As per our current Database, Raymond Depardon is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Raymond Depardon is 82 years, 4 months and 9 days old. Raymond Depardon will celebrate 83rd birthday on a Sunday 6th of July 2025. Below we countdown to Raymond Depardon upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Raymond Depardon |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 82 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | July 6, 1942 (Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France) |
| Birthday | July 6 |
| Town/City | Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France |
| Nationality | France |
Raymond Depardon’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Raymond Depardon was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Raymond Depardon is a photographer, a journalist and a filmmaker, but, above all, his eyes view humans with compassion. He respects others and is kind with the reality of their lives. He was born into a family of farmers in 1942 in Burgundy and went to Paris in 1958, wishing to be a photographer.
He was first taken on as a messenger in an agency and was sent to take photos of an opening-night at the cinema: the movie was none other than Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. He finally established his own agency, Gamma, together with three reporters, in 1966 'not for money but for the freedom'.
He suggested to set up a cinema department: 'we bought an Eclair- camera and tried to make news-films for television in addition to taking news-photograhs... It was then that I learned to hold the camera.
" When Depardon films people, he is silent. If one has the impression that he always keeps his eyes lowered in the face of the world's miseries, it is untrue. Raymond Depardon looks as through a lattice and reacts like quicksilver, keeping his deepest, innermost emotion secret, and allow his pictures to speak for themselves.
His films are now screened in all international film festivals, from Cannes to Hong Kong.
