À la poursuite de Claude Lelouch
2026 · Movie
as Self - filmmaker
Claude Lelouch
1937-10-30
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Paris, France
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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
L'Œuvre invisible
2026 · Movie
as Self
Claude Lelouch, la vie en mieux
2025 · Movie
as Self
Bardot
2025 · Movie
as Self
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
2025 · Movie
as Self
Je m'appelle Régine et je vous emmerde !
2025 · Movie
as Self : Réalisateur
La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance
2025 · Movie
as Self - filmmaker
Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
2025 · Movie
as Self
The Original+
2025 · Movie
as Self - Audience Member
Conversation avec Claude Lelouch
2024 · Movie
as Self - subject
Messi: The Cannes Film Festival from a Dog's Eye View
2024 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Re-belles
2023 · Movie
as Self
De la piste aux étoiles
2023 · Movie
as Self - Director
Claude Lelouch - Le symphonique
2023 · Movie
as Self
Beau geste
2023 · TV Show
as Self
Shoot to Live
2022 · Movie
as Self
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022 · Movie
as Self
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022 · Movie
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Charlotte Rampling, le cinéma comme un essentiel
2022 · Movie
as Lui-même
The Unexpected Getaway
2022 · TV Show
as Self
The A Talks
2022 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge
2021 · Movie
as Self
Trintignant by Trintignant
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Resistencia Cultural
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Bernard, Albert et l'Empereur
2021 · Movie
as Claude Lelouch
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021 · Movie
Annie Girardot selon son cœur
2020 · Movie
as Self - Réalisateur
Les Misérables et Victor Hugo : au nom du peuple
2020 · Movie
as Self
Deauville et le rêve américain
2020 · Movie
as Self
Jean-Marie fête Bigard
2019 · Movie
as Self
Bolero: A Global Hit
2019 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Boléro, le refrain du monde
2019 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais
2018 · Movie
as Self
The Secret Song
2018 · TV Show
as Self
Vidéo Club
2018 · TV Show
as Self
Belmondo by Belmondo
2016 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Vintage Mecanic
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Call My Agent!
2015 · TV Show
as Self
Top Gear France
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Clique
2013 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
No image
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
2012 · Movie
as Self
Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste
2012 · Movie
as Self
No image
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012 · Movie
as Self
D'un film à l'autre
2011 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011 · Movie
as Self
C à vous
2009 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Empreintes
2007 · TV Show
as Self
A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov
2006 · Movie
as Self
Le Cercle
2005 · TV Show
as Self
Day for Night in Paris
2004 · TV Show
as Self - Director
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002 · Movie
as Self
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
2001 · Movie
as Self
The Apartment
2001 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
One 4 All
1999 · Movie
as Self
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999 · Movie
as Self
No image
Le Grand Tralala
1999 · TV Show
as Self
Tout le monde en parle
1998 · TV Show
as Self
Vivement dimanche prochain
1998 · TV Show
as Self
Vivement dimanche
1998 · TV Show
as Self
Happy New Year
1987 · Movie
as Man on Train
Nulle part ailleurs
1987 · TV Show
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987 · TV Show
as Self
Télématin
1985 · TV Show
as Self
Victoires de la musique
1985 · TV Show
as Self
Long Live Life
1984 · Movie
as Claude Lelouch (uncredited)
Champs-Elysées
1982 · TV Show
as Self
Heart to Heart
1979 · Movie
as Le metteur en scène
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978 · Movie
as Self
Ciné regards
1978 · TV Show
as Self
Rendezvous
1976 · Movie
as The driver
Cérémonie des César
1976 · TV Show
as Self - President
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Midi Première
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · TV Show
as Self
Visions of Eight
1973 · Movie
as Narrator
Far West
1973 · Movie
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · TV Show
as Self
Midi trente
1972 · TV Show
as Self
Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971 · Movie
as Hooligan
No image
Samedi soir
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Pour le plaisir
1964 · TV Show
as Self
The Right of Man
1961 · Movie
as Claude
Discorama
1959 · TV Show
as Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · TV Show
as Self
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Crew Credits
At the End of the Day
2024 · Movie
Producer, Writer, Director
De la piste aux étoiles
2023 · Movie
Thanks
Shoot to Live
2022 · Movie
Producer
Love Is Better Than Life
2022 · Movie
Director, Writer
Le Grand Rendez-Vous
2020 · Movie
Writer, Director
The Best Years of a Life
2019 · Movie
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Dance of Chance
2019 · Movie
Director, Producer, Writer
Everyone's Life
2017 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
Un + une
2015 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
We Love You, You Bastard
2014 · Movie
Director, Screenplay, Producer
D'un film à l'autre
2011 · Movie
Producer, Writer, Director
What War May Bring
2010 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Movie
Director
Crossed Tracks
2007 · Movie
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Our Earthmen Friends
2007 · Movie
Producer
The Courage to Love
2005 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
2004 · Movie
Director
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002 · Movie
Screenplay, Director, Producer
September 11
2002 · Movie
Director, Writer
One 4 All
1999 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
Chance or Coincidence
1998 · Movie
Director, Writer
Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Lumière & Company
1995 · Movie
Director
Les Miserables
1995 · Movie
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
All That... for This?!
1993 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
The Beautiful Story
1992 · Movie
Director, Dialogue, Writer
Plan-Séquence
1992 · Movie
Director, Cinematography, Writer
The King of Ads
1991 · Movie
Director
There Were Days... and Moons
1990 · Movie
Director, Writer
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
1988 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
Bandits
1987 · Movie
Writer, Producer, Director
Happy New Year
1987 · Movie
Original Film Writer
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Going and Coming Back
1985 · Movie
Director
Long Live Life
1984 · Movie
Story, Director, Writer
Edith and Marcel
1983 · Movie
Director, Writer
Bolero
1981 · Movie
Director, Producer, Writer
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Il a besoin
1981 · Movie
Director
Alors... Heureux ?
1980 · Movie
Producer
Us Two
1979 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Robert et Robert
1978 · Movie
Producer, Director, Writer
Molière
1978 · Movie
Producer
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · Movie
Director, Writer
No image
Türkiye
1977 · Movie
Supervising Producer
Rendezvous
1976 · Movie
Director, Writer
The Good and the Bad
1976 · Movie
Director, Producer, Screenplay
A Second Chance
1976 · Movie
Director, Writer
Cat and Mouse
1975 · Movie
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Marriage
1974 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
And Now My Love
1974 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Happy New Year
1973 · Movie
Producer, Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Visions of Eight
1973 · Movie
Director
Money Money Money
1972 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Iran
1971 · Movie
Director, Producer
It Only Happens to Others
1971 · Movie
Producer
The Blood
1971 · Movie
Executive Producer
Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971 · Movie
Director, Writer
The Crook
1970 · Movie
Director, Story, Director of Photography, Dialogue, Screenplay
Earth Light
1970 · Movie
Producer
Life Love Death
1969 · Movie
Author, Director
Love Is a Funny Thing
1969 · Movie
Director
No image
Les Gauloises bleues
1969 · Movie
Producer
13 Days in France
1968 · Movie
Director
Far from Vietnam
1967 · Movie
Director
Live for Life
1967 · Movie
Screenplay, Director, Editor
A Man and a Woman
1966 · Movie
Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay, Director, Editor
Les grands moments
1966 · Movie
Director
To Be a Crook
1965 · Movie
Author, Director, Editor, Camera Operator, Producer
For a Yellow Jersey
1965 · Movie
Director, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
In the Affirmative
1964 · Movie
Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Night Women
1964 · Movie
Director
The Right of Man
1961 · Movie
Director, Dialogue
The War of Silence
1957 · Movie
Director, Writer
When the Curtain Rises
1957 · Movie
Director
Le Psychodrame
1956 · Movie
Camera Operator
The Seacrets
· Movie
Executive Producer, Co-Producer
Il était une fois tout ça
· Movie
Director, Writer
No image
L'incroyable fertilité du chaos
· Movie
Director
