 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1970, Coutard akanyora uye akatungamirira firimu rake rokutanga, Hoa Binh, iro raakakunda Prix Jean Vigo uye mubayiro pa 1970 Cannes Film Festival. Firimu racho rakasarudzwawo kuti ripiwe mubairo weOscar weBest Foreign Language Film. Coutard akatora mamwe mafirimu maviri mumakore gumi nemashanu anotevera: La Légion saute sur Kolwezi muna 1980 uye S.A.S. à San Salvador muna 1983. Coutards cinematographer pane zvese zvaaive nazvo aive, uyo anga ari iye anowanzoita kamera kamera panguva yekubatana kwake naGodard uye waakashanda naye semubatsiri-cinematographer pane yeIrish documentary Rocky Road to Dublin 1967. 