Claude Lelouch was born in Paris in 1937. It is often said that he was born
with a film camera in his hands. The cinema has always been a love affair for
him which explains his proclivity for filmmaking – including more than 30
full-length features, television films and 150 commercials. A generous filmmaker, Lelouch loves the characters he creates and wants them to be loved by the public for whom he has great respect and to whom he wants to offer a real show. Lelouch is a people’s filmmaker i... ... (read more...) n the best sense of the word whose films have been met with great success and
international recognition including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
and the Cannes’ Palme d’Or for UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME - A MAN AND A WOMAN in 1966. Through his films, Lelouch illustrates man’s greatest passions: childhood, encounters, love, friendship, risks, injustice, death, reincarnation, returns home, travel through a blend of the big-show and intimate cinema.