Claude Lelouch
Gender: Male
Born: 30th October 1937 (currently 74 years old)
Nationality: France
Movies: 11'9''01 September 11, 13 jours en France, 24 heures d'amant, A Man and a Woman, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later, And now... Ladies and Gentlemen, And Now My Love, Attention bandits!, C'était un rendez-vous, Cat and Mouse, Chance or Coincidence, Edith et Marcel, Far from Vietnam, From One Film to Another, Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi, If I Had to Do It All Over Again, Il y a des jours... et des lunes, Iran, Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté, L'Amour avec des si, L'aventure c'est l'aventure, La Belle Histoire, La bonne année, Le courage d'aimer, Le propre de l'homme, Le Voyou, Les chemins de l'orgueil, Les Misérables, Les Uns et les Autres, Life Love Death, Live for Life, Love Is a Funny Thing, Lumière and Company, One 4 All, Partir, revenir, Pour Un Maillot Jaune, Robert et Robert, Roman de Gare, Smic Smac Smoc, The Good and the Bad, To Each His Own Cinema, Tout ça... pour ça !, Turkiye, Un Autre homme,Une Autre chance, Us Two, Visions of Eight, Viva la vie, What Love May Bring
Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer.
Lelouch was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, the son of Charlotte (née Abeilard) and Simon Lelouch. His father was an Algerian Jew and his mother was a convert to Judaism. His father gave him a camera to give him a fresh start after his failure in the baccalaureat. He started his career with reportage - one of the first to film daily life in the U.S.S.R., 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.
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. Un homme et une femme changed his fortunes and was met with favour even by the Cahiers group. Legend has it that Lelouch found himself one morning on the beach at Deauville when he caught sight of a young woman and her child on the
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