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16-778: He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le métro in 1960 and Vie privée in 1961. In 1964, he was co-screenwriter for L'Homme de Rio , which starred Jean-Paul Belmondo . The first film that he both wrote and directed was A Matter of Resistance in 1965. Although it was a great critical and popular success, he did not make another film until 1971, when he directed Les Mariés de l'an II , again starring Belmondo and Marlène Jobert . Since 1975, Rappeneau has written only for his own films, including Le Sauvage , starring Yves Montand and Tout feu, tout flamme  [ fr ] (1981), again with Montand, who co-starred with Isabelle Adjani . In 1990, Rappeneau directed

32-456: A Catholic boarding school near Fontainebleau. As an 11-year-old he witnessed a Gestapo raid on the school, in which three Jewish students, including his close friend, and a Jewish teacher were rounded up and deported to Auschwitz . The school's headmaster, Père Jacques , was arrested for harboring them and sent to the concentration camp at Mauthausen . Malle depicted these events in his autobiographical film Au revoir les enfants (1987). As

48-422: A deluxe Technicolor film version of Cyrano de Bergerac , his adaptation of the classic French play by Edmond Rostand , starring Gérard Depardieu . Rappeneau's film version is the most elaborate film version of the play ever made, and one of the most expensive French films ever produced. It is the only rendition of the play in the original French to be released widely. At the 1991 César Awards , Rappeneau won

64-415: A landmark U.S. Supreme Court case about the legal definition of obscenity. In Jacobellis v. Ohio , a theater owner was fined $ 2,500 for obscenity. The Supreme Court overturned the decision, finding that the film was not obscene and hence constitutionally protected. But the court could not agree on a definition of "obscene", with Justice Potter Stewart famously saying, " I know it when I see it ". Malle

80-724: A young man, Malle studied political science at Sciences Po from 1950 to 1952 (some sources incorrectly state that he studied at the Sorbonne ) before turning to film studies at IDHEC . Malle worked as co-director and cameraman with Jacques Cousteau on the documentary The Silent World (1956), which won an Oscar and the Palme d'Or at the 1956 Academy Awards and Cannes Film Festival , respectively. He assisted Robert Bresson on A Man Escaped ( Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut , 1956) before making his first feature, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud in 1957 (released in

96-576: Is one of only four directors to have won the Golden Lion twice. His other accolades include three Césars , two BAFTAs , and three Oscar nominations. He was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1991. Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries , Nord , France, the son of Françoise (Béghin) and Pierre Malle. During World War II , Malle attended

112-472: Is sometimes associated with the nouvelle vague , but his work does not directly fit in with or correspond to the auteurist theories that apply to the work of Jean-Luc Godard , François Truffaut , Claude Chabrol , Éric Rohmer and others, and he had nothing to do with Cahiers du cinéma . But Malle's work does exemplify some of the movement's characteristics, such as using natural light and shooting on location, and his film Zazie dans le Métro ( Zazie in

128-521: The César Award for Best Director and César Award for Best Film . The 2003 comedy Bon voyage , co-written with Patrick Modiano , again starred Depardieu, this time with Isabelle Adjani. The film was nominated 11 times at the 2004 César Awards . This article about a French actor is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Louis Malle Louis Marie Malle ( French: [lwi mal] ; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995)

144-504: The Nazis in Vichy France during World War II. The second of these earned Malle his first (of three) Oscar nominations for "Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced". Malle visited India in 1968, and made the seven-part documentary series L'Inde fantôme: Reflexions sur un voyage and the documentary film Calcutta , which

160-520: The Metro , 1960, an adaptation of the Raymond Queneau novel ) inspired Truffaut to write Malle an enthusiastic letter. Other films also tackled taboo subjects: The Fire Within centers on a man about to commit suicide, Le souffle au cœur (1971) deals with an incestuous relationship between mother and son, and Lacombe, Lucien (1974), co-written with Patrick Modiano , is about collaboration with

176-639: The U.K. as Lift to the Scaffold and in the U.S. originally as Frantic , later as Elevator to the Gallows ). A taut thriller featuring an original score by Miles Davis , Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 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 ( Les Amants , 1958), which also starred Moreau, caused major controversy due to its sexual content, leading to

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192-528: The U.S., 1990) in French. Just as his earlier films such as The Lovers helped popularize French films in the U.S., My Dinner with Andre was at the forefront of the rise of American independent cinema in the 1980s. Towards the end of his life, cultural correspondent Melinda Camber Porter interviewed Malle extensively for The Times . In 1993, the interviews were included in her book Through Parisian Eyes: Reflections On Contemporary French Arts And Culture . Malle

208-498: The World War II drama Lacombe, Lucien (1974), the period drama Pretty Baby (1978), the romantic crime film Atlantic City (1980), the dramedy My Dinner with Andre (1981), and the autobiographical Au revoir les enfants (1987). He also co-directed the landmark underwater documentary The Silent World with Jacques Cousteau , which won the 1956 Palme d'Or and the 1957 Academy Award for Best Documentary . Malle

224-430: Was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a filmmaker difficult to pin down", Malle made documentaries, romances, period dramas, and thrillers. He often depicted provocative or controversial subject matter. Malle's most famous works include the crime thriller Elevator to the Gallows (1958), the romantic drama The Lovers (1958),

240-761: Was married to actress Anne-Marie Deschodt from 1965 to 1967. He later had a son, Manuel Cuotemoc Malle (born 1971), with German actress Gila von Weitershausen , and a daughter, filmmaker Justine Malle (born 1974), with Canadian actress Alexandra Stewart . From mid-1977 until early 1980, he was in a relationship with Susan Sarandon . Malle married actress Candice Bergen in 1980. They had one child, Chloé Françoise Malle, on 8 November 1985. Malle died of lymphoma, aged 63, at their home in Beverly Hills, California, on November 23, 1995. Short film Feature film Acting credits As himself Thumeries Thumeries ( French pronunciation: [tymʁi] )

256-1019: 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 said his documentary on India was his favorite film. Malle later moved to the United States and continued to direct there. His later films include Pretty Baby (1978), Atlantic City (1980), My Dinner with Andre (1981), Crackers (1984), Alamo Bay (1985), Damage (1992) and Vanya on 42nd Street (1994, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov 's play Uncle Vanya ) in English; and Au revoir les enfants (1987) and Milou en Mai ( May Fools in

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