Louis Malle

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-10-30 (63 years old)

Deathday

1995-11-23

Place of Birth

Thumeries, Nord, France

Louis Malle

Biography

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 for Academy Awards. Malle is also one of the few directors to have won the Golden Lion multiple times. Malle worked in both French cinema and Hollywood, and he produced both French and English language films. His most famous films include the crime fi...

Acting

1992

La Vie de Bohème

as Gentleman

1962

A Very Private Affair

as Le journaliste (uncredited)

2021

Becoming Cousteau

as Self (archive footage)

1985

God's Country

as Narrator (voice)

1969

Calcutta

as Narrator (voice)

1986

1969

2019

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1984

My Dinner with Louis

as Interviewee

1982

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

as Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

2020

L'affaire Matzneff

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Louis Malle, le rebelle

as Self (archiveFootage)

1967

The Thief of Paris

as Extra (uncredited)

2018

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2009

On the Trail of the New Wave

as Self (archive footage)

2016

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

as Self (archive footage)

1975

The Lion Roars Again

as Self (uncredited)

Production

1958

1990

May Fools

as Producer

1987

1987

1987

1990

May Fools

as Screenplay

1990

May Fools

as Director

1958

The Lovers

as Director

1960

1960

1960

1963

The Fire Within

as Screenplay

1963

The Fire Within

as Director

1992

Damage

as Producer

1992

Damage

as Director

1980

Atlantic City

as Director

1965

Viva Maria!

as Director

1965

Viva Maria!

as Screenplay

1994

1978

Pretty Baby

as Story

1978

Pretty Baby

as Director

1981

1975

Black Moon

as Writer

1975

Black Moon

as Director

1968

1971

1996

The Ogre

as In Memory Of

1962

Vive Le Tour

as Writer

1962

Vive Le Tour

as Director

1962

1967

1974

Lacombe, Lucien

as Director

1967

The Thief of Paris

as Screenplay

1974

1984

Crackers

as Director

1985

God's Country

as Director

1974

1969

Calcutta

as Director

1969

Calcutta

as Writer

1985

Alamo Bay

as Director

1954

Crazeologie

as Director

2010

Elevator to the Gallows

as Original Story

1962

Vive Le Tour

as Director of Photography

1956

The Silent World

as Cinematography

1968

Spirits of the Dead

as Screenplay

1968

Spirits of the Dead

as Adaptation

1971

1956

The Silent World

as Director

1974

Lacombe, Lucien

as Producer

1966

Young Törless

as Producer

1956

The Silent World

as Director of Photography

1973

Français, si vous saviez

as Delegated Producer

1955

Station 307

as Writer

1955

Station 307

as Director

1955

Station 307

as Director of Photography

1978

Pretty Baby

as Producer

1985

God's Country

as Director of Photography

1985

Alamo Bay

as Producer

1986

… And the Pursuit of Happiness

as Director of Photography

1965

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