Claude Lelouch Biography
Claude Lelouch was born in Paris in 1937. From an early age, Claude spent a lot of time at the cinema. After obtaining his diploma, at the age of eighteen, his father gave him a movie camera and he began shooting documentaries around the world. He continued to practice this activity even during his military service.
He founded his own production company, Les Films 13, after completing his military service. After having produced and directed several short films and documentaries, in 1960 he directed his first feature film entitled "What is proper to man".
His big breakthrough came in 1966, thanks to the film "A Man, a Woman" which gave him great fame and won him numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or at Cannes and 2 Oscars: for best foreign film and for the best original screenplay.
His other films include works such as "Vivre pour vivre" (1967), "Le voyou" (1970), "Les uns et les autres" (1980), "Partir, revenir" (1985), "Il ya des jours... et des lunes" (1990), "Tout ça pour ça" (1994), "Your lover's lover is my lover" (1994), "Les misérables" (1995), "Hommes, femmes : mode d'emploi" (1996), "Hasards ou coïncidences" (1998), "Une pour toutes" (1999), "And now... ladies & gentlemen" (2002), "Le genre humain" (2004) and "Le courage d'aimer" (2006). Together with other important directors, he directed an episode of the film "11′09″01 - September 11" (2002). He also made "Roman de Gare" (2007), "Ces amours-là" (2010) and the documentary "D'un film à l'autre" (2011).
His most recent works include films such as "Salaud, on t'aime" (2014), "Let's talk about my women" (2017), "Un+une" (2015), "Chacun sa vie" (2017) and "Les plus belles années d'une vie" (2019).
