Louis Malle

Louis Malle is known as a film director who “opened” the world to topics that no one dared approach before him. He was also a cameraman, producer and screenwriter. Louis Malle was born in the French town of Thumeries (Department Nord). His parents were wealthy enough to give each of their seven children a decent education. Apparently, therefore, their fifth son Louis, before beginning to study the wisdom of cinematic art, received the profession of political scientist. His development as a director more

Louis Malle is known as a film director who “opened” the world to topics that no one dared approach before him. He was also a cameraman, producer and screenwriter.

Louis Malle was born in the French town of Thumeries (Department Nord). His parents were wealthy enough to give each of their seven children a decent education. Apparently, therefore, their fifth son Louis, before beginning to study the wisdom of cinematic art, received the profession of political scientist.
His development as a director was greatly influenced by his participation in Cousteau’s two-year expedition. The result of this voyage was the film “In the World of Silence”, which the aspiring director shot together with Cousteau; the film was awarded the “Golden Palm” of the Cannes Film Festival and the “Oscar” award, Louis Malou at this point was only twenty-four years old.
His first independent directorial work was the tape. "Elevator on the scaffold" (1958) and "Lovers" (1958). Sexual “raid”, which was clearly visible in these paintings, caused a wave of discontent and bewilderment: in the late 50s, this could be considered as a bad tone and an insult to public morality.
In his next The Wandering Fire The film, which was filmed in 1963, is about suicide, which was also atypical for cinema of those years. And then the painting followed. Lacombe Lucien The main theme of which is the interaction of the French with Nazi Germany. Also known are the films of Louis Malle “Viva, Maria!”, “Black Moon”, “Alamo Bay”, “Pretty Child”, “Damage” and others. film Vanya from Forty-second Street It was filmed in 1994 based on Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
At various times, Louis Malle successfully collaborated with Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau Susan Sarandon, Volker Schlöndorff, Marcello Mastroianni .

In 1981, Louis Malle married an American woman. The filmmaker died in 1995 in Los Angeles of lymphoma.