Claude Autant-Lara | |
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![]() Claude Autant-Lara in Nana (1926) | |
Born | Claude Autant 5 August 1901 Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, France |
Died | 5 February 2000 Antibes, France | (aged 98)
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Political party | National Front |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 20 July 1989 – September 1989 | |
Succeeded by | Jean-Claude Martinez |
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Claude Autant-Lara (French: [otɑ̃ laʁa]; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000)[1] was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. His career was frequently marked by controversy, and in his late 80s he was elected to the European Parliament as a member for the far-right French National Front.