- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 5, 1901
- Place of Birth
- Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, France
- Died
- February 5, 2000
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Autant-Lara (August 5, 1901–February 5, 2000) was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill School during his mother's exile as a pacifist. Early in his career, he worked as an art director and costume designer, his best-known work in this vein was possibly for Nana (1926), a silent film directed by Jean Renoir. Autant-Lara also acted in the film. As a director, he frequently created provocative movies, saying "if a film does not have venom, it is worthless". In the 1960s, he turned his back on the New Wave movement, and from then on he had no popular successes. On 18 June 1989, he came to public notice again, controversially, when he was elected to the European Parliament as a member of the National Front and the oldest member of the assembly. In his ma…
Filmography
movieThe Bardot mystery
2012
movieMy Name Is Anna Magnani
1980 · Self
movieGloria
1977 · Director, Writer
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieLucien Leuwen
1973 · Director
tvLucien Leuwen
1973 · Creator
moviePotatoes
1969 · Writer, Director
movieFranciscan of Bourges
1968 · Director
movieThe Oldest Profession
1967 · Director
movieA Woman in White Revolts
1966 · Producer, Director
movieA Woman in White
1965 · Director
movieBlack Humor
1965 · Director
movieJosefa's Loot
1963 · Director
movieEnough Rope
1963 · Director
movieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1961 · Director
movieThou Shalt Not Kill
1961 · Director
movieLong Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961 · Director
movieLovers Woods
1960 · Director
movieThe Regattas of San Francisco
1960 · Director
movieThe Green Mare
1959 · Director
movieThe Gambler
1958 · Director
movieLove Is My Profession
1958 · Director
movieLa Traversée de Paris
1956 · Director
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieMarguerite of the Night
1955 · Director
movieLe Rouge et le Noir
1954 · Director, Writer
movieThe Game of Love
1954 · Director, Adaptation, Dialogue
movieGood Lord Without Confession
1953 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Seven Deadly Sins
1952 · Director
movieThe Red Inn
1951 · Director, Screenplay
movieKeep an Eye on Amelia
1949 · Director
movieDevil in the Flesh
1947 · Director, Costume Design, Writer
movieSylvia and the Ghost
1946 · Director
movieDouce
1943 · Director, Costume Design
movieLove Letters
1942 · Director
movieThe Marriage of Chiffon
1942 · Costume Design, Director
movieThe Mysterious Mr. Davis
1939 · Producer, Director
movieFric-Frac
1939 · Director
movieThe Stream
1938 · Assistant Director
movieCourier of Lyons
1937 · Director
movieCiboulette
1933 · Director
moviePlumber in love
1932 · Director
The Incomplete Athlete
movieThe Incomplete Athlete
1932 · Director
movieBuster se marie
1931 · Director
Boul se met au vert
movieBoul se met au vert
1929 · Director
movieLittle Devil May Care
1928 · Assistant Director
movieTo Build a Fire
1928 · Director
movieBackbiters
1927
movieNana
1926 · Fauchery, Production Design
movieThe Imaginary Voyage
1926 · Assistant Director
Vittel
movieVittel
1926 · Director
movieThe Crazy Ray
1925 · Assistant Director
movieThe Inhuman Woman
1924 · Art Direction, Costume Design
movieNews Item
1923 · Writer, Editor, Director
movieDon Juan et Faust
1922 · Art Direction
movieThe Man of the Sea
1920 · Un des copains (uncredited), Production Design, Art Direction
movieLe Carnaval des vérités
1920 · Art Direction