Claude Autant-Lara

Known for: Directing
Born: August 5, 1901, Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, France
Died: February 5, 2000
Movies: 48

Claude Autant-Lara (August 5, 1901–February 5, 2000) was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill School during his mother's exile as a pacifist. Early in his career, he worked as an art director and costume designer, his best-known work in this vein was possibly for Nana (1926), a silent film directed by Jean Renoir. Autant-Lara also acted in the film.

As a director, he frequently created provocative movies, saying "if a film does not have venom, it is worthless". In the 1960s, he turned his back on the New Wave movement, and from then on he had no popular successes.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

La Traversée de Paris

1956

6.8

The Red Inn

1951

6.3

Love Is My Profession

1958

7.1

The Count of Monte Cristo

1961

6.6

Nana

1926

6.1

Fric-Frac

1939

6.3

Le Rouge et le Noir

1954

6.2

Devil in the Flesh

1947

5.6

The Green Mare

1959

5.0

The Oldest Profession

1967

Filmography

2012	The Bardot mystery
1980	My Name Is Anna Magnani	Self
1927	Backbiters
1926	Nana	Fauchery
1920	The Man of the Sea	Un des copains (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1977	Gloria	Director, Writer
1973	Lucien Leuwen	Director
1969	Potatoes	Director, Writer
1968	Franciscan of Bourges	Director
1967	The Oldest Profession	Director
1966	A Woman in White Revolts	Producer, Director
1965	A Woman in White	Director
1965	Black Humor	Director
1963	Josefa's Loot	Director
1963	Enough Rope	Director
1961	The Count of Monte Cristo	Director
1961	Thou Shalt Not Kill	Director
1961	Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!	Director
1960	Lovers Woods	Director
1960	The Regattas of San Francisco	Director
1959	The Green Mare	Director
1958	The Gambler	Director
1958	Love Is My Profession	Director
1956	La Traversée de Paris	Director
1955	Marguerite of the Night	Director
1954	Le Rouge et le Noir	Director, Writer
1954	The Game of Love	Director
1953	Good Lord Without Confession	Director, Screenplay
1952	The Seven Deadly Sins	Director
1951	The Red Inn	Director, Screenplay
1949	Keep an Eye on Amelia	Director
1947	Devil in the Flesh	Director, Writer
1946	Sylvia and the Ghost	Director
1943	Douce	Director
1942	Love Letters	Director
1942	The Marriage of Chiffon	Director
1939	The Mysterious Mr. Davis	Director, Producer
1939	Fric-Frac	Director
1938	The Stream	Director
1937	Courier of Lyons	Director
1933	Ciboulette	Director
1932	Plumber in Love	Director
1932	The Incomplete Athlete	Director
1931	Buster se marie	Director
1929	Boul se met au vert	Director
1928	To Build a Fire	Director
1926	Vittel	Director
1923	News Item	Writer, Director

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