Bangkok International Film Festival
Golden Kinnaree Lifetime Achievement Award 2003

Golden Berlin Bear (Nominated)
for: Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma, Les (1995)
1995

Golden Berlin Bear (Nominated)
for: Kung-Fu master (1987)
1988

Interfilm Award – Recommendation (Won) 1965
for: Bonheur, Le (1965)

Silver Berlin Bear Special Prize of the Jury (Won) 1965
for: Bonheur, Le (1965)

Golden Berlin Bear for: Bonheur, Le (1965) (Won) 1965

Bremen Film Award

Bremen Film Award 2000 (Won)

Golden Palm for: Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962) Nominated
1962

Chicago International Film Festival

Gold Hugo (Won) 2000
Best Documentary
for: Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000)

Créteil International Women's Film Festival

Audience Award 2004 (WON)
Best French Short Film (Meilleur Court Metràge Français)
for: Lion volatil, Le (2003)

César Awards, France

Honorary César 2001

César 1986 (Nominated)
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
for: Sans toit ni loi (1985)
Best Film (Meilleur film)
for: Sans toit ni loi (1985)

César 1984 (Won)
Best Short Film - Documentary (Meilleur court métrage documentaire)
for: Ulysse (1982)


César 1977 (Nominated)
Best Short Film - Documentary (Meilleur court métrage documentaire)
for: Réponse de femmes: Notre corps, notre sexe (1975)

European Film Awards

Best Documentary Award 2000 (Won)
for: Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000)

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

Critics Award 2001 (WON)
Best Film
for: Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000)

Critics Award 1986 (WON)
Best Film
for: Sans toit ni loi (1985)
Tied with Péril en la demeure (1985).

Critics Award (1963)
Best Film
for: Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)

International Documentary Association

Pioneer Award 2002

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

Josef von Sternberg Award (1981) (WON)
for: Murs, murs (1981)

Montréal Festival of New Cinema
Public's Choice Award ) 2000 (WON)
for: Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000)


Prague One World Film Festival
Best Film Award 2001 (WON)
for: Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000)

Prix Louis Delluc 1964 (WON)
for: Bonheur, Le (1965)

Insight Award 2001 (WON)
for: Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les 2000

Venice Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize 1965 (WON)
for: Sans toit ni loi (1985)

Golden Lion 1965 (WON)
for: Sans toit ni loi (1985)

OCIC Award 1965 (WON)
for: Sans toit ni loi (1985)


Viennale

Reader Jury of the "Standard" 2000 (WON)
for: Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000)

Women in Film Crystal Awards

International Award 1987 /WON)

Date of Birth
30 May 1928, Brussels, Belgium
Spouse
Jacques Demy
(1962 - 27 October 1990) (his death) 1 child


Trivia
Mother of actor Mathieu Demy.
Mother of Rosalie Varda.
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005
Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1983.

Personal Quotes
"They called me 'The Ancestor of the New Wave' when I was only 30. I had seen very few films, which, in a way, gave me both the naivety and the daring to do what I did."
"I don't believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue - if it doesn't also arise from your body and your immediate lived experience. That's why I always refer to 'subjective documentary'. It seems to me that the more motivated I am by what I film, the more objectively I film."
Director:
In Production
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s

Plages d'Agnès, Les (2008) (post-production)
Quelques veuves de Noirmoutier (2006)
Cléo de 5 à 7: souvenirs et anecdotes (2005) (V)
Dites cariatides bis, Les (2005) (V)
Viennale '04-Trailer, Der (2004)
Cinévardaphoto (2004)
Ydessa, les ours et etc. (2004)
Lion volatil, Le (2003)
Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après, Les (2002)
... aka Deux ans après (France: short title)
... aka The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (USA)
Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000)
... aka The Gleaners & I (International: English title)
Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les (1967) (1996 restoration)
... aka The Young Girls of Rochefort (USA)
Univers de Jacques Demy, L' (1995)
... aka The Universe of Jacques Demy
... aka The World of Jacques Demy
Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma, Les (1995)
... aka A Hundred and One Nights
... aka A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
... aka Cent et une nuits, Les (France: short title)
Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans, Les (1993)
... aka The Young Girls Turn 25
Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
... aka Jacquot
Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988)
... aka A.V. sur J.B.
... aka Jane B. by Agnes V.
... aka Jane B. for Agnes V. (International: English title)
... aka Jane B. sur Agnes V.
Kung-Fu master (1987)
... aka Petit amour, Le
T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais (1986)
Sans toit ni loi (1985)
... aka Vagabond (USA)
... aka Without Roof or Rule (literal English title)
7p., cuis., s. de b., ... à saisir (1984)
Dites cariatides, Les (1984)
... aka The So-called Caryatids (International: English title)
"Une minute pour une image" (1983) TV s
Ulysse (1982)
Documenteur (1981)
... aka Documenteur: An Emotion Picture
Murs, murs (1981)
... aka Mural Murals
Une chante, l'autre pas, L' (1977)
... aka One Sings, the Other Doesn't (USA)
Daguerréotypes (1976)
... aka Daguerreotypen - Leute aus meiner Straße (West Germany)
Plaisir d'amour en Iran (1976)
Réponse de femmes: Notre corps, notre sexe (1975)
... aka Women Reply (USA)
Nausicaa (1970) (TV)
Lions Love (1969)
Black Panthers (1968)
... aka Huey (USA)
Loin du Vietnam (1967)
... aka Far from Vietnam (USA)
Oncle Yanco (1967)
... aka Uncle Janco (USA)
Créatures, Les (1966)
... aka The Creatures (USA)
... aka Varelserna (Sweden)
Bonheur, Le (1965)
... aka Happiness
Elsa la rose (1965)
Salut les cubains (1963)
Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)
... aka Cléo de cinq à sept
... aka Cleo dalle 5 alle 7 (Italy)
... aka Cleo from 5 to 7 (USA)
Fiancés du pont Mac Donald ou (Méfiez-vous des lunettes noires), Les (1961)
... aka Fiancès du pont Mac Donald, Les (France: short title)
O saisons, ô châteaux (1958)
Cocotte d'azur, La (1958)
Du côté de la côte (1958)
Opéra mouffe, L' (1958)
... aka Diary of a Pregnant Woman (International: English title)
Pointe-courte, La (1954)
Writer:
In Production
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1.Plages d'Agnès, Les (2008) (post-production) (writer)
2.Quelques veuves de Noirmoutier (2006) (writer)
3.Dites cariatides bis, Les (2005) (V) (writer)
4.Viennale '04-Trailer, Der (2004) (writer)
5.Cinévardaphoto (2004) (writer)
6.Ydessa, les ours et etc. (2004) (writer)
7.Lion volatil, Le (2003) (writer)
8.Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000) (writer)
... aka The Gleaners & I (International: English title)
9.Univers de Jacques Demy, L' (1995) (writer)
... aka The Universe of Jacques Demy
... aka The World of Jacques Demy
10.Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma, Les (1995) (writer)
... aka A Hundred and One Nights
... aka A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
... aka Cent et une nuits, Les (France: short title)
11.Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans, Les (1993) (writer)
... aka The Young Girls Turn 25
12.Jacquot de Nantes (1991) (writer)
... aka Jacquot
13.Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988) (writer)
... aka A.V. sur J.B.
... aka Jane B. by Agnes V.
... aka Jane B. for Agnes V. (International: English title)
... aka Jane B. sur Agnes V.
14.Kung-Fu master (1987) (writer)
... aka Petit amour, Le
15.T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais (1986) (idea)
16.Sans toit ni loi (1985) (writer)
... aka Vagabond (USA)
... aka Without Roof or Rule (literal English title)
17.7p., cuis., s. de b., ... à saisir (1984) (writer)
18.Dites cariatides, Les (1984) (writer)
... aka The So-called Caryatids (International: English title)
19.Ulysse (1982) (writer)
20.Documenteur (1981) (writer)
... aka Documenteur: An Emotion Picture
21.Murs, murs (1981) (writer)
... aka Mural Murals
22.Une chante, l'autre pas, L' (1977) (writer)
... aka One Sings, the Other Doesn't (USA)
23.Daguerréotypes (1976) (writer)
... aka Daguerreotypen - Leute aus meiner Straße (West Germany)
24.Plaisir d'amour en Iran (1976) (writer)
25.Réponse de femmes: Notre corps, notre sexe (1975) (writer)
... aka Women Reply (USA)
26.Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972) (additional dialogue)
... aka Last Tango in Paris (UK) (USA)
... aka Dernier Tango à Paris, Le (France)
27.Nausicaa (1970) (TV) (writer)
28.Lions Love (1969) (writer)
29.Oncle Yanco (1967) (writer)
... aka Uncle Janco (USA)
30.Créatures, Les (1966) (writer)
... aka The Creatures (USA)
... aka Varelserna (Sweden)
31.Bonheur, Le (1965) (writer)
... aka Happiness
32.Elsa la rose (1965) (idea)
33.Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962) (writer)
... aka Cléo de cinq à sept
... aka Cleo dalle 5 alle 7 (Italy)
... aka Cleo from 5 to 7 (USA)
34.Fiancés du pont Mac Donald ou (Méfiez-vous des lunettes noires), Les (1961) (writer)
... aka Fiancès du pont Mac Donald, Les (France: short title)
35.O saisons, ô châteaux (1958) (writer)
36.Cocotte d'azur, La (1958) (writer)
37.Du côté de la côte (1958) (commentary) (screenplay)
38.Opéra mouffe, L' (1958) (narration of opening chapters "Quatrains")
... aka Diary of a Pregnant Woman (International: English title)
39.Pointe-courte, La (1954) (writer)
Producer:

In Production
2000s
1980s
1970s
1960s

1.Quelques veuves de Noirmoutier (2006)
2.Dites cariatides bis, Les (2005) (V)
3.Cinévardaphoto (2004) (segment "Ydessa, les ours et etc...")
4.Ydessa, les ours et etc. (2004)
5.Lion volatil, Le (2003)
6.Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après, Les (2002)
... aka Deux ans après (France: short title)
... aka The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (USA)
7.Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000)
... aka The Gleaners & I (International: English title)
8.Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988)
... aka A.V. sur J.B.
... aka Jane B. by Agnes V.
... aka Jane B. for Agnes V. (International: English title)
... aka Jane B. sur Agnes V.
9.Sans toit ni loi (1985)
... aka Vagabond (USA)
... aka Without Roof or Rule (literal English title)

Cinematographer:
2000s
1990s
1960s
1.Dites cariatides bis, Les (2005) (V)
2.Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après, Les (2002)
... aka Deux ans après (France: short title)
... aka The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (USA)
3.Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000)
... aka The Gleaners & I (International: English title)
4.Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans, Les (1993)
... aka The Young Girls Turn 25
5.Black Panthers (1968)
... aka Huey (USA)
6.Salut les cubains (1963)

Actress:
•2000s
•1960s
•Viennale '04-Trailer, Der (2004) .... Old woman
•Lion volatil, Le (2003) (uncredited) .... La lectrice du parc/la récitante
•The Truth About Charlie (2002) .... The Widow Hyppolite
... aka Wahrheit über Charlie, Die (Germany)
•Lions Love (1969)
•Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les (1967) (uncredited) .... Music-Loving Nun
... aka The Young Girls of Rochefort (USA)
•Salut les cubains (1963) .... Narrator

Soundtrack:
•2000s
•1960s
•17 fois Cécile Cassard (2002) (lyrics: "Lola")
... aka Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard (International: English title)
•Lola (1961) (lyrics: "Lola")
... aka Donna di vita (Italy)

Sound Department:

1.Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après, Les (2002) (sound)
... aka Deux ans après (France: short title)
... aka The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (USA)
Music Department:
1.Lola (1961) (composer: song "Lola")
... aka Donna di vita (Italy)
Thanks:

2000s
1960s

Paris, je t'aime (2006) (thanks)
... aka Paris, I Love You (Hong Kong: English title)
Jeanne et le garçon formidable (1998) (thanks)
... aka Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (USA)
Fils de Gascogne, Le (1995) (thanks)
... aka Son of Gascogne (USA: DVD title)
... aka The Son of Gascogne (International: English title)
Self:
In Production
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1.Plages d'Agnès, Les (2008) (post-production) .... Herself
2.Women Behind the Camera (2007) .... Herself
3.Cléo de 5 à 7: souvenirs et anecdotes (2005) (V) .... Herself
4.Fantôme d'Henri Langlois, Le (2004) .... Herself
... aka Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (International: English title)
... aka Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque (USA)
5.Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après, Les (2002) .... Herself
... aka Deux ans après (France: short title)
... aka The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (USA)
6.Janela da Alma (2001) .... Herself
7.Femme et cinéaste (2001) (TV) .... Herself
8."Nuit des Césars, La" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
- Episode dated 24 February 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Herself
9.Léaud l'unique (2001) (TV) .... Herself
10.Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (2000) .... Herself
... aka The Gleaners & I (International: English title) v 11.Georges Perec: Lire-traduire (1999) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator v 12.Philippe le bienheureux (1996) (TV) .... Herself
13.Univers de Jacques Demy, L' (1995) (uncredited) .... Herself
... aka The Universe of Jacques Demy
... aka The World of Jacques Demy
14.Különbözö helyek (1995) .... Herself
... aka Different Places
15.Stavros Tornes, o ftohos kynigos tou Notou (1994) .... Herself
... aka Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South (International: English title)
16.Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988) (uncredited) .... Herself
... aka A.V. sur J.B.
... aka Jane B. by Agnes V.
... aka Jane B. for Agnes V. (International: English title)
... aka Jane B. sur Agnes V.
17.Dites cariatides, Les (1984) (voice) .... La récitante/voix
... aka The So-called Caryatids (International: English title)
18.Ulysse (1982) (voice) (uncredited) .... Herself/Interviewer/Narrator
19.Réponse de femmes: Notre corps, notre sexe (1975) .... Elle-même, voix
... aka Women Reply (USA)
20."Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait" (1974) TV series .... Herself
21."Film Night" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
- Four Women Film Makers (1971) TV episode .... Herself
22.Oncle Yanco (1967) .... Herself
... aka Uncle Janco (USA)
23."Cinéastes de notre temps" .... Herself (1 episode, 1964)
- La nouvelle vague par elle-même (1964) TV episode .... Herself
24."Cinépanorama" .... Herself (1 episode, 1962)
- Episode dated 7 April 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Herself
Toute la mémoire du monde (1956) .... Extra
... aka Toute la mémoire du monde - Encyclopédie de Paris numéro cinq (France: long title)
Biography (print)
Sandy Flitterman Lewis. To Desire Differently. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. ISBN 0231104979
Alison Smith. Agnes Varda (French Film Directors). Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 1998. ISBN 0719050618

Interview
"Svenska Dagbladet" (Sweden)
14 September 2001, by: Jannike Åhlund, "Nya vågens grand old lady erövrar ny publik"
"Cineaste" (USA)
2001, Vol. XXVI, Iss. 4, pg. 24-27, by: Melissa Anderson, "The Modest Gesture of the Filmmaker: An Interview with Agnes Varda"

Sus películas, documentales y video instalaciones guardan todas un carácter realista y social. Toda su obra presenta un estilo experimental distintivo. En 1985 con el documental "Vagabond/Sin techo ni ley" obtuvo el León de Oro del Festival de Cine de Venecia.
Vagabond, en la colección Criterium

Agnès Varda es una directora de cine nacida el 30 de mayo de 1928 en Bruselas, Bélgica. Vive y trabaja en París. Es considerada por algunos críticos de cine la «abuela de la Nueva Ola» (Nouvelle vague) y una de las pioneras del cine feminista.

Sus películas, documentales y vídeo-instalaciones guardan todas un carácter realista y social. Toda su obra presenta un estilo experimental distintivo. En 1985 con la película Sans toit ni loi (Sin techo ni ley) obtuvo el León de Oro del Festival de Cine de Venecia y su biografia documentada en Las playas de Agnès el Premio César en 2009.

Es la viuda del realizador Jacques Demy y fue condecorada con la Legión de Honor. Ha merecido el Premio René Clair de la Academia francesa, el Prix Henri-Langlois y el Premio Mayahuel de Plata entre otros

Agnès Varda nació con el nombre de Arlette Varda en Bruselas, Bélgica, en el seno de una familia de padre griego y madre francesa. Su padre pertenecía a una familia de refugiados griegos desde Asia Menor.

Varda estudió Historia del Arte en la École du Louvre antes de conseguir un trabajo como fotógrafa oficial del Teatro Nacional Popular ó Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) de París. Le gustaba la fotografía, pero estaba más interesada en el cine. Después de pasar unos días grabando la pequeña ciudad pesquera francesa de Sète, en el barrio «La Pointe Courte», para un amigo con una enfermedad terminal que no podría visitarla por sí solo, Varda decidió hacer una película. De este modo aparece en 1954 su primera película, La Pointe Courte, que narraba la historia de una triste pareja y su relación en la pequeña ciudad. La película es la precursora estilística de la Nouvelle vague francesa.

Más tarde se la encuadrará definitivamente en este género, asemejándosela así a autores como Chris Marker, Marguerite Duras, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean Cayrol y Henri Colpi. Este grupo estaba fuertemente ligado al Nouveau roman, estilo literario que estaba posicionado políticamente en la izquierda.

Varda estuvo casada con el director Jacques Demy desde 1962 hasta su muerte en 1990, en su película Jacquot de Nantes (1991) ella traza un relato de la infancia de Demy, y su duradero amor por el teatro y el cine. Varda le rindió homenaje también en Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (1993) y L'Univers de Jacques Demy (1995). Hijo de ambos es el actor Mathieu Demy nacido en 1972. La directora también es la madre de la vestuarista Rosalie Varda, hija del anterior matrimonio con Antoine Boursellier