Claude Lanzmann
Directing
26
Acting Credits
12
Directed
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 W...
Known For
Filmography
All I Had Was Nothingness
2025
as Self (archive footage)
A Philosopher in the Arena
2019
as Self
We Shall Not Die Now
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Shoah: Four Sisters
2018
as Self - Interviewer
Shoah: Four Sisters
2018
as Self - Interviewer
Napalm
2017
as Self
The Clown
2016
as Self
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
2015
as Self
The Last of the Unjust
2013
as Self - Interviewer
Claude Lanzmann "On Shoah": A Conversation with Serge Toubiana
2013
as himself
28 minutes
2012
as Self
Shoah: The Unseen Interviews
2011
as Self - Interviewer
The Karski Report
2010
as Self - Interviewer
Lights and Shadows
2008
as Self - Interviewer
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
2002
as Self
Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.
2001
as Self - Interviewer
A Visitor from the Living
1999
as Self - Interviewer
Tsahal
1994
as Self - Interviewer
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988
as Self
Shoah
1985
as Self - Interviewer
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
Israel, Why
1973
as Self - Interviewer
Delphine Seyrig
1970
Grimme Award
1964
as Self