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Louis Malle
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French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995)
Louis Malle was a French filmmaker who directed, wrote, and produced films from the 1950s until his death in 1995. He is remembered as an influential figure in French cinema during the latter half of the 20th century.
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Film & TV
Thumeries, Nord, France
Louis Marie Malle (30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. His film "The Silent World" won the Palme d'Or in 1956 and the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1957, although he was not credited at the ceremony with the award instead being presented to the film's co-director Jacques Cousteau. Later in his career he was nominated multiple times…
Known for
- Louis Malle, le révolté — Self (archive footage)2025
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — Self (archive footage)2023
- La Vie en Gris: The Anglophone Louis Malle in Seven Pictures2022
- Becoming Cousteau — Self (archive footage)2021
- L'affaire Matzneff — Self (archive footage)2020
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2019
- Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2018
- Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown — Self (archive footage)2016
- Louis Malle, le rebelle — Self (archive footage)2015
- The Bardot mystery2012
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Key facts
- Born
- Louis Marie Malle , ( 1932-10-30 ) 30 October 1932, Thumeries , France
- Died
- 23 November 1995 (1995-11-23) (aged 63), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Sciences Po , Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1953–1995
- Spouses
- Anne-Marie Deschodt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1965 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1967 ) Candice Bergen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 )
- Children
- 3; including Chloe Malle
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Thumeries
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Spouse
- Candice Bergen
- Occupation
- producer
- Educated at
- Sciences Po
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Award
- César Award
- Field of work
- drama film
- Movement
- French New Wave
- Image
- Identite-LouisMalle-1958-Sacem.png
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- date of birth
- 1932-10-30
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
- date of death
- 1995-11-23
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- Robert Bresson
- Commons category
- Louis Malle
- name in native language
- Louis Malle
- archives at
- Cinémathèque Française
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Louis Malle
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Louis Malle
- partnership with
- Robert Bresson
- interested in
- society of the United States
- P12674
- Kiowa people
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Encyclopedic overview
Louis Marie Malle ( French: [lwi maʁi mal]; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French filmmaker who worked in France and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "difficult to pin down", his works often depict 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). He also co-directed the landmark underwater documentary The Silent World with Jacques Cousteau, which won the 1956 Palme d'Or and the 1957 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
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