Directing · geboren 1947-11-25 · Paris, Île-de-France, France
Richard Copans
Richard Copans, born November 25, 1947, is a French film producer, cinematographer, and director. After studying cinematography at IDHEC from 1966 to 1968, he worked as an assistant cameraman for Andréas Winding, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Lhomme, and Yann Le Masson from 1969 to 1976. From 1973 to 1978, he was a cameraman and director with the far-left militant film collective Cinélutte, notably on Bonne chance la France! In 1978, he founded Les Films d’ici (GIE) and produced, among other films, Journal de campagne and Ananas by Amos Gitaï. In 1982, he founded Les Films du passage with Paulo Branco, and subsequently produced around fifteen feature films. In 1984, he founded Les Films d’ici (SARL) with Yves Jeanneau. They produced numerous documentaries, mainly with La Sept Arte, including Route One/USA and Point de départ by Robert Kramer, Mémoires d’Ex by Mosco and Check The Changes by Marc Huraux, Arthur Rimbaud, a biography by Richard Dindo, La vie est immense et pleine de danger and Et la vie by Denis Gheerbrant, Les Moissons de fer by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky and Gérard Rougeron, Les Enfants illégitimes d’Anton Webern by Lilia Ollivier.
Bekannt aus
- Le Lion volatil (2003) – Thanks
- Essai d'ouverture (1988)
- Barres (1984) – Director of Photography
- Das Büro Gottes (2008) – Producer
- Gare du Nord (2013) – Director of Photography
- Les Sièges de l'Alcazar (1989) – Director of Photography
- Route One/USA (1989) – Director of Photography
- La Cabale des oursins (1992) – Self - Director of Photography
- La Ville Louvre (1990) – Cinematography
- Coitado do Jorge (1993) – Associate Producer
- Le Prestige de la mort (2007) – Le producteur
- La Comédie du travail (1988) – Director of Photography
- La Terre de la folie (2009) – Producer
- Cités de la plaine (2000) – Producer
- Ernesto Che Guevara, le journal de Bolivie (1994) – Producer
- יומן שדה (1982) – Production Manager
- El juicio (2023) – Co-Producer
- Les Amants terribles (1985) – Director of Photography
- Walk the Walk (1996) – Cinematography
- Reprise (1997) – Producer
- Ma première brasse (1981) – Cinematography
- Les Minutes d'un faiseur de film (1983) – Director of Photography
- Géographie humaine (2013) – Producer
- Le Meilleur de la Vie (1985) – Director of Photography
- Johannes Kepler oder Der Blick zu den Sternen (2012) – Producer
- Genet à Chatila (1999) – Producer
- Coûte que coûte (1995) – Producer
- Mon amour (2020) – Producer
- Toujours plus (1994) – Producer
- Lullaby to my Father (2012) – Cinematography
- Algérie, La Vie Quand Même (1998) – Production Accountant
- Un jour fille (2024) – Producer
- Ce gamin, là (1976) – Cinematography
- La Valse des médias (1987) – Cinematography
- Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire (2014) – Producer
- Monsieur Deligny, vagabond efficace (2020) – Director
- Sigmund Freud - Freud über Freud (2022) – Producer
- Bania (2005) – Producer
- Transit (1991) – Director of Photography
- Le Système Zsigmondy (2000) – Executive Producer