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William Klein

William Klein

Actor, Director, Writer

Born April 19, 1926 in New York City, USA

Died September 10, 2022

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Biography

William Klein (April 19, 1926 – September 10, 2022) was a photographer and filmmaker noted to for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography.

Trained as a painter, Klein studied under Fernand Léger and found early success with exhibitions of his work. However, he soon moved on to photography and achieved widespread fame as a fashion photographer for Vogue and for his photo essays on various cities. Despite having no training as a photographer, Klein won the Prix Nadar in 1957 for New York, a book of photographs taken during a brief return to his hometown in 1954. Klein's work was considered revolutionary for its "ambivalent and ironic approach to the world of fashion", its "uncompromising rejection of the then prevailing rules of photography" and for his extensive use of wide-angle and telephoto lenses, natural lighting and motion blur. Klein tends to be cited in photography books along with Robert Frank as among the fathers of street photography, one of those mixed compliments that classifies a man who is hard to classify. The world of fashion would become the subject for Klein's first feature film, Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, which, like his other two fiction features, Mr. Freedom and Le Couple Témoin, is a satire.

Klein directed numerous short and feature-length documentaries and produced over 250 television commercials.

Though American by birth, Klein lived and worked in France since his late teens. His work has sometimes been openly critical of American society and foreign policy; the film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum once wrote that Klein's 1968 satire Mr. Freedom was "conceivably the most anti-American movie ever made".

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Filmography

Actor

17

Type

Year

Generation 68 Documentary2008Self

William Klein: Out of Necessity Poster

William Klein: Out of Necessity Short Film2007Self

Ce soir (ou jamais!) Poster

Ce soir (ou jamais!) TV Series2006Self

Reel New York TV Series2005

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète Poster

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète Documentary2000Self

L'invité Poster

L'invité TV Series2000Self

In and Out of Fashion Poster

In and Out of Fashion Documentary1998Self

Le cercle du cinéma TV Series1997Self

Metropolis Poster

Metropolis TV Series1997Self

Le cercle de minuit Poster

Le cercle de minuit TV Series1992Self

Bouillon de culture Poster

Bouillon de culture TV Series1991Self

The South Bank Show Poster

The South Bank Show TV Series1978Self - Photographer

Release TV Series1967Self

Cinéma TV Series1965Self

Cinéastes de notre temps Poster

Cinéastes de notre temps TV Series1964Self

La Jetée Poster

La Jetée Short Film1962A man from the future

Pariser Journal Poster

Pariser Journal TV Series1961Self

Director

24

Type

Year

Incontournables: Les grandes expositions de 2010 Video2010

Contacts Short Film2003

Messiah Documentary1999

In and Out of Fashion Poster

In and Out of Fashion Documentary1998

The King of Ads, Part 2 Poster

The King of Ads, Part 2 Documentary1993

Babilée '91 Poster

Babilée '91 Documentary1992

Contacts Poster

Contacts TV Series1989

Mode in France Poster

Mode in France Documentary1985

Slow Motion Short Film1984

The French Poster

The French Documentary1982

The Little Richard Story Poster

The Little Richard Story Documentary1980

May Days Poster

May Days Documentary1978

Hollywood, California: A Loser's Opera Documentary1977

The Model Couple Poster

The Model Couple Feature Film1977

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Poster

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Documentary1970

Festival panafricain d'Alger Poster

Festival panafricain d'Alger Documentary1969

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee Poster

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee Documentary1969

Mr. Freedom Poster

Mr. Freedom Feature Film1968

Far from Vietnam Poster

Far from Vietnam Documentary1967

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? Poster

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? Feature Film1966

Cassius le grand Poster

Cassius le grand Short Film1964

Les femmes aussi TV Series1964

Cinq colonnes à la une Poster

Cinq colonnes à la une TV Series1959

Broadway by Light Poster

Broadway by Light Short Film1958

Writer

9

Type

Year

In and Out of Fashion Poster

In and Out of Fashion Documentary1998

Babilée '91 Poster

Babilée '91 Documentary1992

May Days Poster

May Days Documentary1978

The Model Couple Poster

The Model Couple Feature Film1977

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Poster

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Documentary1970

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee Poster

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee Documentary1969

Mr. Freedom Poster

Mr. Freedom Feature Film1968

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? Poster

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? Feature Film1966

Cassius le grand Poster

Cassius le grand Short Film1964

Cinematographer

8

Type

Year

Messiah Documentary1999

The French Poster

The French Documentary1982

May Days Poster

May Days Documentary1978

The Model Couple Poster

The Model Couple Feature Film1977

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Poster

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Documentary1970

Festival panafricain d'Alger Poster

Festival panafricain d'Alger Documentary1969

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee Poster

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee Documentary1969

Broadway by Light Poster

Broadway by Light Short Film1958

Other Crew

2

Type

Year

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Poster

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Documentary2015

Metroland Poster

Metroland Feature Film1997

Art Department

1

Zazie dans le Métro Poster

Zazie dans le Métro Feature Film1960

Editor

1

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Poster

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Documentary1970

Producer

1

Elles vident leur sac Documentary2012

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