Agnès Varda (born May 30, 1928) is a French filmmaker and director based in Paris and one of the key figures in modern film. She is called the "Grandmother of the New Wave" by some of her critics. May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The New Wave (French: Nouvelle vague) of French cinema was a cinematic movement of the 1960s. ...

She was born in Brussels, Belgium. Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the de facto capital of the European Union, as two of its three main institutions have their headquarters...

Her movies, documentaries and art installations, focus on documentary realism and social commentary. Her entire work features a distinct experimental style. For the 1985 documentary Vagabond/Without Roof or Rule she received the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival. The Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale dArte Cinematografica) takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. ...

Agnès Varda teaches at the European Graduate School in Saas Fee, Switzerland. The European Graduate School (EGS) in Switzerland is a privately-funded graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies (EGIS). ...

Filmography

• The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002) (Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après)
• The Gleaners and I (2000) (Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse)
• A Hundred and One Nights (1995) (Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma)
• Kung-Fu Master (1987) (Le Petit amour)
• Vagabond (1985) (Sans toit ni loi)
• Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
• One Sings, The Other Doesn't (1977) (L'Une chante, l'autre pas)
• Happiness (1965) (Le Bonheur)
• Cleo From 5 to 7 (1961) (Cléo de 5 à 7)

Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond) is a movie directed by Agnès Varda, released in 1985, featuring Sandrine Bonnaire. ... Happiness, pleasure or joy is the emotional state of being happy. ...

External link

• http://www.egs.edu/faculty/agnesvarda.html
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112654/