CLAUDE LANZMANN

DIRECTING

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.