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Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born on October 30, 1932 in Thumeries, Nord, France. He was the son of a wealthy industrialist and his mother was a former actress. Malle studied at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and then at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques. He began his career as an assistant director in the 1950s and made his first feature film, Elevator to the Gallows, in 1958. Malle's films often explored controversial topics such as racism, poverty, and sexuality. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director for Atlantic City (1980) and Au Revoir les Enfants (1987). He also won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Murmur of the Heart (1971). Malle was married twice and had two children. He died on November 23, 1995 in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 63.

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Occupation director,writer,producer
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 30 October 1932
Birthday 30 October
Birthplace Thumeries, Nord, France
Date of death 23 November, 1995
Died Place Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality France

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Louis Malle Height, Weight & Measurements

At 63 years old, Louis Malle height is 5' 6¼" (1.68 m) .

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Who Is Louis Malle's Wife?

His wife is Candice Bergen (27 September 1980 - 23 November 1995) ( his death) ( 1 child), Anne-Marie Deschodt (1965 - 1967) ( divorced)

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Wife Candice Bergen (27 September 1980 - 23 November 1995) ( his death) ( 1 child), Anne-Marie Deschodt (1965 - 1967) ( divorced)
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Louis Malle Net Worth

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1994

In his final film, Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), Malle again penetrated the veil between life and art as theater people rehearse Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya.

1993

President of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993

1987

In one of his later French films, Au Revoir les Enfants (1987), Malle was able to find catharsis for an experience that had haunted him since the German occupation of France in World War II. At age 12, he was sent to a Catholic boarding school near Paris that was a refuge for several Jewish students, one of them was Malle's rival for academic honors and his friend. A kitchen worker at the school with a grudge became an informant. The priest who was the principal was arrested and the Jewish students were sent off to concentration camps.

1982

Planned to direct a political satire "Moon Over Miami," starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. The film was canceled due to Belushi's death in 1982.

1981

" In that film, Malle worked again with theater director Andre Gregory and actor-playwright Wallace Shawn, the conversationalists of My Dinner with Andre (1981).

1980

The actress who played a supporting role in that film was given a starring role in Malle's next American film, Atlantic City (1980). That promising actress was Susan Sarandon.

1978

He originally planned to direct Pretty Baby (1978), a film about photographer E.J. Bellocq, with the intention of casting Jane Fonda as the mother and Jodie Foster as the daughter. The former actress was unavailable due to a schedule conflict, while the latter actress turned down the role for a fear of being typecast as a nymphet.

1971

Has son, Manuel Cuotemoc Malle (born 1971), with former girlfriend Gila von Weitershausen.

1968

In 1968 the U. S. Supreme Court reversed the obscenity conviction of an Ohio theater that had exhibited "Les Amants.

1958

Malle's third film, The Lovers (1958) ("The Lovers"), starring Jeanne Moreau broke taboos against on screen eroticism.

1956

Cousteau soon promoted him to be co-director of Le monde du silence (1956) ("The Silent World"). Years later, Cousteau called Malle the best underwater cameraman he ever had.

1950

Louis Malle, the descendant of a French nobleman who made a fortune in beet sugar during the Napoleonic Wars, created films that explored life and its meaning. Malle's family discouraged his early interest in film but, in 1950, allowed him to enter the Institute of Advanced Cinematographic Studies in Paris. His résumé showed that he had worked as an assistant to film maker Robert Bresson when Malle was hired by underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau to be a camera operator on the Calypso.

" A director during the Nouvelle Vague, New Wave" of 1950s and 1960s (though technically not considered a Nouvelle Vague auteur), he also made films on the other side of the Atlantic, starting with Pretty Baby (1978), the film that made Brooke Shields an international superstar.

1945

Biography in John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985," pp. 639-646. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

1940

Was voted the 40th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.