Malle, Louis (1932-1995), Cineasta francês:Os Amantes (1959);
Trinta Anos Esta Noite (1963);
O Sopro no Coração (1971);
Lacombe Lucien (1974);
Adeus, Meninos (1987);
Tio Vanya em Nova York (1994).
Nationality: French. Born: Thumeries, France, 30 October 1932. Education: Collège des Carmes; Institut d'Études Politiques at the Sorbonne, Paris, 1951–53; Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC), 1953–54. Family: Married 1) Anne-Marie Deschodt, one son, one daughter (divorced 1967); 2) actress Candice Bergen, 1980, one daughter. Career: Assistant and cameraman to Jacques Cousteau, 1954–55; assistant to Robert Bresson on Un Condamné à mort s'est échappé, 1956; cameraman on Tati's Mon Oncle, 1957; directed first film, 1958; reported from Algeria, Vietnam, and Thailand for French Television, 1962–64; moved to India, 1968; moved to the United States, 1976; returned to France to make Au revoir les enfants, 1987. Awards: Palme d'Or, Cannes Festival, 1956, and Oscar for Best Documentary, 1957, for The Silent World; Prix Louis Delluc for Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; special jury prize, Venice Festival, for Les Amants, 1958; special jury prize, Venice Festival, for Le Feu follet, 1963; Italian Critics Association Best Film Award, for The Fire Within, 1964; Grand Prix du Cinema Francais, 1965, and Czechoslovakian best film award, 1966, for Viva Maria; Grand Prize, Melbourne Film Festival, for Calcutta, 1970;
