Louis Malle

Louis Malle

1932-10-30 Thumeries, Nord, France 64 Credits

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....

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La Vie en Gris: The Anglophone Louis Malle in Seven Pictures

La Vie en Gris: The Anglophone Louis Malle in Seven Pictures

2022

Acting

Filmmaker Louis Malle worked adjacent to the French Nouvelle Vague, but was admittedly never fully part of it, cementing his reputation instead with f...

Becoming Cousteau

Becoming Cousteau

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations und...

L'affaire Matzneff

L'affaire Matzneff

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

About the Gabriel Matzneff affair and pedophilia in French culture and society from the 1950s to the present day. "It was not very difficult to know w...

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

2018

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of the most idolized French movie stars.

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

2016

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Since the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses laughing with his visual gags, pantomime sketches and signa...

Louis Malle, le rebelle

Louis Malle, le rebelle

2015

as Self (archiveFootage)

7.0
Acting
Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows

2010

Original Story

6.5
Writing

A phone conversation occurs between a man and a woman. They both state their love for each other and that they will do this so they can be together. T...

On the Trail of the New Wave

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Acting
365 Day Project

365 Day Project

2007

10.0
Acting

This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for ...

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

as Self

6.6
Acting

Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "wor...

The Ogre

The Ogre

1996

In Memory Of

6.4

Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accused of being a child abuser, he is recruited as a s...

Vanya on 42nd Street

Vanya on 42nd Street

1994

Director

6.6
Directing

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 1899 play "Uncle Vanya" played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusa...

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

1993

as Self

10.0
Acting

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

Damage

Damage

1992

Producer, Director

6.6
Producing Directing

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

La Vie de Bohème

La Vie de Bohème

1992

as Gentleman

7.5
Acting

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with n...

May Fools

May Fools

1990

Producer, Director, Screenplay

6.9
Producing Directing Writing

An eccentric family is re-united during the 1968 general strike in France, after the death of the grandmother.

Au Revoir les Enfants

Au Revoir les Enfants

1987

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.5
Directing Writing Producing

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provinci...

… And the Pursuit of Happiness

… And the Pursuit of Happiness

1986

as Narrator (voice)

6.9
Acting

In 1986, Louis Malle examines the immigrant experience in America by interviewing newcomers from various professions nationwide, highlighting their st...

… And the Pursuit of Happiness

… And the Pursuit of Happiness

1986

Director, Producer, Director of Photography

6.9
Directing Producing

In 1986, Louis Malle examines the immigrant experience in America by interviewing newcomers from various professions nationwide, highlighting their st...

God's Country

God's Country

1985

as Narrator (voice)

7.3
Acting

In 1979, Louis Malle films the thriving lives of a Minnesota farming community, but returns six years later to document its drastic economic decline, ...

God's Country

God's Country

1985

Director, Director of Photography

7.3
Directing

In 1979, Louis Malle films the thriving lives of a Minnesota farming community, but returns six years later to document its drastic economic decline, ...

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

1985

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the life of explorer Jacques Cousteau.

Alamo Bay

Alamo Bay

1985

Director, Producer

5.9
Directing Producing

A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing indus...

The Road to Bresson

The Road to Bresson

1984

as Self

6.8
Acting

A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson.

My Dinner with Louis

My Dinner with Louis

1984

as Interviewee

Acting

Interview with director Louis Malle conducted by Wallace Shawn, produced for the BBC-TV programme "Arena".

Crackers

Crackers

1984

Director

4.7
Directing

In San Francisco, a group of down-and-out friends and a local pimp concoct a convoluted burglary plan on their pawnshop operator friend, all while nav...

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

1982

as Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

5.7
Acting

A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

Hollywood’s Children

Hollywood’s Children

1982

as Self

Acting

A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).

My Dinner with Andre

My Dinner with Andre

1981

Director

7.5
Directing

Wally, a struggling playwright and actor, reluctantly agrees to catch up with his old friend Andre, a theater director who disappeared several years p...

Atlantic City

Atlantic City

1980

Director

6.8
Directing

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs a...

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

1978

Story, Director, Producer

7.0
Writing Directing Producing

Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-...

Close up: Dominique Sanda ou le rêve éveillé

1977

Director

Directing

It's an intimate film that brings out the deeper vibrations of my person. It was for me at the same time a beautiful but disturbing experience. To del...

Black Moon

Black Moon

1975

Writer, Director

6.0
Writing Directing

There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unico...

The Lion Roars Again

1975

as Self (uncredited)

Acting

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.

Place de la République

Place de la République

1974

as Self

6.7
Acting

Louis Malle presents his entertaining snapshot of the comings and goings on one street corner in Paris.

Place de la République

Place de la République

1974

Director

6.7
Directing

Louis Malle presents his entertaining snapshot of the comings and goings on one street corner in Paris.

A Human Condition

A Human Condition

1974

Director

5.7
Directing

In his documentary "Humain, Trop Humain," Louis Malle presents his meditative investigation of the inner workings of a French automotive plant.

Lacombe, Lucien

Lacombe, Lucien

1974

Writer, Director, Producer

7.0
Writing Directing Producing

In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When ...

Français, si vous saviez

Français, si vous saviez

1973

Delegated Producer

10.0
Producing

This almost 8 hour humongous 1973 documentary by two of the filmmakers who made The Sorrow and the Pity recounts fifty years of the history of France ...

Murmur of the Heart

Murmur of the Heart

1971

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolesce...

A Very Curious Girl

A Very Curious Girl

1969

as Jésus

6.2
Acting

Treated as an outcast and exploited by the villagers of a small town, a young woman liberates herself through sex, which she uses as a tool of economi...

Calcutta

Calcutta

1969

as Narrator (voice)

6.5
Acting

When he was cutting "Phantom India," Louis Malle found that the footage shot in Calcutta was so diverse, intense, and unforgettable that it deserved i...

Calcutta

Calcutta

1969

Writer, Director

6.5
Writing Directing

When he was cutting "Phantom India," Louis Malle found that the footage shot in Calcutta was so diverse, intense, and unforgettable that it deserved i...

Spirits of the Dead

Spirits of the Dead

1968

Director, Screenplay, Adaptation

6.3
Directing Writing

Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man ha...

The Thief of Paris

The Thief of Paris

1967

as Extra (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

In Paris around 1900, a young man raised by his wealthy uncle plots revenge after his cousin is betrothed to a rich neighbor. He steals the fiancé's f...

The Thief of Paris

The Thief of Paris

1967

Director, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

In Paris around 1900, a young man raised by his wealthy uncle plots revenge after his cousin is betrothed to a rich neighbor. He steals the fiancé's f...

The Birth of Children of Paradise

1967

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the making of Marcel Carne's 1945 film Children of Paradise (France), interviewing the director, the actors and production designer,...

Young Törless

Young Törless

1966

Producer

6.7
Producing

At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing...

Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson

Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson

1966

as Self

Acting

A documentary, originally produced in 1966 for the French TV series "Pour le plaisir," about Robert Bresson's film "Au Hasard Balthazar," featuring in...

Viva Maria!

Viva Maria!

1965

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

An IRA operative escapes to the Americas and teams up with a circus singer to create a popular vaudeville act. When the singer falls for a rebel, they...

Best Regards from Bangkok

Best Regards from Bangkok

1964

Director

Directing

A documentary short for "Five Columns à la une".

The Fire Within

The Fire Within

1963

Screenplay, Director

7.6
Writing Directing

Although his alcoholism has been treated, Alain still feels he is deeply unwell and does not feel he can leave the detoxification clinic once and for ...

Vive Le Tour

Vive Le Tour

1962

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

6.7
Directing Writing

A short documentary about the 1962 Tour-de-France. Topics covered include: crowds of people and motorcycles, drinking raids and feeding, pileups, dopi...

A Very Private Affair

A Very Private Affair

1962

as Le journaliste (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

After achieving fame as a movie star, a woman finds her private life invaded by relentless fans, leading her mother’s ex-lover to intervene and offer ...

A Very Private Affair

A Very Private Affair

1962

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

After achieving fame as a movie star, a woman finds her private life invaded by relentless fans, leading her mother’s ex-lover to intervene and offer ...

Zazie dans le Métro

Zazie dans le Métro

1960

Director, Producer, Screenplay

6.6
Directing Producing Writing

A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.

The Lovers

The Lovers

1958

Director

6.6
Directing

A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions of love, leading her further towards Paris...

Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows

1958

Director, Screenplay

7.6
Directing Writing

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

The Silent World

The Silent World

1956

Cinematography, Director, Director of Photography

6.4
Directing

Join renowned explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau as he investigates aquatic habitats worldwide, showcasing whales, sharks, and diverse marine life. The fi...

La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse

1955

Director

Directing

Follows the scientific research carried out in the natural cavity of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse by Cousteau and OFRS (French Underwater Research Office) div...

Station 307

Station 307

1955

Director, Director of Photography, Writer

Directing Writing

A research expedition to the Persian Gulf and a dive near Bahrain in search of oil. The film was sponsored by the French arm of British Petroleum, and...

Crazeologie

Crazeologie

1954

4.7
Acting

Louis Malle's student film, featuring the title song by Charlie Parker.

Crazeologie

Crazeologie

1954

Director

4.7
Directing

Louis Malle's student film, featuring the title song by Charlie Parker.