Claude Lelouch
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. ...
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Fotos
Filme (121)
À la poursuite de Claude Lelouch
2026 · Self - filmmaker
L'Œuvre invisible
2026 · Self
The Original+
2025 · Self - Audience Member
Bardot
2025 · Self
Claude Lelouch, la vie en mieux
2025 · Self
La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance
2025 · Self - filmmaker
Je m'appelle Régine et je vous emmerde !
2025 · Self : Réalisateur
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
2025 · Self
Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
2025 · Self
At the End of the Day
2024 · Producer, Writer, Director
Conversation avec Claude Lelouch
2024 · Self - subject
Claude Lelouch - Le symphonique
2023 · Self
De la piste aux étoiles
2023 · Self - Director, Thanks
Re-belles
2023 · Self
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Shoot to Live
2022 · Self, Producer
Charlotte Rampling, le cinéma comme un essentiel
2022 · Lui-même
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Love Is Better Than Life
2022 · Director, Writer
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mysterious and Elusive
2022 · Self
Trintignant über Trintignant
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge
2021 · Self
Resistencia Cultural
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
Bernard, Albert et l'Empereur
2021 · Claude Lelouch
Annie Girardot selon son cœur
2020 · Self - Réalisateur
Les Misérables et Victor Hugo : au nom du peuple
2020 · Self
Deauville et le rêve américain
2020 · Self
Le Grand Rendez-Vous
2020 · Writer, Director
Boléro, le refrain du monde
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Dance of Chance
2019 · Director, Producer, Writer
Die schönsten Jahre eines Lebens
2019 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Jean-Marie fête Bigard
2019 · Self
Bolero - Ein Refrain für die Welt
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais
2018 · Self
Everyone's Life
2017 · Director, Writer, Producer
Bécaud, mon père
2016 · Self
Belmondo von Belmondo - Eine Hommage an den Vater
2016 · Self (uncredited)
Un plus une
2015 · Director, Writer, Producer
We Love You, You Bastard
2014 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste
2012 · Self
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012 · Self
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
2012 · Self
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011 · Self
D'un film à l'autre
2011 · Narrator (voice), Producer, Writer, Director
What War May Bring
2010 · Director, Writer, Producer
Jedem sein Kino
2007 · Director
Crossed Tracks
2007 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
Our Earthmen Friends
2007 · Producer
A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov
2006 · Self
The Courage to Love
2005 · Screenplay, Director
Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
2004 · Director
11'09''01 - September 11
2002 · Director, Writer
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002 · Self
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
2001 · Self
One 4 All
1999 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999 · Self
Chance or Coincidence
1998 · Director, Writer
Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996 · Screenplay, Director
Lumière & Company
1995 · Director
Les Miserables
1995 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
All That... for This?!
1993 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
The Beautiful Story
1992 · Director, Dialogue, Writer
Plan-Séquence
1992 · Director, Cinematography, Writer
The King of Ads
1991 · Director
There Were Days... and Moons
1990 · Director, Writer
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
1988 · Director, Writer, Producer
Happy New Year
1987 · Man on Train, Original Film Writer
Bandits
1987 · Writer, Producer, Director
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986 · Screenplay, Director
Going and Coming Back
1985 · Director, Screenplay
Long Live Life
1984 · Claude Lelouch (uncredited), Story, Director, Writer
Edith and Marcel
1983 · Director, Writer
Bolero
1981 · Director, Producer, Writer
Il a besoin
1981 · Director
Alors... Heureux ?
1980 · Producer
Us Two
1979 · Screenplay, Director
Heart to Heart
1979 · Le metteur en scène
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978 · Self
Molière
1978 · Producer
Robert et Robert
1978 · Producer, Director, Writer
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · Director, Writer
Türkiye
1977 · Supervising Producer
A Second Chance
1976 · Director, Writer
The Good and the Bad
1976 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Rendezvous
1976 · The Driver (uncredited), Director, Writer
Cat and Mouse
1975 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
Marriage
1974 · Director, Screenplay
And Now My Love
1974 · Director, Screenplay
Visions of Eight
1973 · Narrator, Director
Far West
1973 · Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Happy New Year
1973 · Producer, Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Money Money Money
1972 · Director, Screenplay
It Only Happens to Others
1971 · Producer
Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971 · Hooligan, Director, Writer
The Blood
1971 · Executive Producer
Iran
1971 · Director, Producer
The Crook
1970 · Director, Story, Director of Photography, Dialogue, Screenplay
Earth Light
1970 · Producer
Love Is a Funny Thing
1969 · Director
Les Gauloises bleues
1969 · Producer
Life Love Death
1969 · Author, Director
13 Days in France
1968 · Director
Far from Vietnam
1967 · Director
Live for Life
1967 · Screenplay, Director, Editor
Les grands moments
1966 · Director
A Man and a Woman
1966 · Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay, Director, Editor
For a Yellow Jersey
1965 · Director, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
To Be a Crook
1965 · Author, Director, Editor, Camera Operator, Producer
In the Affirmative
1964 · Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Night Women
1964 · Director
The Right of Man
1961 · Claude, Director, Dialogue
When the Curtain Rises
1957 · Director
The War of Silence
1957 · Director, Writer
Le Psychodrame
1956 · Camera Operator
The Seacrets
· Executive Producer, Co-Producer
Un moment pour tout
· Director, Writer, Producer
L'incroyable fertilité du chaos
· Director
24 heures d'amants
· Director
Serien (35)
Messi: The Cannes Film Festival from a Dog's Eye View
2024 · Self - Guest
Beau geste
2023 · Self
The Unexpected Getaway
2022 · Self
The A Talks
2022 · Self - Guest
The Secret Song
2018 · Self
Vintage Mecanic
2016 · Self - Guest
Call My Agent!
2015 · Self
Top Gear France
2015 · Self - Guest
Clique
2013 · Self - Guest
C à vous
2009 · Self - Guest
Empreintes
2007 · Self
Le Cercle
2005 · Self
Day for Night in Paris
2004 · Self - Director
The Apartment
2001 · Self - Guest
Le Grand Tralala
1999 · Self
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Tout le monde en parle
1998 · Self
Vivement dimanche prochain
1998 · Self
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
Nulle part ailleurs
1987 · Self
Victoires de la musique
1985 · Self
Télématin
1985 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Cérémonie des César
1976 · Self - President
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Midi Première
1975 · Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Midi trente
1972 · Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Samedi soir
1971 · Self
Pour le plaisir
1964 · Self
Discorama
1959 · Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self