Biography
Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claude Lelouch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Bardot
2025
as Self
An intimate look at the life of international icon Brigitte Bardot. With exclusive access and the full support of Brigitte Bardot and her team, we wil...

Claude Lelouch, la vie en mieux
2024

At the End of the Day
2024
Producer, Writer, Director
In an increasingly crazy world, Lino, who has decided to leave everything behind, will come to realise that, at the end of the day, everything that ha...

Conversation avec Claude Lelouch
2024
as Himself - subject

Claude Lelouch - Le symphonique
2023
as Lui-même

De la piste aux étoiles
2023
as Self - Director

De la piste aux étoiles
2023
Thanks

Re-belles
2023
as Self

Shoot to Live
2022
as Self
A documentary on filmmaker Claude Lelouch, following him over seven years.

Shoot to Live
2022
Producer
A documentary on filmmaker Claude Lelouch, following him over seven years.

Love Is Better Than Life
2022
Writer, Director
Upon their release from prison twenty years earlier, Gérard, Ary and Philippe asked themselves if honesty was not the best racket of them all. T...

Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022
as Self
"And God Created Woman", "Il Sorpasso", "A Man and a Woman", "The Conformist", "Amour"... the list of successes by Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930-2022) ...

Trintignant by Trintignant
2021
as Self (archive footage)
A portrait of a man of rare elegance and enigmatic charm, versatile and successful: Jean-Louis Trintignant, one of the most critically acclaimed Frenc...

Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge
2021
as Self
To help Francis Hallé in his fight to save the last tropical forests, a documentary filmmaker with a passion for nature decides to make his first film...

Resistencia Cultural
2021
as Himself (archive)

Bernard, Albert et l'Empereur
2021
as Claude Lelouch

Annie Girardot selon son cœur
2020
as Self - Réalisateur
A gifted student, Annie Girardot thought for a while of becoming a nurse, before passing the entrance exam to the Conservatory. She leaves with two fi...

Les Misérables et Victor Hugo : au nom du peuple
2020
as Self
The prodigious genesis of a monument of world literature, too often reduced to its popular success, also recounts the tormented conversion of its auth...

Deauville et le rêve américain
2020
as Self
Reflection of the society and vector of the occidental culture, American cinema influences the entire world since its debuts.

Le Grand Rendez-Vous
2020
Writer, Director
Remake of the famous short film C'etait un rendez-vous (1976), where Claude Lelouch shows us a Mercedes 450SEL, to the sound of a Ferrari 275 GTB, V-1...

Boléro, le refrain du monde
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Dance of Chance
2019
Director, Producer, Writer
That day, there’s tension in the air: Marianne has her car and dog stolen from a highway parking lot. Stéphane is constantly arguing with his wife. No...

The Best Years of a Life
2019
Director, Producer, Screenplay
They knew each other long ago: a man and a woman whose dazzling and unexpected romance captured in the now-iconic film revolutionized our understandin...

Jean-Marie fête Bigard
2019
as Self

Bolero: A Global Hit
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Bolero is played every 15 minutes in the world. This film tries to answer how this famous melody inspired and influenced the world pop-culture? It exp...

Everyone's Life
2017
Director, Writer, Producer
Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secre...

Belmondo by Belmondo
2016
as Self (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Belmondo returns to the settings of a fantastic career, accompanied by his son Paul. Over a career spanning 50 years, Jean-Paul Belmondo’s m...

Un + une
2015
Director, Writer, Producer
A successful film composer falls in love when he travels to India to work on a Bollywood retelling of Romeo and Juliet.

We Love You, You Bastard
2014
Director, Screenplay, Producer
A war photographer and absent father, who spends more time taking care of his camera than his four daughters, enjoys a happy life in the Alps with his...

Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste
2012
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012
as Self
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
2012
as Self

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
as Self (archive footage)

Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011
as Self
Documentary on the career of Jean-Paul Belmondo.

D'un film à l'autre
2011
as Narrator (voice)
On April 13, 2011, Les Films 13 production company turned 50. How can one celebrate an anniversary of this sort ? By simply making "another" film that...

D'un film à l'autre
2011
Writer, Producer, Director
On April 13, 2011, Les Films 13 production company turned 50. How can one celebrate an anniversary of this sort ? By simply making "another" film that...

What War May Bring
2010
Director, Writer, Producer
A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passi...

To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

Crossed Tracks
2007
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the disappearance of her ghost-writer. A serial-killer escapes fro...

The Cinema Around the Corner
2007
Director
A memoir of how the movie Top Hat impacted the director's family throughout the years.

Our Earthmen Friends
2007
Producer
What on earth would extraterrestrials think if they could observe us? This is the movie they made.

A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov
2006
as Self
The career of revered Russian filmmaker Mikhail Kalatozov is explored in this documentary film comprised of rare behind-the-scenes footage, interviews...

The Courage to Love
2005
Screenplay, Director
A picture of humankind in Paris: singers, shows, social gatherings, businessmen, nightclub barmen, bums, shoppers.

Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
2004
Director
Paris, December 1999. A group of Parisians cross paths. A police commissioner madly in love with his colleague's wife, a director looking for a subjec...

11’09”01—September 11
2002
Director, Writer
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer d...

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
Screenplay, Director
A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
as Self
Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...

Who Is Bernard Tapie?
2001
as Self
This documentary tells two stories simultaneously: it's a profile of Bernard Tapie, a wealthy man who rises and falls spectacularly in French society ...

One 4 All
1999
as Self
Olivia, Irina and Masha are improving their acting skills. They no longer believe in Prince Charming, and their career is waning. Olivia works at the ...

One 4 All
1999
Director, Writer
Olivia, Irina and Masha are improving their acting skills. They no longer believe in Prince Charming, and their career is waning. Olivia works at the ...

Jean-Pierre Aumont, charm and laughter
1999
A doumentary of the life and career of French actor, Jean-Pierre Aumont.

Chance or Coincidence
1998
Director
Once a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her.

Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996
Screenplay, Director
Benoit Blanc loves living, he loves women, he loves daring. He is a famous businessman who suffers from stomach-ache. Fabiolini, a would-be actor, is ...

Lumière & Company
1995
Director
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under condition...

Les Miserables
1995
Writer, Director, Producer
In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see ...

All That... for This?!
1993
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The plot is about a trial against three men who tried to earn loads of money by illegal methods to get to Canada and about the lawyers and the judge w...

The Beautiful Story
1992
Director, Dialogue, Writer
A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief an...

Plan-Séquence
1992
Cinematography, Director, Writer
In a vertiginous sequence, Claude Lelouch's camera follows Patrick Edlinger climbing with his bare hands one of the routes of the spectacular Cimaï cl...

The King of Ads
1991
Director
A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-...

There Were Days... and Moons
1990
Director, Writer
How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie shows how the chaos of life ineluctably propels its ch...

Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
1988
Director, Writer, Producer
A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. However, when he reaches fifty and becomes tired of his re...

Happy New Year
1987
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old ...

Happy New Year
1987
as Man on Train
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old ...

Happy New Year
1987
Original Film Writer
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old ...

Bandits
1987
Producer, Director, Writer
On the day Jean Gabin dies, a kidnaper who also takes a fortune in jewels heisted from Cartiers murders Simon Verini's wife. (Simon was fencing the je...

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986
Director, Screenplay
Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women. She is now a big-time director who...

Going and Coming Back
1985
Director
Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot the...

Long Live Life
1984
as himself
The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection ...

Long Live Life
1984
Story, Director, Writer
The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection ...

Edith and Marcel
1983
Director, Writer
This tragic musical drama chronicles the star-crossed love between beloved French singer Edith Piaf and World Middleweight boxing champion Marcel Cerd...

Bolero
1981
Director, Writer, Producer
The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930...
Il a besoin
1981
Director

Alors... Heureux ?
1980
Producer
Three friends navigate the ups and downs of love, relationships, and adulthood, each facing their own romantic challenges. One struggles with commitme...

Us Two
1979
Screenplay, Director
Françoise has gone into business seducing men whose wives want to divorce them, and who need incriminating evidence against them. In addition, she has...

Heart to Heart
1979
as Himself
The independently-minded daughter of lower-middle class French shopkeepers, Brigitte, one of three sisters, refused to marry the father of her child w...
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978
as Self
A documentary interview with the French actress while on the sets of films in production. Several of the directors for whom she has made films are als...

Molière
1978
Producer
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studie...

Robert et Robert
1978
Producer, Director, Writer
Robert #1 is played by Charles Denner, while Robert #2 is played by Jacques Villeret. Beyond their common name, the two Roberts are as different as ni...

Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Director, Writer
Young Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west...
Türkiye
1977
Supervising Producer
An overview of Turkey in the Seventies, with some stunning images

A Second Chance
1976
Director, Writer
Imprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine gives birth to a son she conceived in prison. Eighteen years later, her sentence served, she is reunit...

The Good and the Bad
1976
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well befo...

Rendezvous
1976
as The driver
A high-speed drive through the streets of Paris.

Rendezvous
1976
Director, Writer
A high-speed drive through the streets of Paris.

Cat and Mouse
1975
Producer, Director, Screenplay
A jaded and charming police inspector is assigned along with his cheerful partner to a case involving the mysterious death and/or suicide of a wealthy...

Marriage
1974
Director, Screenplay
Four wedding anniversaries serve to chronicle the beginning and end of a thirty-year marriage.

And Now My Love
1974
Director, Screenplay
The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.

Visions of Eight
1973
as Narrator
Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Lelouch...

Visions of Eight
1973
Director
Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Lelouch...

Far West
1973
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
This Belgian/French tale chronicles the efforts of Jacques (Jacques Brel) to find the Old West in modern America. Dressed as cowboy, he travels throug...

Happy New Year
1973
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry ...

Money Money Money
1972
Screenplay, Director
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.

It Only Happens to Others
1971
Producer
Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-o...

Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971
as Hooligan
Charles, Jean and Amidou are workmen at the La Ciotat shipyards and live in the same construction facility. One day, Amidou leaves them to marry Cathe...

Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971
Director, Writer
Charles, Jean and Amidou are workmen at the La Ciotat shipyards and live in the same construction facility. One day, Amidou leaves them to marry Cathe...

The Blood
1971
Executive Producer
An apocalyptic vision of man after a cosmic catastrophe, this film is a terrifying metaphor of a dehumanized future. The Brazilian Cinema Novo, German...
Iran
1971
Director, Producer
Claude Lelouch presents in his own vision of Iran. Between tradition and modernity, the movie reveals all the country's vision contrasts, under the ve...

The Crook
1970
Director, Dialogue, Story
A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.

Earth Light
1970
Producer
The Tunisian born hero of the film decides to break with his disorganized yet habit-ridden life in Paris, and sets off to discover his homeland, which...

Love Is a Funny Thing
1969
Director
A composer and a French film star, both of whom are married to others, meet and fall in love while shooting a film in the United States.
Les Gauloises bleues
1969
Producer
The harsh life of a troubled young man provides the basis of this grim French tragedy that begins when the fellow stops into a shop to buy a pack of t...

Life Love Death
1969
Author, Director
François Toledo, married businessman and father, falls head-over-heels in love with Janine, a work colleague. However, he is soon found out: after thr...

13 Days in France
1968
Director
This colorful documentary chronicles the events of the 1968 Winter Olympics in France. The events made international celebrities of skater Peggy Flemi...

Far from Vietnam
1967
Director
In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the Vietn...

Live for Life
1967
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.

Les grands moments
1966
Director
Four prisoners are gathered in the same cell. Each tells the others how he got there.

A Man and a Woman
1966
Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that...

To Be a Crook
1965
Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn money from crime than they can from work. The film follows their training at the f...

To Be a Crook
1965
Author, Editor, Director
Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn money from crime than they can from work. The film follows their training at the f...

For a Yellow Jersey
1965
Cinematography, Director, Camera Operator
Tour de France 1965 in colour

In the Affirmative
1964
Director of Photography, Editor, Director
The film is a road movie that follows a middle aged man who gives a young woman a lift. On the car radio, news bulletins warn the population against a...

Night Women
1964
Director
A mondo-movie on the theme of women, with interviews and mock reports: plastic surgery, transvestites, Victoria Nanquin stripper, divorce and jealousy...

The Right of Man
1961
as Claude
At a friend's house, Claude meets Janine. The two young people spend the day wandering around Paris, from the café to the Foire du Trône, together or ...

The Right of Man
1961
Director, Dialogue
At a friend's house, Claude meets Janine. The two young people spend the day wandering around Paris, from the café to the Foire du Trône, together or ...

When the Curtain Rises
1957
Director
French film by Claude Lelouch released in 1957. This film was shot illegally in the USSR by the author.

The War of Silence
1957
Director, Writer
Short film about the importance of silence in military matters.

Le Psychodrame
1956
Camera Operator
Roberto Rossellini shot the film Psycodrame in 1956 for the Center d'études de radiotélévision. The staging of three "psychodramas" - organized by Pro...

The Seacrets
N/A
Executive Producer, Co-Producer

Il était une fois tout ça
N/A
Director, Writer