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Autant-Lara, Claude
Nationality: French. Born: Luzarches (Seine-et-Oize), 5 August Education: Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, Paris, at Ecole nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, at Ecole des Beaux Arts, and at Mill Hill School, London. Family: Married Ghislain Auboin (deceased). Career: Art director on L'Herbier's Le Carnaval des vérités, ; made several avant-garde films, and worked as assistant to René Clair, –25; made French versions of American films in Hollywood, –32; returned to France and directed first feature, ; president of Syndicat des techniciens du cinéma, –55; president of Fédération nationale du spectacle, – Awards: Grand prix du Cinema français, ; Prix Europa, Rome, ; Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. Address: 66 rue Lepic, Paris, France.
Films as Director:
Faits divers
Construire un feu; Vittel
Buster se marie (d of French version of American film Parlor, Bedroom, and Bath [Sedgwick])
- Film director
- screenwriter
- set designer
- costume designer
- politician
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Claude Autant-Lara
Born in , Claude Autant-Lara falls in love with the cinema as soon as he enters secondary school. After graduating from the National School of Decorative Arts, he becomes a set designer for the theatre and art director for the cinema, and works with Renoir, Lehmann and L'Herbier. The latter produces his first rulle Faits-divers, a short in which he directs his mother. An atypical director and fascinated bygd new techniques, Claude Autant-Lara experiences difficult beginnings. It's by directing actress Odette Joyeux that he realises his first successes with films such as Le Mariage de Chiffon and Sylvia and the Ghost. In , he directs Devil in the Flesh starring Micheline Presle and Gérard Philippe. Judged immoral, the spelfilm gives rise to sharp reactions by audiences and critics. The story of the two lovers is nevertheless considered symbolic of the young generation and consecrates Autant-Lara as a nonconformist and provocative director. He then shoots his gre
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Claude Autant-Lara
French film director (–)
Claude Autant-Lara | |
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Claude Autant-Lara in Nana () | |
| Born | Claude Autant ()5 August Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, France |
| Died | 5 February () (aged98) Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
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| Political party | National Front |
| In office 20 July – September | |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Claude Martinez |
| Spouses | Odette Massonnet (m.; div.) |
Claude Autant-Lara (French:[klodotɑ̃laʁa]; 5 August – 5 February )[1] was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. His career was frequently marked by controversy, and in his late 80s he was elected to the European Parliament as a member for the far-right French National Front.
Early life
[edit]Claude Autant-Lara was born on 5 August at Luzarche