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Agnès Varda

  • Birth: May 30, 1928
  • Death: March 29, 2019
  • Age: 90
  • France

Agnès Varda (May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her films, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style.

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Academy Awards

Edition Year Award Movie Status
90th edition 2018 Honorary Award - "Whose compassion and curiosity inform a uniquely personal cinema." Winner

Cannes Film Festival

Edition Year Award Movie Status
68th edition 2015 Honorary Award [Honorary Palme d'Or] Winner