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William Klein

William Klein

William Klein (born in New York, New York, USA, on April 19, 1928) is 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.

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Movies Made By William Klein (18)

Messiah (1999)

Filmmaker William Klein takes on Handel's Messiah and has created a concert film that mixes the sacred with the profane. Performed in its entirety, the oratorio provides a narrative of Christ's nativity, passion and resurrection juxtaposed against images o ...

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In and Out of Fashion (1998)

An biography of William Klein, Parisian-based American photographer which strings together his abstract paintings, mould-breaking reportage, inventive fashion photos and excerpts from his feature films. ...

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Contacts: Sophie Calle (1997)

Sophie Calle often defines herself as a "narrative" artist. Her photographs are items of evidence through which she tells stories that are both ordinary and disturbing, using her own life and experiences as the raw material for reconstructions that hover s ...

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The King of Ads, Part 2 (1993)

Part II of a compilation movie featuring European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot. ...

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Mode in France (1985)

Highlighting the work of emerging fashion world all-stars like Karl Lagerfeld, Jean-Paul Gaultier and agnès b., Klein surveys the state of women's fashion in the 1980s with this eccentric hybrid documentary scored by Serge Gainsbourg. ...

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The French (1982)

Roland-Garros, 1981: For the very first time, a documentary team is allowed to shoot sequences in the backstage of the French Open of tennis of Roland-Garros. William Klein's camera takes us on the heels of the greatest players of the time: Björn Borg, Ji ...

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The Little Richard Story (1980)

Klein goes on the hunt for Little Richard, the legendary 'Architect of Rock and Roll', who quit show business in 1957 at the height of his fame to become an evangelist. Richard was then lured back to secular music in the 1960s and 70s, but the excesses of ...

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May Days (1978)

Filmmaker William Klein documents the Paris student riots that occurred in May of 1968. ...

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The Model Couple (1977)

In 1977 France, the Ministry of the Future chooses two "normal," white, middle-class citizens, Claudine and Jean-Michel, for a national experiment. They will be monitored and displayed on television for six months in a model apartment outfitted with state- ...

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Muhammad Ali, the Greatest (1974)

Universally accepted as a true icon of the 20th century, Muhammad Ali's phenomenal achievements spanned sport, politics and religion. One man – photographer William Klein had comprehensive access to the events that shaped Ali's legend. In 1964, the youn ...

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Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1970)

The portrait of Eldridge Cleaver, the "Minister of Information" for the Black Panthers movement, in exile in Algiers. ...

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Mr. Freedom (1969)

Mr. Freedom, a bellowing good-ol'-boy superhero decked out in copious football padding, jets to France to cut off a Commie invasion from Switzerland. A destructive, arrogant patriot in tight pants, Freedom joins forces with Marie Madeleine to combat lefty ...

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The Panafrican Festival in Algiers (1969)

Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers. Klein follows the preparations, the rehearsals, the concerts… He blends images of interviews ...

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Far from Vietnam (1967)

In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. ...

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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966)

A model tells a television crew about her dreams of a life with prince charming all while fending off the lecherous advances of a horde of men. ...

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Cassius le grand (1964)

Portrait of American boxer Cassius Clay. ...

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Broadway by Light (1958)

An experimental meditation on Times Square's marquees and iconic advertising that captures the concurrently seedy and dazzling aspects of New York's Great White Way. ...

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Movies Starring William Klein (3)

記録 / Movie In London, Daido Moriyama (2013)

Kiroku(RECORD)| Movie in LONDON, DAIDO MORIYAMA" is a Documentary Film about the acclaimed photographer Daido Moriyama's journey through his own legendary personal photo magazine "Kiroku". ...

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Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète (2000)

Delphine Seyrig, an extraordinary woman and actress, died on October 15, 1990. From "Last Year at Marienbad" by Alain Resnais to "India Song" by Marguerite Duras, she played in 34 films for cinema, 13 films for television and 33 plays. Jacqueline Veuve, fi ...

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La Jetée (1962)

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war. ...

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