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3Agnès Varda (born Arlette Varda; May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019) was a French film and documentary director.
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5She is often associated with the UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave, but, rather than belonging to the group who started off as critics for ''Les Cahiers du Cinéma'', she was part of the Left Bank Group with Creator/AlainResnais, Chris Marker, Marguerite Duras, and Creator/JacquesDemy (her husband until his death in 1990). Varda's status as one of the few female directors of the movement often overshadows her own innovations. In particular, her use of location shooting and nonprofessional actors had a notable influence on the other New Wave directors.
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7She received a lifetime UsefulNotes/AcademyAward at the Governor's Awards in 2017, making her the first female director to receive such a honour and the third French film-maker to have won it (after Creator/JeanRenoir and Creator/JeanLucGodard).
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9Varda passed away at the age of 90 on March 29, 2019. The following year, Creator/TheCriterionCollection released a box set of her complete films on Blu-ray.
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12!!Selected Filmography:
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14* ''La Pointe Courte'' (1955)
15* ''Film/CleoFrom5To7'' (1962)
16* ''Film/LeBonheur'' (1965)
17* ''Film/{{Vagabond|1985}}'' (1985)
18* ''Film/KungFuMaster1988''
19* ''Film/TheGleanersAndI'' (2000)
20* ''Film/FacesPlaces'' (2017)[[note]]Nominated for Best Documentary at the 90th Academy Awards[[/note]]
21* ''Varda by Agnès'' (2019) - Her final film

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