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Louis Malle

1932 - 1995

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Louis Marie Malle (French: [lwi mal]; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a filmmaker difficult to pin down", Malle made documentaries, romances, period dramas, and thrillers. He often depicted provocative or controversial subject matter. Malle's most famous works include the crime thriller Elevator to the Gallows (1958), the romantic drama The Lovers (1958), the World War II drama Lacombe, Lucien (1974), the period drama Pretty Baby (1978), the romantic crime film Atlantic City (1980), the dramedy My Dinner with Andre (1981), and the autobiographical Au revoir les enfants (1987). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Malle is the 162nd most popular film director (down from 149th in 2019), the 1,131st most popular biography from France (down from 1,019th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Film Director.

Louis Malle is most famous for being a French filmmaker who directed the movie "Zazie dans le metro" (1960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Louis Malle ranks 162 out of 2,041. Before him are Moustapha Akkad, Don Siegel, Abel Gance, Josef von Sternberg, Peter Weir, and Lewis Milestone. After him are Jean Vigo, Claude Lanzmann, Jacques Rivette, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Kim Ki-duk, and Jan Švankmajer.

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Among people born in 1932, Louis Malle ranks 71. Before him are Robert Vaughn, Tomohiko Ikoma, Donald Rumsfeld, Francis Lai, John Updike, and Renato Martino. After him are Alfredo Ferrari, Nam June Paik, Walter Gilbert, Vitold Fokin, Thomas Klestil, and Tavo Burat. Among people deceased in 1995, Louis Malle ranks 44. Before him are Fred Perry, Ginger Rogers, Murray Rothbard, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Lita Grey, and Jonas Salk. After him are Pierre Schaeffer, Aziz Nesin, Ernest Walton, Don Cherry, Alonzo Church, and Miklós Rózsa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Malle ranks 1,131 out of 6,770. Before him are Vincent d'Indy (1851), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Charibert II (618), Gaston Maspero (1846), Sonia Rykiel (1930), and François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577). After him are Jean Vigo (1905), Christophe Plantin (1520), Jean-Pierre Papin (1963), Victorien Sardou (1831), Claude Lanzmann (1925), and Heinrich Kramer (1430).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Louis Malle ranks 23. Before him are René Clément (1913), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Marcel Carné (1906), and Abel Gance (1889). After him are Jean Vigo (1905), Claude Lanzmann (1925), Jacques Rivette (1928), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Jacques Demy (1931), and Bertrand Blier (1939).

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