Brand new, Softcover, ARC The first major biography of the French filmmaker hailed by Martin Scorsese as ?one of the Gods of cinema.? Over the course of her sixty-five-year career, the longest of any female filmmaker, Agnes Varda (1928?2019) wrote and directed some of the most acclaimed films of her era, from her tour de force Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962), a classic of modernist cinema, to the beloved documentary The Gleaners and I (2000) four decades later. She helped to define the French New Wave, inspired an entire generation of filmmakers, and was recognized with major awards at the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice Film Festivals, as well as an honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards.