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Louis Malle

Highest Rated: 100% Atlantic City (1980)

Lowest Rated: 0% Crackers (1984)

Birthday: Oct 30, 1932

Birthplace: Thumeries, Nord, France

One of the most consistently innovative and risk-taking filmmakers of his generation, Louis Malle directed a number of critically acclaimed films both in his native France and the United States. Malle first made a splash for his award-winning documentary with Jacques Cousteau, "Le Monde du silence" (1955), and made an effective transition to narrative filmmaking with "Elevator to the Gallows" (1957) and the controversial drama "The Lovers" (1958). He went on to helm the masterful character drama "The Fire Within" (1963) and had a major international success with the one-of-a-kind documentary series "Phantom India" (1969). After oscillating between French-made documentaries and features throughout the 1970s, Malle made his American debut with the highly charged "Pretty Baby" (1978), followed by the atmospheric crime drama "Atlantic City" (1980), which earned him his only Best Director nomination at the Academy Awards. From there, he directed his most creatively daring film, "My Dinner with Andre" (1984), returned to France for the explicitly autobiographical "Au Revoir les enfants" (1987), and ended his career - which was cut short by cancer - with the clever "Vanya on 42nd Street" (1994). From undersea documentaries to romantic thrillers; from exposés on poverty to extended dinner conversations, Malle's work could hardly have been more diverse, challenging and worthy of the highest praise.

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100% 78% Atlantic City
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100% 76% May Fools
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100% 85% Lacombe, Lucien
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97% 93% Au Revoir, les enfants
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94% 86% Murmur of the Heart
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93% 91% Elevator to the Gallows
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92% 85% My Dinner With Andre
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91% 80% The Lovers
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89% 79% Vanya on 42nd Street
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86% 65% Spirits of the Dead
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Louis Malle AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS, (aka GOODBYE, CHILDREN), director Louis Malle, 1987, ©Orion Pictures CALCUTTA, director Louis Malle (with beard) on set, 1969 DAMAGE, (aka FATALE), director Louis Malle, 1992, ©New Line Cinema / . MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, director Louis Malle, Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, Jean Lenauer on set, 1981, (c) New Yorker Films ALAMO BAY, director Louis Malle, 1985, ©TriStar Pictures / View more photos

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Vanya on 42nd Street 89% 79% 1994 Director Damage 80% 73% 1992 Director, Producer May Fools 100% 76% 1990 Director Au Revoir, les enfants 97% 93% 1987 Director, Screenwriter ...and the Pursuit of Happiness 1986 Director, Producer, Cinematographer God's Country 91% 1985 Narrator, Director Alamo Bay 36% 1985 Director, Producer Crackers 0% 33% 1984 Director Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter 1982 Actor My Dinner With Andre 92% 85% 1981 Director Atlantic City 100% 78% 1980 Director Pretty Baby 71% 58% 1978 Director, Producer Black Moon 40% 54% 1975 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Place de la République 100% 1974 Actor, Director, Writer Human, Too Human 38% 1974 Director Lacombe, Lucien 100% 85% 1974 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Phantom India 98% 1972 Actor, Director Murmur of the Heart 94% 86% 1971 Director, Writer Calcutta 73% 1969 Narrator, Director, Writer L'Inde fantôme 1969 Actor Spirits of the Dead 86% 65% 1968 Director The Thief of Paris 61% 1967 Director, Writer Viva Maria 60% 48% 1965 Director, Screenwriter The Fire Within 82% 90% 1963 Director, Writer Vive le tour 83% 1962 Director, Writer
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