FILM DIRECTOR

Claude Autant-Lara

1901 - 2000

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Claude Autant-Lara (French: [klod otɑ̃ laʁa]; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. He made films characterised by bourgeois realism, anti-clericalism and sexual frankness, often from literary sources. His career was frequently marked by controversy. Even though he was considered left-wing during most of his life, in his late 80s he was elected to the European Parliament as a member for the far-right National Front: he stepped down two months later after making antisemitic statements. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Autant-Lara is the 526th most popular film director (down from 520th in 2019), the 2,907th most popular biography from France (down from 2,840th in 2019) and the 78th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Claude Autant-Lara ranks 526 out of 2,041. Before him are Gerard Damiano, Nicolas Roeg, Mikhail Romm, Claude Goretta, Sergio Sollima, and John Milius. After him are Carlo Lizzani, Shirin Neshat, Taylor Hackford, Zoltán Fábri, Ariane Mnouchkine, and Philip Kaufman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Claude Autant-Lara ranks 135. Before him are Ho Feng-Shan, Rose Ausländer, Raúl Prebisch, Lee Hoi-chuen, Ed Begley, and Mikhail Romm. After him are Joe Davis, Salchak Toka, Jean Guitton, Mario Scelba, Umberto Caligaris, and Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma. Among people deceased in 2000, Claude Autant-Lara ranks 114. Before him are Andy Hug, Kemal Sunal, Hendrik Casimir, Domingos da Guia, Bernhard Wicki, and Aristidis Konstantinidis. After him are Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Walter Krupinski, Patrick O'Brian, Efstathios Chorafas, Oleg Yefremov, and Adamantios Androutsopoulos.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Autant-Lara ranks 2,907 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Tortelier (1914), Violette Leduc (1907), André Beauneveu (1330), Richard Bohringer (1942), Jules Dalou (1838), and Valérie Trierweiler (1965). After him are Fabrice Luchini (1951), Jules Favre (1809), Eugène Burnouf (1801), Marc Seguin (1786), Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), and Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Claude Autant-Lara ranks 78. Before him are Gérard Oury (1919), Alain Corneau (1943), André Cayatte (1909), Yves Allégret (1907), Louis Feuillade (1873), and Michel Gondry (1963). After him are Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), André Hunebelle (1896), René Laloux (1929), Ferdinand Zecca (1864), Michel Audiard (1920), and Marcel L'Herbier (1888).

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