People
Claude Autant-Lara
Biography:
Claude Autant-Lara 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.
On 18 June 1989, he came to... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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My Name Is Anna Magnani as Self | 1980-09-30 |
Nana as Fauchery | 1926-06-25 |
The Man of the Sea as Un des copains (uncredited) | 1920-12-03 |