A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Louis Marie Malle
루이 말
루이 말레
루이스 말레
Birthplace:
Thumeries, Nord, France
Born:
October 30, 1932
Died:
November 23, 1995
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. Malle worked in both French cinema and Hollywood, and he produced both French and English language films. His most famous films include the crime film "Elevator to the Gallows" (1958), the World War II drama "Lacombe, Lucien" (1974), the romantic crime film "Atlantic City" (1980), the comedy-drama "My Dinner with Andre" (1981), and the autobiographical film "Au Revoir les Enfants" (1987). Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries, Nord, France. He initially studied political science at Sciences Po before turning to film studies at IDHEC instead. He assisted Robert Bresson on "A Man Escaped" (1956) before making his first feature, "Elevator to the Gallows" (1958), a taut thriller featuring an original score by Miles Davis, which made an international film star of Jeanne Moreau, at the time a leading stage actress of the Comédie-Française. Malle was 24 years old. Malle's "The Lovers" (1958), which also starred Moreau, caused major controversy due to its sexual content, leading to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case regarding the legal definition of obscenity. Malle is sometimes associated with the nouvelle vague movement, and while Malle's work does not directly fit in with or correspond to the auteurist theories that apply to the work of Godard, Truffaut, Chabrol, Rohmer and others, and he had nothing whatsoever to do with the Cahiers du cinéma, his films do exemplify many of the characteristics of the movement, such as using natural light and shooting on location, and his film "Zazie dans le Métro" (1960), an adaptation of the Raymond Queneau novel, inspired Truffaut to write an enthusiastic letter to Malle. In 1968 Malle visited India and made a seven-part documentary series "Phantom India" (1969), which was released in cinemas. Concentrating on real India, its rituals and festivities, Malle fell afoul of the Indian government, which disliked his portrayal of the country, in its fascination with the pre-modern, and consequently banned the BBC from filming in India for several years. Malle later claimed his documentary on India was his favorite film. Malle later moved to the United States and continued to direct there. Just as his earlier films such as "The Lovers" helped popularize French films in the United States, "My Dinner with Andre" was at the forefront of the rise of American independent cinema in the 1980s.
Adaptation:
1968 Spirits of the Dead
Cinematography:
1956 The Silent World
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
Delegated Producer:
1956 The Silent World
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1973 Français, si vous saviez
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
Director:
1954 Crazeologie
1955 La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955 Station 307
1956 The Silent World
1958 Elevator to the Gallows
1958 The Lovers
1960 Zazie dans le Métro
1962 A Very Private Affair
1962 Vive Le Tour
1963 The Fire Within
1964 Best Regards from Bangkok
1965 Viva Maria!
1967 The Thief of Paris
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1968 William Wilson
1969 Calcutta
1971 Murmur of the Heart
1973 Français, si vous saviez
1974 A Human Condition
1974 Lacombe, Lucien
1974 Place de la République
1975 Black Moon
1978 Pretty Baby
1980 Atlantic City
1981 My Dinner with Andre
1984 Crackers
1985 Alamo Bay
1985 God's Country
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
1987 Au Revoir les Enfants
1990 May Fools
1992 Damage
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street
Director of Photography:
1954 Crazeologie
1955 La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955 Station 307
1956 The Silent World
1958 Elevator to the Gallows
1958 The Lovers
1960 Zazie dans le Métro
1962 A Very Private Affair
1962 Vive Le Tour
1963 The Fire Within
1964 Best Regards from Bangkok
1965 Viva Maria!
1967 The Thief of Paris
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1968 William Wilson
1969 Calcutta
1971 Murmur of the Heart
1973 Français, si vous saviez
1974 A Human Condition
1974 Lacombe, Lucien
1974 Place de la République
1975 Black Moon
1978 Pretty Baby
1980 Atlantic City
1981 My Dinner with Andre
1984 Crackers
1985 Alamo Bay
1985 God's Country
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
1987 Au Revoir les Enfants
1990 May Fools
1992 Damage
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street
In Memory Of:
1954 Crazeologie
1955 La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955 Station 307
1956 The Silent World
1958 Elevator to the Gallows
1958 The Lovers
1960 Zazie dans le Métro
1962 A Very Private Affair
1962 Vive Le Tour
1963 The Fire Within
1964 Best Regards from Bangkok
1965 Viva Maria!
1967 The Thief of Paris
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1968 William Wilson
1969 Calcutta
1971 Murmur of the Heart
1973 Français, si vous saviez
1974 A Human Condition
1974 Lacombe, Lucien
1974 Place de la République
1975 Black Moon
1978 Pretty Baby
1980 Atlantic City
1981 My Dinner with Andre
1984 Crackers
1985 Alamo Bay
1985 God's Country
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
1987 Au Revoir les Enfants
1990 May Fools
1992 Damage
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street
1996 The Ogre
Original Story:
1954 Crazeologie
1955 La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955 Station 307
1956 The Silent World
1958 Elevator to the Gallows
1958 The Lovers
1960 Zazie dans le Métro
1962 A Very Private Affair
1962 Vive Le Tour
1963 The Fire Within
1964 Best Regards from Bangkok
1965 Viva Maria!
1967 The Thief of Paris
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1968 William Wilson
1969 Calcutta
1971 Murmur of the Heart
1973 Français, si vous saviez
1974 A Human Condition
1974 Lacombe, Lucien
1974 Place de la République
1975 Black Moon
1978 Pretty Baby
1980 Atlantic City
1981 My Dinner with Andre
1984 Crackers
1985 Alamo Bay
1985 God's Country
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
1987 Au Revoir les Enfants
1990 May Fools
1992 Damage
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street
1996 The Ogre
2010 Elevator to the Gallows
Producer:
1954 Crazeologie
1955 La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955 Station 307
1956 The Silent World
1958 Elevator to the Gallows
1958 The Lovers
1960 Zazie dans le Métro
1962 A Very Private Affair
1962 Vive Le Tour
1963 The Fire Within
1964 Best Regards from Bangkok
1965 Viva Maria!
1966 Young Törless
1967 The Thief of Paris
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1968 William Wilson
1969 Calcutta
1971 Murmur of the Heart
1973 Français, si vous saviez
1974 A Human Condition
1974 Lacombe, Lucien
1974 Place de la République
1975 Black Moon
1978 Pretty Baby
1980 Atlantic City
1981 My Dinner with Andre
1984 Crackers
1985 Alamo Bay
1985 God's Country
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
1987 Au Revoir les Enfants
1990 May Fools
1992 Damage
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street
1996 The Ogre
2010 Elevator to the Gallows
Screenplay:
1954 Crazeologie
1955 La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955 Station 307
1956 The Silent World
1958 Elevator to the Gallows
1958 The Lovers
1960 Zazie dans le Métro
1962 A Very Private Affair
1962 Vive Le Tour
1963 The Fire Within
1964 Best Regards from Bangkok
1965 Viva Maria!
1966 Young Törless
1967 The Thief of Paris
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1968 William Wilson
1969 Calcutta
1971 Murmur of the Heart
1973 Français, si vous saviez
1974 A Human Condition
1974 Lacombe, Lucien
1974 Place de la République
1975 Black Moon
1978 Pretty Baby
1980 Atlantic City
1981 My Dinner with Andre
1984 Crackers
1985 Alamo Bay
1985 God's Country
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
1987 Au Revoir les Enfants
1990 May Fools
1992 Damage
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street
1996 The Ogre
2010 Elevator to the Gallows
Story:
1954 Crazeologie
1955 La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955 Station 307
1956 The Silent World
1958 Elevator to the Gallows
1958 The Lovers
1960 Zazie dans le Métro
1962 A Very Private Affair
1962 Vive Le Tour
1963 The Fire Within
1964 Best Regards from Bangkok
1965 Viva Maria!
1966 Young Törless
1967 The Thief of Paris
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1968 William Wilson
1969 Calcutta
1971 Murmur of the Heart
1973 Français, si vous saviez
1974 A Human Condition
1974 Lacombe, Lucien
1974 Place de la République
1975 Black Moon
1978 Pretty Baby
1980 Atlantic City
1981 My Dinner with Andre
1984 Crackers
1985 Alamo Bay
1985 God's Country
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
1987 Au Revoir les Enfants
1990 May Fools
1992 Damage
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street
1996 The Ogre
2010 Elevator to the Gallows
Writer:
1954 Crazeologie
1955 La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955 Station 307
1956 The Silent World
1958 Elevator to the Gallows
1958 The Lovers
1960 Zazie dans le Métro
1962 A Very Private Affair
1962 Vive Le Tour
1963 The Fire Within
1964 Best Regards from Bangkok
1965 Viva Maria!
1966 Young Törless
1967 The Thief of Paris
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1968 William Wilson
1969 Calcutta
1971 Murmur of the Heart
1973 Français, si vous saviez
1974 A Human Condition
1974 Lacombe, Lucien
1974 Place de la République
1975 Black Moon
1978 Pretty Baby
1980 Atlantic City
1981 My Dinner with Andre
1984 Crackers
1985 Alamo Bay
1985 God's Country
1986 And the Pursuit of Happiness
1987 Au Revoir les Enfants
1990 May Fools
1992 Damage
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street
1996 The Ogre
2010 Elevator to the Gallows
Director:
1969 Phantom India
Writer:
1969 Phantom India
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