varda by Agnès
as Self
2019
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self
2019
Varda by Agnès
as Self
2018
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
as Self
2018
Chance Is the Best Assistant
as Self
2018
Quinqui Stars
as Self (archive footage)
2018
#JR
as Self
2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, Photographer, Instagrammer
as Self
2017
A Visual History with Agnès Varda
as Herself
2017
Faces Places
as Self
2016
EXPRMNTL
as herself
2015
Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet
2014
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
as Self (uncredited)
2014
The 8th Floor
as Self
2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
2013
Cinéast(e)s
as Self
2012
The 3 Lives of Agnès
as Self
2012
Two Street Artists
as Narrator (voice)
2012
Square
as Self
2011
The First Interview
as Self / Host (voice)
2011
In Chris Marker's Studio
as Self
2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self
2011
Americano
as Voice (Uncredited)
2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self / Narrator (voice)
2009
Great Directors
as Self
2008
The Beaches of Agnès
as Self
2008
Shooting Women
as Self
2008
The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany
as Self
2008
Souvenirs and Evocations
as Self
2008
Agnès Tells a Sad and Happy Story
as Self
2008
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
as Self
2008
Daguerre-plage
as Self
2008
La chanson 'Lola'
as Self
2008
Trapézistes et voltigeurs
as Self
2008
Un film et son époque
as Self
2007
Women Behind the Camera
as Self
2007
From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects
as Self
2007
Vive les courts métrages : Agnès Varda présente les siens en DVD
as Self
2006
Some Widows of Noirmoutier
as Self
2006
Agnès parle du Bonheur
as Self
2006
Le Bonheur? Réponses des Fontenaisiens
as Self
2006
Bonheur: nom propre ou concept
as Self
2005
Where is Sara Gómez?
as Self
2005
Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes
as Self
2005
More So-called Caryatids
as Narrator
2005
Rue Daguerre in 2005
as Self - Narrator
2005
Not Like Before
as Self
2005
Bread, Painting, Accordion
as herself
2005
Mag Bodard, un destin
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
as Self
2003
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
as Narrator / Self
2003
The Story of an Old Lady
as Self
2003
The Vanishing Lion
as La Lectrice du Parc / Narrator (uncredited)
2003
Musique et Travellings
as Self
2002
The Truth About Charlie
as The Widow Hyppolite
2002
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
as Narrator
2002
Tribute to Zgougou the Cat
as Self
2001
Window of the Soul
as Self
2001
Léaud l'unique
as Self - filmmaker
2001
Storyville
2000
The Gleaners and I
as Self
2000
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
as Self
1995
The World of Jacques Demy
as Self
1994
Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South
as Self
1993
The Young Girls Turn 25
as Self
1992
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
as Self
1991
Jacquot
as Narrator (uncredited)
1990
Pictures of Europe
as Self
1988
Calling the Shots
as Self
1988
Jane B. by Agnès V.
as Self (uncredited)
1986
Ulysse
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1986
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1986
a Nathalie Sarraute
as Self (Voice)
1984
The So-Called Caryatids
as Narrator
1983
One Minute for One Image
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
Mur Murs
as Self - Narrator
1982
Documenteur
as Mur Murs Play Back (voice) (uncredited)
1978
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
as Self
1978
Daguerréotypes
as Narrator
1978
Ciné regards
as Self
1977
Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda
as Self
1977
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Women Reply
as Self (voice)
1971
Nausicaa
as Self
1970
Viva Varda!
as Self
1969
Lions Love
as Agnès (uncredited)
1967
Far from Vietnam
as Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)
1967
The Birth of Children of Paradise
as Self
1967
Uncle Yanco
as Self
1967
The Young Girls of Rochefort
as Music-Loving Nun (uncredited)
1965
Agnès Varda tourne...
as herself
1964
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
as Self
1963
Hello Cubans
as Narrator (voice)
1962
Cinépanorama
as Self
1960
La Mélangite
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1956
All the World's Memory
1954
Le Photographe Photographié - Brassaï par Varda