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Agnès Varda
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor Born: May 30, 1928 in Brussels, Belgium Biography:"Agnès Varda" has been called the "Grandmother of the New Wave," a well-meaning if curious tribute for a woman who directed her first feature film at the age of 26. Born in Brussels to a French father and Greek mother, Varda studied literature and psychology at the Sorbonne, and art history at the École du Louvre. She'd originally wanted to be a museum curator, but a night-school course in photography changed her mind. Rapidly establishing herself as a top-rank still photographer, Varda became the official cameraperson for the Theatre Festival of Avignon and the Theatre National Populaire, and then pursued a career as a photojournalist.
Encouraged by filmmaker "Alain Resnais", Varda made her movie directorial bow in 1955 with "La Pointe Courte". She based the film on a "William Faulkner" short story, to which she was attracted because of its parallel plotlines (a recurring device in her later... Full Biography
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