FILM DIRECTOR

Claude Lelouch

1937 - Today

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Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (French: [klod ləluʃ]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Lelouch is the 124th most popular film director (up from 125th in 2019), the 929th most popular biography from France (down from 904th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Film Director.

Claude Lelouch is most famous for his 1969 film "Un homme et une femme" which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Claude Lelouch ranks 124 out of 2,041. Before him are Wes Craven, Michael Curtiz, Sam Peckinpah, Kenji Mizoguchi, Peter Jackson, and Victor Fleming. After him are René Clément, Giuseppe Tornatore, Max Reinhardt, James Gunn, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and David Fincher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Claude Lelouch ranks 45. Before him are Jared Diamond, David Hockney, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Bill Cosby, Gennady Yanayev, and Robin Warren. After him are Robert Crippen, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Colleen McCullough, Jacques Santer, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Roald Hoffmann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Lelouch ranks 929 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Callot (1592), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), and Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646). After him are François Clouet (1510), René Clément (1913), Léon Jouhaux (1879), Rosa Bonheur (1822), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), and Charles Garnier (1825).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Claude Lelouch ranks 16. Before him are Luc Besson (1959), Alain Resnais (1922), Robert Bresson (1901), René Clair (1898), Jacques Audiard (1952), and Jacques Tati (1907). After him are René Clément (1913), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Marcel Carné (1906), and Abel Gance (1889).

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