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Claude Lelouch

Claude Lelouch

Director · Born 1937-10-30 · Paris, France

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Biography

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 t…

Directed

  1. A Man and a Woman (1966) — Director
  2. Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988) — Director
  3. Un + une (2015) — Director
  4. Money Money Money (1972) — Director
  5. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — Director
  6. September 11 (2002) — Director
  7. The Best Years of a Life (2019) — Director
  8. Everyone's Life (2017) — Director
  9. Happy New Year (1973) — Director
  10. Rendezvous (1976) — Director
  11. Bolero (1981) — Director
  12. Les Miserables (1995) — Director
  13. Lumière & Company (1995) — Director
  14. We Love You, You Bastard (2014) — Director
  15. Crossed Tracks (2007) — Director
  16. All That... for This?! (1993) — Director
  17. Love Is a Funny Thing (1969) — Director
  18. At the End of the Day (2024) — Director
  19. The Crook (1970) — Director
  20. The Good and the Bad (1976) — Director
  21. And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002) — Director
  22. A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986) — Director
  23. Cat and Mouse (1975) — Director
  24. Men, Women: A User's Manual (1996) — Director
  25. There Were Days... and Moons (1990) — Director
  26. The Beautiful Story (1992) — Director
  27. Us Two (1979) — Director
  28. A Second Chance (1976) — Director
  29. Far from Vietnam (1967) — Director
  30. What War May Bring (2010) — Director
  31. Love Is Better Than Life (2022) — Director
  32. Going and Coming Back (1985) — Director
  33. Dance of Chance (2019) — Director
  34. Long Live Life (1984) — Director
  35. Another Man, Another Chance (1977) — Director
  36. And Now My Love (1974) — Director
  37. Live for Life (1967) — Director
  38. Chance or Coincidence (1998) — Director
  39. Robert et Robert (1978) — Director
  40. Edith and Marcel (1983) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Rendezvous (1976) — The driver
  2. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  3. Long Live Life (1984) — Claude Lelouch (uncredited)
  4. Visions of Eight (1973) — Narrator
  5. Smic, Smac, Smoc (1971) — Hooligan
  6. Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011) — Self
  7. Belmondo by Belmondo (2016) — Self (uncredited)
  8. Heart to Heart (1979) — Le metteur en scène
  9. Happy New Year (1987)
  10. Far West (1973) — Psychiatrist (uncredited)
  11. Top Gear France (2015) — Self - Guest
  12. One 4 All (1999) — Self
  13. Bardot (2025) — Self
  14. Tout le monde en parle (1998) — Self
  15. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
  16. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
  17. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
  18. D'un film à l'autre (2011) — Narrator (voice)
  19. Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)
  20. Vivement dimanche prochain (1998) — Self
  21. Cérémonie des César (1976) — Self - President
  22. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
  23. The A Talks (2022) — Self - Guest
  24. Trintignant by Trintignant (2021) — Self (archive footage)
  25. Who Is Bernard Tapie? (2001) — Self
  26. Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022) — Self (archive footage)
  27. C à vous (2009) — Self - Guest
  28. Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge (2021) — Self
  29. Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique (2025) — Self
  30. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  31. Victoires de la musique (1985) — Self
  32. Clique (2013) — Self - Guest
  33. Shoot to Live (2022) — Self
  34. Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste (2012) — Self
  35. Télématin (1985) — Self
  36. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
  37. Midi Première (1975) — Self
  38. Reflets de Cannes (1954) — Self
  39. The Apartment (2001) — Self - Guest
  40. Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011) — Self (archive footage)