
Richard Copans
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday25 November 1947 (78 years old)
Place of birthParis, Île-de-France, France
Known credits74
Biography
Richard Copans, born November 25, 1947, is a French film producer, cinematographer, and director. After studying cinematography at IDHEC from 1966 to 1968, he worked as an assistant cameraman for Andréas Winding, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Lhomme, and Yann Le Masson from 1969 to 1976. From 1973 to 1978, he was a cameraman and director with the far-left militant film collective Cinélutte, notably on Bonne chance la France! In 1978, he founded Les Films d’ici (GIE) and produced, among other films, Journal de campagne and Ananas by Amos Gitaï. In 1982, he founded Les Films du passage with Paulo…
A Body of One's Own
2026 · Producer

Fire of Wind
2026 · Co-Producer

Un été à la ferme - L'âge d'or
2026 · Producer

Hommage à la Catalogne
2025 · Producer

Girl for a Day
2024 · Producer

Looking for Robert
2024 · Director

Looking for Robert
2024 · Writer

Looking for Robert
2024 · Director of Photography

The Trial
2023 · Co-Producer

Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God
2022 · Producer

Une semaine sainte
2020 · Cinematography

Mon amour
2020 · Producer

Monsieur Deligny, vagabond efficace
2020 · Director

Inside My Heart
2018 · Producer

6999 Doors
2018 · Producer

120 ans d'inventions au cinéma
2016 · Producer

Architectures : La Santé, une prison dans Paris
2016 · Writer

Architectures : La Santé, une prison dans Paris
2016 · Camera Operator

Austerlitz
2015 · Producer

Autour de 24 Passions
2015 · Cinematography

Un amour (Roman)
2015 · Director

Un amour (Roman)
2015 · Screenplay

Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
2014 · Cinematography

Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
2014 · Producer

Gare du Nord
2013 · Director of Photography

Human Geography
2013 · Producer

Lullaby to my Father
2012 · Cinematography

Islamic Art at the Louvre - The Outstretched Hand
2012 · Director

Islamic Art at the Louvre - The Outstretched Hand
2012 · Writer

Islamic Art at the Louvre - The Outstretched Hand
2012 · Director of Photography

Eye of the Astronomer
2012 · Producer

Land of Madness
2009 · Producer

God's Offices
2008 · Producer

Death's Glamour
2007 · Le producteur

Bania
2005 · Producer

Les métamorphoses du chœur
2005 · Producer

Les Disques de Rivka
2005 · Director

24 Passions
2004 · Producer

The Vanishing Lion
2003 · Thanks

Racines
2002 · Director

Chicago
2002 · Director

Chicago
2002 · Cinematography

Algérie, la vie toujours
2001 · Delegated Producer

Le voyage à la mer
2001 · Producer
Oh My America
2000 · Director

Mailer on Mailer
2000 · Director
Cities of the Plain
2000 · Producer

The Zsigmondy System
2000 · Executive Producer
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