10.0
10.0
Plan-Séquence
1992
Director
Claude Lelouch
Directing
Born:October 30, 1937(age 88)
Birthplace:Paris, France
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CommunityBiography
Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical acclaim for his 1966 romantic melodrama film A Man and A Woman. At the 39th Academy Awards in 1967, A Man and a Woman won Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Lelouch was also nominated for Best Director. While his films have gained him international recognition since the 1960s, Lelouch's methods and style of film are known for attracting criticism. Lelouch was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris to Charlotte (née Abeilard) and Simon Lelouch. His father was born to an Algerian Jewish family while his mother was a convert to Judaism. Lelouch says that his first contact with cinema was very young: "My mother hid me in movie theaters when I was little. We were wanted by the Gestapo. [...] Cinema, for starters, saved my life." Of his personal faith, he says "Today I believe in God. My faith was sparked when I made a film in Israel. Over there, it is impossible not to believe in God. I loved the places of worship of all the religions. Everything which happens is for the best. I sometimes have the feeling that my inspiration comes from heaven. I think it is wonderful to be Jewish." His father bought him a camera as a fresh start after his failure in the baccalaureat. He started his career with a reportage – one of the first to film daily life in the Soviet Union, with the camera hidden under his coat as he made his personal journey. He also filmed sporting events, like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Tour de France. Lelouch served in the French Army working in the film unit where he made over 100 films. He was demobilized in 1960. His first full-length film as director, Le Propre de l'homme, was decried by the critics: "Claude Lelouch, remember this name well, because you will not hear it again" – Cahiers du cinéma said. La femme spectacle (1963), following prostitutes, women shopping, going for nose-jobs, was censored for its misogynist tendency. A Man and a Woman changed his fortunes and was met with favour even by the Cahiers group. The 1981 musical epic Les Uns et les Autres is widely considered as his masterpiece, and his credits now add up to 50 or so films. His 1976 film, C'était un rendez-vous purportedly features a Ferrari 275 GTB being driven at extreme speed through the streets of Paris at dawn. The entire short is shot from the point of view of the car. Legend has it that Lelouch was arrested after it was first shown publicly. In a 2006 interview, Lelouch stated that he drove his own Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 in the film and created a soundtrack of the radically different sounding Italian sports car for effect. He collaborated more than two dozen times with composer Francis Lai. They scored a great hit with the theme song for the film A Man and a Woman sung by Nicole Croisille and Pierre Barouh, and more than 300 versions of the song exist. In 1993 he was the president of the jury at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. ... Source: Article "Claude Lelouch" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography (106 movies)
9.0
9.0
Re-belles
2023
as Self
8.0
8.0
Conversation avec Claude Lelouch
2024
as Self - subject
8.0
8.0
Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste
2012
as Self
8.0
8.0
De la piste aux étoiles
2023
as Self - Director
7.9
7.9
D'un film à l'autre
2011
Producer
7.8
7.8
Belmondo by Belmondo
2016
as Self (uncredited)
7.3
7.3
Rendezvous
1976
Director
7.3
7.3
A Man and a Woman
1966
Director
7.3
7.3
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
1988
Director
7.2
7.2
Happy New Year
1973
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
The Beautiful Story
1992
Director
7.1
7.1
The Crook
1970
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Visions of Eight
1973
Director
7.0
7.0
Far from Vietnam
1967
Director
6.9
6.9
Earth Light
1970
Producer
6.9
6.9
Bolero
1981
Producer
6.8
6.8
Trintignant by Trintignant
2021
as Self (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
Money Money Money
1972
Director
6.6
6.6
The Best Years of a Life
2019
Director
6.6
6.6
Les Miserables
1995
Director
6.6
6.6
Crossed Tracks
2007
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
What War May Bring
2010
Director
6.5
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
6.4
6.4
11 Minutes, 9 Seconds, 1 Image
2002
Writer
6.3
6.3
Love Is a Funny Thing
1969
Director
6.3
6.3
Le Grand Rendez-Vous
2020
Director
6.3
6.3
Going and Coming Back
1985
Director
6.3
6.3
For a Yellow Jersey
1965
Director
6.3
6.3
There Were Days... and Moons
1990
Writer
6.2
6.2
Lumière & Company
1995
Director
6.2
6.2
Far West
1973
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Shoot to Live
2022
Producer
6.2
6.2
Live for Life
1967
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
All That... for This?!
1993
Director
6.1
6.1
At the End of the Day
2024
Writer
6.1
6.1
Robert et Robert
1978
Director
6.0
6.0
Us Two
1979
Director
6.0
6.0
Jean-Marie fête Bigard
2019
as Self
6.0
6.0
Annie Girardot selon son cœur
2020
as Self - Réalisateur
6.0
6.0
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022
as Self
6.0
6.0
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
13 Days in France
1968
Director
6.0
6.0
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Writer
6.0
6.0
Iran
1971
Director
6.0
6.0
A Second Chance
1976
Director
6.0
6.0
Alors... Heureux ?
1980
Producer
6.0
6.0
Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996
Director
5.9
5.9
Molière
1978
Producer
5.9
5.9
Edith and Marcel
1983
Director
5.9
5.9
Long Live Life
1984
Writer
5.9
5.9
And Now My Love
1974
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986
Director
5.8
5.8
Bandits
1987
Writer
5.8
5.8
Un + une
2015
Producer
5.6
5.6
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
Director
5.6
5.6
To Be a Crook
1965
Director
5.6
5.6
Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
2004
Director
5.6
5.6
Cat and Mouse
1975
Producer
5.6
5.6
We Love You, You Bastard
2014
Director
5.5
5.5
Happy New Year
1987
5.5
5.5
The Good and the Bad
1976
Producer
5.4
5.4
Les Gauloises bleues
1969
Producer
5.3
5.3
The Courage to Love
2005
Director
5.3
5.3
Chance or Coincidence
1998
Director
5.3
5.3
Marriage
1974
Director
5.3
5.3
Love Is Better Than Life
2022
Writer
5.2
5.2
Our Earthmen Friends
2007
Producer
5.2
5.2
Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971
Director
5.2
5.2
The Blood
1971
Executive Producer
5.0
5.0
Life Love Death
1969
Director
5.0
5.0
In the Affirmative
1964
Director
5.0
5.0
A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov
2006
as Self
5.0
5.0
It Only Happens to Others
1971
Producer
5.0
5.0
Il a besoin
1981
Director
4.8
4.8
Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge
2021
as Self
4.6
4.6
Everyone's Life
2017
Writer
4.3
4.3
The King of Ads
1991
Director
4.2
4.2
Dance of Chance
2019
Writer
3.9
3.9
One 4 All
1999
Director
3.5
3.5
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
2001
as Self
La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance
2025
as Self - filmmaker
The Right of Man
1961
Director
Bolero: A Global Hit
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Les Misérables et Victor Hugo : au nom du peuple
2020
as Self
Deauville et le rêve américain
2020
as Self
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978
as Self
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
2012
as Self
Bardot
2025
as Self
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999
as Self
Boléro, le refrain du monde
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Resistencia Cultural
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Claude Lelouch, la vie en mieux
2025
as Self
Bernard, Albert et l'Empereur
2021
as Claude Lelouch
Claude Lelouch - Le symphonique
2023
as Self
Alexandre Trannoy - L’Œuvre invisible
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
2025
as Self
À la poursuite de Claude Lelouch
TBA
as Self
Je m'appelle Régine et je vous emmerde !
2025
as Self : Réalisateur
The War of Silence
1957
Writer
When the Curtain Rises
1957
Director
Les grands moments
1966
Director
Il était une fois tout ça
TBA
Writer
The Seacrets
TBA
Executive Producer
L'incroyable fertilité du chaos
TBA
Director
Night Women
1964
Director
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