
Jacques Lanzmann
Known for
Writing
Born
May 4, 1927
Birthplace
Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died
June 21, 2006 (aged 79)
Biography
Jacques Lanzmann (4 May 1927 – 21 June 2006) was a French journalist, writer and lyricist. He is best known as a novelist and for his songwriting partnership with Jacques Dutronc.
Lanzmann spent the early part of his life in Auvergne. His parents, Paulette (Grobermann) and Armand Lanzmann, divorced shortly before World War II and, at the age of 12, he became a farmhand. Lanzmann was Jewish and, following the Battle of France, he, his mother and his siblings, pretended to be Moroccan Arabs in order to escape persecution by the Vichy regime. In 1943, Lanzmann and his elder brother Claude (later a noted documentary-maker) joined the Communist resistance. Jacques was taken captive by the German...
Best known work
Filmography
2017
Dutronc, la vie malgré luias Self (footage archive)
1989
The Monkey FolkWriter
1987
1987
1982
Time MastersOriginal Music Composer
1982
1978
Et vive la liberté !Writer
1976
Hunter Will Get YouDialogue, Screenplay
1976
1975
1975
1974
Chance and ViolenceWriter
1973
The InheritorAdaptation, Dialogue
1973
I've Had ItWriter
1971
Without Apparent MotiveScreenplay
1971
Tumuc HumacWriter
1968
1965
Bare, Hot and PureWriter
1960
The Thousandth WindowDialogue, Screenplay
1959
Work and FreedomWriter









