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. ...
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| 2025 | Bardot as Self |
| 2025 | Claude Lelouch, la vie en mieux as Self |
| 2025 | La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance as Self - filmmaker |
| 2025 | Je m'appelle Régine et je vous emmerde ! as Self : Réalisateur |
| 2025 | La légende de la Palme d'Or... continue as Self |
| 2025 | Alexandre Trannoy - L’Œuvre invisible as Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Conversation avec Claude Lelouch as Self - subject |
| 2023 | Claude Lelouch - Le symphonique as Self |
| 2023 | De la piste aux étoiles as Self - Director |
| 2023 | Re-belles as Self |
| 2022 | Tourner pour vivre as Self |
| 2022 | Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable as Self |
| 2021 | Trintignant par Trintignant as Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge as Self |
| 2021 | Resistencia Cultural as Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Bernard, Albert et l'Empereur as Claude Lelouch |
| 2020 | Annie Girardot selon son cœur as Self - Réalisateur |
| 2020 | Les Misérables et Victor Hugo : au nom du peuple as Self |
| 2020 | Deauville et le rêve américain as Self |
| 2019 | Boléro, le refrain du monde as Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Jean-Marie fête Bigard as Self |
| 2019 | Bolero: A Global Hit as Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Belmondo par Belmondo as Self (uncredited) |
| 2012 | Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste as Self |
| 2012 | Lino, il n'était que lui-même as Self |
| 2012 | Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis as Self |
| 2011 | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde as Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Belmondo, itinéraire... as Self |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov as Self |
| 2002 | Un jour dans la vie du cinéma français as Self |
| 2001 | Who Is Bernard Tapie? as Self |
| 1999 | Une pour toutes as Self |
| 1999 | Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires as Self |
| 1987 | Happy New Year |
| 1987 | Happy New Year as Man on Train |
| 1984 | Viva la vie as Claude Lelouch (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Confidences pour confidences as Le metteur en scène |
| 1978 | Catherine Deneuve à l'aventure ou une certaine blondeur as Self |
| 1976 | C'était un rendez-vous as The driver |
| 1973 | Visions of Eight as Narrator |
| 1973 | Le Far West as Psychiatrist (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Smic, Smac, Smoc as Hooligan |
| 1961 | Le propre de l'homme as Claude |
| À la poursuite de Claude Lelouch as Self |
| 2024 | Finalement - Director |
| 2024 | Finalement - Producer |
| 2024 | Finalement - Writer |
| 2023 | De la piste aux étoiles - Thanks |
| 2022 | Tourner pour vivre - Producer |
| 2022 | L'amour c’est mieux que la vie - Director |
| 2022 | L'amour c’est mieux que la vie - Writer |
| 2020 | Le Grand Rendez-Vous - Director |
| 2020 | Le Grand Rendez-Vous - Writer |
| 2019 | La Vertu des impondérables - Director |
| 2019 | La Vertu des impondérables - Producer |
| 2019 | La Vertu des impondérables - Writer |
| 2019 | Les plus belles années d'une vie - Director |
| 2019 | Les plus belles années d'une vie - Producer |
| 2019 | Les plus belles années d'une vie - Screenplay |
| 2017 | Chacun sa vie - Director |
| 2017 | Chacun sa vie - Producer |
| 2017 | Chacun sa vie - Writer |
| 2015 | Bir Artı Bir - Director |
| 2015 | Bir Artı Bir - Producer |
| 2015 | Bir Artı Bir - Writer |
| 2014 | Salaud, on t'aime - Director |
| 2014 | Salaud, on t'aime - Producer |
| 2014 | Salaud, on t'aime - Screenplay |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre - Director |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre - Producer |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre - Writer |
| 2010 | Aşk Nelere Kadir - Director |
| 2010 | Aşk Nelere Kadir - Producer |
| 2010 | Aşk Nelere Kadir - Writer |
| 2007 | Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence - Director |
| 2007 | Roman de gare - Director |
| 2007 | Roman de gare - Producer |
| 2007 | Roman de gare - Screenplay |
| 2007 | Nos amis les Terriens - Producer |
| 2005 | Le Courage d'aimer - Director |
| 2005 | Le Courage d'aimer - Screenplay |
| 2004 | Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens - Director |
| 2002 | 11’09”01 - September 11 - Director |
| 2002 | 11’09”01 - September 11 - Writer |
| 2002 | Bir Kadın... Bir Erkek... Ve... - Director |
| 2002 | Bir Kadın... Bir Erkek... Ve... - Producer |
| 2002 | Bir Kadın... Bir Erkek... Ve... - Screenplay |
| 1999 | Une pour toutes - Director |
| 1999 | Une pour toutes - Producer |
| 1999 | Une pour toutes - Writer |
| 1998 | Hasards ou coïncidences - Director |
| 1998 | Hasards ou coïncidences - Writer |
| 1996 | Erkekler Kadınlar ve Kullanma Kılavuzu - Director |
| 1996 | Erkekler Kadınlar ve Kullanma Kılavuzu - Screenplay |
| 1995 | Lumière et Compagnie - Director |
| 1995 | Les Misérables - Director |
| 1995 | Les Misérables - Director of Photography |
| 1995 | Les Misérables - Producer |
| 1995 | Les Misérables - Writer |
| 1993 | Tout ça… pour ça ! - Director |
| 1993 | Tout ça… pour ça ! - Director of Photography |
| 1993 | Tout ça… pour ça ! - Producer |
| 1993 | Tout ça… pour ça ! - Writer |
| 1992 | La Belle Histoire - Dialogue |
| 1992 | La Belle Histoire - Director |
| 1992 | La Belle Histoire - Writer |
| 1992 | Plan-Séquence - Cinematography |
| 1992 | Plan-Séquence - Director |
| 1992 | Plan-Séquence - Writer |
| 1991 | The King of Ads - Director |
| 1990 | Il y a des jours... et des lunes - Director |
| 1990 | Il y a des jours... et des lunes - Writer |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child - Director |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child - Producer |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child - Writer |
| 1987 | Happy New Year - Original Film Writer |
| 1987 | Attention bandits ! - Director |
| 1987 | Attention bandits ! - Producer |
| 1987 | Attention bandits ! - Writer |
| 1986 | Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà - Director |
| 1986 | Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà - Screenplay |
| 1985 | Partir, revenir - Director |
| 1984 | Viva la vie - Director |
| 1984 | Viva la vie - Story |
| 1984 | Viva la vie - Writer |
| 1983 | Edith et Marcel - Director |
| 1983 | Edith et Marcel - Writer |
| 1981 | Les uns et les autres - Director |
| 1981 | Les uns et les autres - Producer |
| 1981 | Les uns et les autres - Writer |
| 1981 | Il a besoin - Director |
| 1980 | Alors... Heureux ? - Producer |
| 1979 | À nous deux - Director |
| 1979 | À nous deux - Screenplay |
| 1978 | Molière - Producer |
| 1978 | Robert et Robert - Director |
| 1978 | Robert et Robert - Producer |
| 1978 | Robert et Robert - Writer |
| 1977 | Un autre homme, une autre chance - Director |
| 1977 | Un autre homme, une autre chance - Writer |
| 1977 | Türkiye - Supervising Producer |
| 1976 | Si c'était à refaire - Director |
| 1976 | Si c'était à refaire - Writer |
| 1976 | Le Bon et les Méchants - Director |
| 1976 | Le Bon et les Méchants - Producer |
| 1976 | Le Bon et les Méchants - Screenplay |
| 1976 | C'était un rendez-vous - Director |
| 1976 | C'était un rendez-vous - Writer |
| 1975 | Le Chat et la Souris - Director |
| 1975 | Le Chat et la Souris - Producer |
| 1975 | Le Chat et la Souris - Screenplay |
| 1974 | Mariage - Director |
| 1974 | Mariage - Screenplay |
| 1974 | Toute une vie - Director |
| 1974 | Toute une vie - Screenplay |
| 1973 | Visions of Eight - Director |
| 1973 | La Bonne Année - Director |
| 1973 | La Bonne Année - Original Story |
| 1973 | La Bonne Année - Producer |
| 1973 | La Bonne Année - Screenplay |
| 1972 | L'Aventure c'est l'aventure - Director |
| 1972 | L'Aventure c'est l'aventure - Screenplay |
| 1971 | Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres - Producer |
| 1971 | Smic, Smac, Smoc - Director |
| 1971 | Smic, Smac, Smoc - Writer |
| 1971 | Le Sang - Executive Producer |
| 1971 | Iran - Director |
| 1971 | Iran - Producer |
| 1970 | Le Voyou - Dialogue |
| 1970 | Le Voyou - Director |
| 1970 | Le Voyou - Director of Photography |
| 1970 | Le Voyou - Screenplay |
| 1970 | Le Voyou - Story |
| 1970 | Le Clair de terre - Producer |
| 1969 | Un Homme Qui Me Plaît - Director |
| 1969 | Les Gauloises bleues - Producer |
| 1969 | La vie, l'amour, la mort - Author |
| 1969 | La vie, l'amour, la mort - Director |
| 1968 | 13 jours en France - Director |
| 1967 | Loin du Vietnam - Director |
| 1967 | Vivre pour vivre - Director |
| 1967 | Vivre pour vivre - Editor |
| 1967 | Vivre pour vivre - Screenplay |
| 1966 | Les grands moments - Director |
| 1966 | Bir Erkek ve Bir Kadın - Director |
| 1966 | Bir Erkek ve Bir Kadın - Director of Photography |
| 1966 | Bir Erkek ve Bir Kadın - Editor |
| 1966 | Bir Erkek ve Bir Kadın - Producer |
| 1966 | Bir Erkek ve Bir Kadın - Screenplay |
| 1965 | Une fille et des fusils - Author |
| 1965 | Une fille et des fusils - Camera Operator |
| 1965 | Une fille et des fusils - Director |
| 1965 | Une fille et des fusils - Editor |
| 1965 | Une fille et des fusils - Producer |
| 1965 | ...pour un maillot jaune - Camera Operator |
| 1965 | ...pour un maillot jaune - Director |
| 1965 | ...pour un maillot jaune - Director of Photography |
| 1964 | L'Amour avec des si... - Director |
| 1964 | L'Amour avec des si... - Director of Photography |
| 1964 | L'Amour avec des si... - Editor |
| 1964 | L'Amour avec des si... - Writer |
| 1964 | La femme spectacle - Director |
| 1961 | Le propre de l'homme - Dialogue |
| 1961 | Le propre de l'homme - Director |
| 1957 | Quand le rideau se lève - Director |
| 1957 | La guerre du silence - Director |
| 1957 | La guerre du silence - Writer |
| 1956 | Le Psychodrame - Camera Operator |
| The Seacrets - Co-Producer |
| Il était une fois tout ça - Director |
| L'incroyable fertilité du chaos - Director |
| The Seacrets - Executive Producer |
| Il était une fois tout ça - Writer |
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