Claude Lanzmann

Claude Lanzmann

Known for

Directing

Born

November 27, 1925

Birthplace

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Died

July 5, 2018 (aged 92)

Biography

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 petitio...

Best known work

Shoah

Shoah

1985

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

1988

The Last of the Unjust

The Last of the Unjust

2013

Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.

Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.

2001

Elise, or Real Life

Elise, or Real Life

1970

The Karski Report

The Karski Report

2010

A Visitor from the Living

A Visitor from the Living

1999

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

2015

All I Had Was Nothingness

All I Had Was Nothingness

2025

Tsahal

Tsahal

1994

Filmography

TBA
Jean-Paul Sartre - A 20 Year Absence?
as Claude Lanzmann
2025
All I Had Was Nothingness
as Self (archive footage)
2019
We Shall Not Die Now
as Self (archive footage)
2019
A Philosopher in the Arena
as Self
2018
Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Shoah: Four Sisters
as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer
2018
Shoah: Four SistersTV
as Self - Interviewer (4 episodes), Director, Writer, Creator
2017
Napalm
as Self, Director, Writer
2016
The Clown
as Self
2015
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
as Self
2013
The Last of the Unjust
as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer
2013
Claude Lanzmann "On Shoah": A Conversation with Serge Toubiana
as himself, Thanks
2012
28 minutesTV
as Self (2 episodes)
2011
Shoah: The Unseen Interviews
as Self - Interviewer, Director
2010
The Karski Report
as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer
2008
Lights and Shadows
as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer
2004
KulturplatzTV
as Self (1 episode)
2002
NDR Kultur – Das JournalTV
as Self (1 episode)
2001
Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.
as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer
1999
A Visitor from the Living
as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer, Producer
1994
Tsahal
as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer
1988
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
as Self
1985
Shoah
as Self - Interviewer, Director
1975
ApostrophesTV
as Self (1 episode)
1973
Israel, Why
as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer