William Klein

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-04-19 (96 years old)

Deathday

2022-09-10

Place of Birth

New York City, USA

William Klein

Biography

William Klein (April 19, 1926 – September 10, 2022) was a photographer and filmmaker noted to for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography. Trained as a painter, Klein studied under Fernand Léger and found early success with exhibitions of his work. However, he soon moved on to photography and achieved widespread fame as a fashion photographer for Vogue and for his photo essays on various cities. Despite having no training as a photographer, Klein won the Prix Nadar in 1957 for New York, a book of photographs taken during a brief retur...

Production

1969

Mr. Freedom

as Writer

1969

Mr. Freedom

as Director

1967

Far from Vietnam

as Director

1977

1977

The Model Couple

as Director

1958

1982

The French

as Director

1958

Broadway by Light

as Director of Photography

1958

1998

1978

May Days

as Director

1999

Messiah

as Director

1999

Messiah

as Director of Photography

1997

Contacts: Sophie Calle

as Original Concept

1985

Mode in France

as Director

1964

Cassius le grand

as Director

1978

May Days

as Writer

1977

The Model Couple

as Director of Photography

1978

May Days

as Director of Photography

1969

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

as Director of Photography

1982

The French

as Director of Photography

1969

Muhammad Ali, the Greatest

as Director of Photography

1992

Babilée '91

as Director

1962

1962

Le Business et la Mode

as Director of Photography

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