Chris Marker (1921 - 2012)

French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist.

* July 29, 1921 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
 as Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve
 July 29, 2012 Paris, France


Books on Chris Marker

Sarah Cooper Chris Marker Sarah Cooper
Chris Marker
Manchester; New York, 2008

Ann Bremner (ed.) Chris Marker Ann Bremner (ed.)
Chris Marker, Staring Back
Columbus, Ohio, 2007

Catherine Lupton
Chris Marker, Memories of the future
London, [2006]

Books with substantial mentioning of Chris Marker

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Books with an entry on Chris Marker

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Interviews

Samuel Douhaire and Annick Rivoire, Marker Direct, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3, 2003 pp. 38-41

Articles on Chris Marker

Catherine Lupton, The Owl's Legacy, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 10, 2012 pp. 40-41

John Gianvito, Jem Cohen, Thom Andersen, Patrick Keiller, Chris Petit, Sarah Turner, Kodwo Eshun, José Luis Guerín, Patricio Guzmán, Agnes Varda, Sans marker, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 10, 2012 pp. 42-46

Chris Chang, Strangers on a Train, Chris Marker goes underground, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2011 pp. 17

Jesse P. Finnegan, Double th Fun, Chris Marker and Second Life, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6, 2010 pp. 10

Chris Darke, Musique concrète, in: Filmcomment, nr. 2, 2005 pp. 14

Chris Darke, The Invisible Man, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3, 2003 pp. 32

Howard Hampton, Remembrance of Revolutions Past, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3, 2003 pp. 33-35

Michael Almereyda, Deciphering the Future, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3, 2003 pp. 36-37

Catherine Lupton, Shock of the Old, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3, 2003 pp. 42-45

Sam Diiorio, The Truth About Paris, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3, 2003 pp. 46-47

Chris Darke, Eyesight, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3, 2003 pp. 48-50

Paul Arthur, Kino-Eye, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2003 pp. 32-34

Olaf Möller, Ghost World, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2003 pp. 35-37

Min Lee, Red Skies, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2003 pp. 38-41

Michael Chaiken and Sam Diiorio, Printed Matter, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2003 pp. 42-43

Andre Bazin, Bazin on Marker, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2003 pp. 44-45

Kent Jones, Time Immemorial, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2003 pp. 46

J. Hoberman, Postcard from the Edge, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2003 pp. 48

Jon Kear, Marker, Activism and Melancholy, Reflections on the Radical '60s in the Later Films of Chris Marker, in: Ewa Mazierska and Lars Kristensen (eds.), Marxism and film activism, New York, 2015

Obituaries

Claus Löser, Die Katze lächelt, Zum Tod von Chris Marker, in: Filmdienst, nr. 17, 2012 pp. 9

Gerhard Midding, Die Blicke der Anderen, in: epd Film, nr. 9, 2012 pp. 14

Articles with substantial mentioning of Chris Marker

Larry Gross, Time Traveler, in: Filmcomment, nr. 5, 2012 pp. 12-13

Michel Marie, The Veterans of the New Wave, Their Heirs, and Contemporary French Cinema, in: Alistair Fox, Michel Marie, Raphaelle Moine, Hilary Radner (eds.), A companion to contemporary French cinema, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015