FILM DIRECTOR

Louis Malle

1932 - 1995

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Louis Marie Malle (French: [lwi mal]; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) 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), 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Malle has received more than 2,186,006 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Louis Malle is the 149th most popular film director (down from 110th in 2019), the 1,019th most popular biography from France (down from 777th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Film Director.

Louis Malle is most famous for being a French filmmaker who directed the movie "Zazie dans le metro" (1960).

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  • 49

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  • 4.47

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  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Louis Malles by language

Over the past year Louis Malle has had the most page views in the with 374,663 views, followed by French (91,147), and German (29,155). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Piedmontese (139.34%), Malagasy (133.02%), and Quechua (95.57%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Louis Malle ranks 149 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Max Reinhardt, Alice Guy-Blaché, Jonathan Demme, and Frances Marion. After him are Ettore Scola, Victor Sjöström, Ed Wood, Alexander Dovzhenko, Shohei Imamura, and Otto Preminger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Louis Malle ranks 53. Before him are Francis Lai, V. S. Naipaul, Sheldon Lee Glashow, Vytautas Landsbergis, Robert Mundell, and Thomas Klestil. After him are Harriet Andersson, John Searle, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Algirdas Brazauskas, Rainer Weiss, and Nam June Paik. Among people deceased in 1995, Louis Malle ranks 38. Before him are John B. Calhoun, Hugo Pratt, Christian B. Anfinsen, Aziz Nesin, Edda Mussolini, and Roger Zelazny. After him are U Nu, Rory Gallagher, John Vincent Atanasoff, Pierre Schaeffer, Alonzo Church, and Ernest Walton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Malle ranks 1,019 out of 6,770. Before him are Louise Bourgeois (1911), Eugène Scribe (1791), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Agnes of Poitou (1025), Tetricus I (250), and Raymond of Poitiers (1115). After him are Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), Lili Boulanger (1893), Jean Dausset (1916), René Cassin (1887), Maurice Druon (1918), and Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Louis Malle ranks 23. Before him are Claude Lelouch (1937), René Clément (1913), Jacques Demy (1931), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), and Alice Guy-Blaché (1873). After him are Abel Gance (1889), Jacques Rivette (1928), Jean Vigo (1905), Claude Lanzmann (1925), Chris Marker (1921), and Jacques Becker (1906).

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Filmography

Damage
Director
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
Dec 2o 19926.58 / 10
Au Revoir les Enfants
Director
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
Oct 7o 19877.512 / 10
Elevator to the Gallows
Director
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Jan 29o 19587.626 / 10