Copans, Richard

(November 25, 1947, France - )

   From 1966 to 1968, he studied at the IDHEC (direct­ing and photography department). He entered films as an assistant director (1965 Droit de Visite, short, Philippe Garrel) and was successively a cameraman (1972 What a Flash!, Jean-Michel Barjol), assistant cameraman (1978 In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni, Guy Debord), lighting electrician (1987 Doc's KingdomL Robert Kramer; France / Portugal), and cinematographer (1978 Genèse d'un Repas, Luc Moullet; 1980 Guns, Robert Kramer; 1981 Ma Première Brasse short, Luc Moullet; 1983 La Bête noire, Patrick Chaput; Le Rez-de-Chaussée, short, Alain Nahum; Les Minutes d'un Faiseur de FilmsL short, Luc Moullet; En raison des Circonstances, Saad Salman; 1984 Barres, short, Luc Moullet; Bankok Bahrain, Amos Gitai; Les Amants terri-blesL also producer, Danièle Dubroux, Stavros Kaplani-dis; 1985 Le Meilleur de la Vie / UK festival title: A Better Life, Renaud Victor; 1986 L'Empire de Médor, documentary, short, Luc Moullet; 1987 La Comédie du Travail, Luc Moullet; La Valse des Médias, documentary, short, Luc Moullet; Bird Now, documentary, Marc Huraux, Belgium; 1988 Essai d'Ouverture, documentary, short, also actor as himself, Luc Moullet; 1989 Les Sièges de l'Alcazar, Luc Moullet; 1990 La Ville Louvre, Nicolas Phi­libert; 1991 Paris, Roman d'une Ville, documentary, Stan Neumann; La Cabale des Oursins, short, Luc Moullet; Transt René Allio; 1994 Les Enfants illégitimes d'Anton Webern, documentary, Lillia Ollivier; Fernand Deligny, documentary, Renaud Victor; 1996 Walk the Walk, Robert Kramer, France / Belgium / Switzerland; 1997 Sinon, oui, Claire Simon; Photographies d'un Camp, le Vernet dAriège, documentary; short, also cinematogra­pher, Linda Ferrer-Roca). He founded two production companies, Les Films d'Ici in 1978 and Les Films du Pas­sage in 1982, and worked as a producer (1989 Route One USA, documentary, Robert Kramer, France / UK / Italy; 1990 Je t'ai dans la PeauL Jean-Pierre Thorn, shot in 1988; 1991 Arthur Rimbaud—Une Biographie, Rich­ard Dindo, France / Switzerland; 1992 Music for the Movies—Bernard HerrmannL documentary, as executive producer, Joshua Waletzky, USA / UK / France; 1993 Coita do Jorge / Poor Jorge, as associate producer, Jorge Silva Melo, Portugal / Spain / France; 1994 Starting Place / Vietnam—Point de Départ, documentary, Robert Kramer; La Vie est immense et pleine de Danger, Denis Gheerbrant; 1995 Imphy, Capitale de la France, short, Luc Moullet; Ernesto "Che" Guevaa documentary, Richard Dindo, France / Switzerland; 1996 Reprise, documentary, Hervé Le Roux; Coûte que CoûteL documentary, Claire Simon; 1999 Grands comme le Monde, documentary, Denis Gheerbrant; Sortis d'Usine, documentary, short, Hervé Le Roux; 2000 Genet à Chatila, documentary, Richard Dindo, France / Switzerland; 2001 Le Cinéma des Cahiers, documentary, Edgardo Cozarinsky; Cités de la Plaine, documentary, also cinematographer, Robert Kramer; Gao Rang, as executive producer, documentary, Claude Grunspan, France / Belgium; Tactile, documentary, short, Vincent Amour-oux; Le Système Zsygmondy, short, Luc Moullet; 2002 Le Voyage à la Mer, documentary, Denis Gheerbrant; Le Bruit, l'Odeur et quelques Etoiles, documentary, Eric Pittard; 2004 Un Cas d'Ecole, Léonardo di Costanzo; Après—Un Voyage dans le Rwanda, documentary, Denis Gheerbrant; Bania, documentary, David Teboul; Les Sages et les Fous sages, documentary, Christian Rouaud; Les Métamorphoses du Chœur, documentary, Marie-Claude Treilhou; El telon de azuca, documentary, Camila Guzmân Urzuâ; Spain / Cuba / France; 2006 Barakat!, Djamila Sahraoui, France / Algeria; Le Litre de Lait, short, Luc Moullet; 2007 ABC Colombia, Enrico Colusso, Italy / France; LIP—L'Imagination au PouvoirL documentary, Christian Rouaud) and production manager (1982 Yoman Sadeh / Field Diary / Journal de Campagne, documentary, Amos Gitai, Israel / France; 1996 Le Fantôme de Longstaff, Luc Moullet). Other credits (as actor): 2003 Mister V (Emilie Deleuze); Le Prestige de la Mort (Luc Moullet).

 Filmography

1981 ◘ L'Heure du laitier (short)

        ◘ Soleil noir (animated short)

        ◘ Lubat Musique, Père et Fils (documentary)

        ◘ Vida Nova (documentary)

1989 ◘ Charles Sterling, un Chasseur dans la Nuit médiévale (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Faire du Chemin avec ... René Char (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Frères des Frères (documentary)

        ◘ Au Louvre avec les Maîtres (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Public House for the 80s (documentary; co-director with Stan Neumann)

        ◘ L'Arbre, le Livre et l'Architecte (documentary; short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

2000 ◘ L'Ecole de Siza (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

2003 ◘ Racines (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer, producer)

 Television Filmography

2001 ◘ Baukunst / Architectures (23 X 28' documentary; also producer; episodes "Nemausus I—Sozialer Wohnungsbau der 80er Jahre", "Die Architekturfakultàt Porto"; France / Germany)

        ◘ Baunkunst / Architectures (also producer; episode "Das judische Museum in Berlin"; France / Germany)