In 1970 , Coutard wrote and directed his first feature film , '' Hoa Binh '' , for which he won the Prix Jean Vigo and an award at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival . The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . Coutard shot two more features over the course of the next fifteen years : '' La Légion saute sur Kolwezi '' in 1980 and '' S.A.S. à San Salvador '' in 1983 . Coutard 's cinematographer on all of his features was Georges Liron , who had been his frequent camera operator during his collaboration with Godard and with whom he 'd served as co-cinematographer on the Irish documentary '' Rocky Road to Dublin '' ( 1967 )
1970 Cannes Film Festival
1970 Cannes Film Festival
Raoul Coutard