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Agnès Varda

Birth Name:
Arlette Varda
Birth Place:
Brussels, Belgium
Profession
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Soundtrack, Cinematographer, Actress, Music department, Sound department
Agnès Varda

Fast Facts

  • Has received the Berlin Film Festival Berlinale Camera Award
  • Was the first female director to receive the Academy Awards' Governors Award
  • Got married to filmmaker Jacques Demy in 1962
  • Well known for her contributions to French New Wave films

Awards

  • 1962Palme d'OrNominated
  • 1963Critics Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 1964Prix Louis DellucWinner
  • 1965Silver Berlin Bear - Special Prize of the Jury:Winner
  • 1965Interfilm Award - RecommendationWinner
  • 1965Golden Berlin BearNominated
  • 1965Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1966Golden LionNominated
  • 1969Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
  • 1977César - Best Short Film - Documentary (Meilleur court-métrage documentaire):Nominated
  • 1977Golden CharybdisWinner
  • 1981Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
  • 1981Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 1981Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 1981Josef von Sternberg AwardWinner
  • 1985Golden LionWinner
  • 1985FIPRESCI Prize - Competition:Winner
  • 1985OCIC AwardWinner
  • 1986César - Best Film (Meilleur film):Nominated
  • 1986César - Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur):Nominated
  • 1986Critics Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 1986LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 1988Golden Berlin BearNominated
  • 1993Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
  • 1995Golden Berlin BearNominated
  • 2000Gold Hugo - Best Documentary:Winner
  • 2000European Film Award - European Documentary:Winner
  • 2000Public's Choice AwardWinner
  • 2000Reader Jury of the "Standard"Winner
  • 2001Critics Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2001LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:Winner
  • 2001Best Film AwardWinner
  • 2001Insight AwardWinner
  • 2002OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
  • 2008CPH:DOX AwardNominated
  • 2008Queer Lion AwardNominated
  • 2009EDA Female Focus Award - Perseverance Award:Winner
  • 2009Audience AwardWinner
  • 2009César - Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire):Winner
  • 2009European Film Award - European Documentary:Nominated
  • 2009Critics Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2009LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:Winner
  • 2009WFCC Award - Best Documentary by or About Women:Winner
  • 2009Étoile d'Or - Best Documentary (Documentaire):Winner
  • 2010Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Winner
  • 2010DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:Nominated
  • 2011Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
  • 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award - The Influentials:Winner
  • 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award - The Influentials:Winner
  • 2017International Documentary Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2017Grierson Award - Documentary Film:Nominated
  • 2017Golden EyeWinner
  • 2017CIFCC Award - Best Documentary Film:Winner
  • 2017Critics' Choice Documentary Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2017Maysles Brothers Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2017Golden Anchor Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2017IDA Award - Best Feature Documentary:Nominated
  • 2017People's Choice Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2017Audience Award - Mind the Gap:Winner
  • 2017SFCS Award - Best Documentary Feature:Winner
  • 2017Audience Award - Best Foreign Documentary:Winner
  • 2017People's Choice Award - Documentary:Winner
  • 2017Most Popular International Documentary Film - Documentary:Winner
  • 2017VVFP Award - Best Documentary:Winner
  • 2018Oscar - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
  • 2018EDA Special Mention Award - Actress Defying Age and Ageism:Winner
  • 2018EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Director:Nominated
  • 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Nominated
  • 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award - The Unforgettables:Winner
  • 2018Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
  • 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Nominated
  • 2018César - Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire):Nominated
  • 2018Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary:Winner
  • 2018Gold Derby Film Award - Documentary Feature:Winner
  • 2018INOCA - Best Documentary:Winner
  • 2018Lumiere Award - Best Documentary (Meilleur documentaire):Winner
  • 2018Master of Art - Best Film:Winner
  • 2018NSFC Award - Best Non-Fiction Film:Winner
  • 2018NSFC Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
  • 2018OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Winner
  • 2019Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera):Nominated
  • 2019Gaudí Award - Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea):Nominated
  • 2019Gopo Award - Best European Film (Cel mai bun film european):Nominated
  • 2019Audience Award - Third PlaceWinner
  • 2020Gold Derby Film Award - Documentary Feature of the Decade:Nominated
  • 2020ICS Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
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