Chris Marker
artist

(1921-2012, France)

Christian Bouche-Villeneuve, known as Chris Marker, was a French director, writer, illustrator, translator, photographer, editor, philosopher, essayist, critic, poet and producer. He is particularly renowned for his major films: Les statues meurent aussi (Statues Also Die, 1953, with Alain Resnais), La Jetée (The Pier, 1962), Le Joli Mai (1963), Le Fond de l'Air est Rouge (The Grin Without a Cat, 1977), Sans Soleil (1983).