About
Claude Lanzmann (27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985). Lanzmann was born on 27 November 1925 in Paris, France, the son of Paulette (née Grobermann) and Armand Lanzmann. His family was Jewish, and had immigrated to France from The Russian Empire. He was the brother of writer Jacques Lanzmann. Lanzmann attended the Lycée Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. While his family disguised their identity and went into hiding during World War II, he joined the French resistance at the age of 17, along with his father and brother, and fought in Auvergne. Lanzmann opposed the French war in Algeria and signed the 1960 antiwar petition Manifesto of the 121.
Filmography
Shoah: Four Sisters2018 · Director, Writer
Napalm2017 · Director, Writer
The Last of the Unjust2013 · Writer, Director
Claude Lanzmann "On Shoah": A Conversation with Serge Toubiana2013 · Thanks
Shoah: The Unseen Interviews2011 · Director
The Karski Report2010 · Director, Writer
Lights And Shadows2008 · Director, Writer
Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.2001 · Director, Writer
A Visitor from the Living1999 · Writer, Director, Producer
Tsahal1994 · Director, Writer
Shoah1985 · Director
Israel, Why1973 · Director, Writer
Elise, or Real Life1970 · Writer