Agnès Varda

Directing

Born: May 30, 1928

Birthplace: Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium

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.