Claude Lanzmann

Claude Lanzmann
Lanzmann in 2014
Born(1925-11-27)27 November 1925
DiedJuly 5, 2018(2018-07-05) (aged 92)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1970-2018
Spouse(s)
Judith Magre
(m. 1963; div. 1971)

Angelika Schrobsdorff
(m. 1971, divorced)

Dominique Petithory (m. 1995)
ChildrenAngélique Lanzmann, Félix Lanzmann

Claude Lanzmann (French: [lanzman]; 27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018[1]) was a French filmmaker. He was known for the Holocaust documentary movie Shoah (1985).

Lanzmann was born in Paris.[2]

He was chief editor of the journal Les Temps Modernes, which was founded by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. In 2009, Lanzmann published his memoirs under the title Le lièvre de Patagonie (The Patagonian Hare).

He was a lecturer at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.[3]

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