Varda inBerlin , February 2019 Agnès Varda (30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was aFrench movie director and producer, screenwriter, editor, actress, artist, photographer. She was also a professor at theEuropean Graduate School .[ 1]
Her movies, photographs, and artworks focused onrealism ,feminist issues, andsocial commentary with a distinct experimental style. Movie historians have cited Varda's work as central to the development of theFrench New Wave movie movement.[ 2] Cleo de 5 a 7 La Pointe Courte Vagabond
Varda was born inIxelles ,Brussels ,Belgium to French parents. She studied atÉcole des Beaux-Arts . Varda was married toJacques Demy from 1962 until his death in 1990. They had one daughter, Rosalie.
Varda died ofcancer on 29 March 2019 inParis , at the age of 90.[ 3]
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