Claude Lanzmann | |
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 Lanzmann in 2014 | |
| Born | 27 November 1925 Bois-Colombes, France |
| Died | 5 July 2018 (aged 92) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1970–2018 |
| Known for | Shoah (1985) |
| Spouses | Dominique Petithory (m. 1995) |
| Partner | Simone de Beauvoir (1952–1959) |
| Children | 2 |
Claude Lanzmann (French: [lanzman]; 27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker, best known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985), which consists of nine and a half hours of oral testimony from Holocaust survivors, without historical footage. He is also known for his 2017 documentary film Napalm, about a love affair he had with a North Korean nurse whilst visiting North Korea in 1958, several years after the Korean War.
In addition to filmmaking, Lanzmann had also been the chief editor of Les Temps Modernes, a French literary magazine.