William KleinFilmography

Born:: April 19, 1928 in New York, NY
Occupation:: Director, Cinematographer, Screenwriter

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Messiah

Crew: Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Daniel Edinger, Sebastian Gutierrez

Synopsis: In his 1999 work Messiah, notorious underground photographer and experimental filmmaker William Klein (Broadway by Light) uses as his foundation George Frideric Handel's Messiah - the classic oratorio, with its sacred tale of Christ's birth, crucifixion, and ascension - as performed by numerous Read More

1999
In and Out of Fashion

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Sami Frey, Anémone, André Dussollier, Zouc

Synopsis: The Paris-based photographer-painter-actor-filmmaker William Klein looks back on five decades of his life and multi-careers in this French documentary. Born in 1926, Klein is a native New Yorker who began living in Paris in 1948, studied painting with Fernand Leger, photographed for Vogue from Read More

1998
Mode In France

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Sapho

Synopsis: Moving as fast as models down the runway in a high-speed fashion show, this often superficial if not specious look at the philosophy and meaning of fashion is at its best when the models are walking and not talking. Wearing gear that includes anything from galoshes on the head to the latest in Read More

1985
Slow Motion

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1984
Contacts

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1983
The French

Crew: Director

1981
The Little Richard Story

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Little Richard

1980
Hollywood, California: A Loser's Opera

Crew: Director

1977
Le Couple Temoin

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: André Dussollier, Anémone, Zouc, Eddie Constantine, Georges Descrieres

Synopsis: The French Ministry of the Future announces that it has computer-selected a so-called "average" French couple, Jean-Michel and Claudine (Andre Dussolier and Anemone), and will use what it finds out from them to determine how to manage housing and other government programs in the future. Overnight Read More

1977
Muhammad Ali The Greatest 1964-74

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Directed by William Klein, this documentary chronicles the life of the legendary Muhammad Ali, who began his career as an Olympic gold medalist under his birth name of Cassius Clay. With a combination of brute physical power and a famously intimidating personal charisma, Ali not only became Read More

1974
Festival Panafricain

Crew: Cinematographer, Director

Synopsis: This is a documentary film which explores both the politics and music of the First PanAfrican Cultural Festival. Third World solidarity was much in fashion in 1969, when the festival was held. Many of the interviewees hold forth about colonialism and neocolonialism, and the need for exploited Read More

1971
Eldridge Cleaver

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: In this documentary feature, Black Panther activist Eldridge Cleaver and his wife are interviewed by William Klein. Cleaver speaks from exile in Algeria, a move prompted by the state of California's decision to view criminal indictment as a parole violation. The articulate Eldridge talks openly Read More

1970
Mister Freedom

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: John Abbey, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Rouvel

Synopsis: To help fight the communists, comic-strip superhero Mister Freedom (John Abbey) is sent to France by an American group called Freedom Incorporated. Receiving his orders from Doctor Freedom (Donald Pleasence), he battles the Russian Moujik Man and a fire-breathing dragon named Red China Man in this Read More

1969
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee

Crew: Cinematographer, Director, Producer

Actors: Muhammad Ali

1969
Loin du Vietnam

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Six directors combine efforts for this documentary, a searing anti-American indictment of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Alain Resnais, William Klein, Joris Ivens, Agnes Varda, Claude Lelouch, and Jean-Luc Goddard all direct segments. They are quick to point out that the U.S. is radically divided Read More

1967
Qui Etes-Vous Polly Magoo?

Crew: Director

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Philippe Noiret, Sami Frey

Synopsis: Polly Dorothy MacGowan is a model who tells about her experiences when she is interviewed by a television crew in this offbeat satirical comedy. She dreams of a life with prince charming Sami Frey while contending with the lecherous advances of a whole string of men who constantly hit on her. Some Read More

1965
Broadway By Light

Crew: Director

1957
Maydays

Crew: Director

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William KleinFilmography

Messiah

In and Out of Fashion

Mode In France

Slow Motion

Contacts

The French

The Little Richard Story

Hollywood, California: A Loser's Opera

Le Couple Temoin

Muhammad Ali The Greatest 1964-74

Festival Panafricain

Eldridge Cleaver

Mister Freedom

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee

Loin du Vietnam

Qui Etes-Vous Polly Magoo?

Broadway By Light

Maydays

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