Lanzmann, Claude

Claude Lanzmann is a French writer and the director of a number of films, including the nine-and-a-half-hour classic "Shoah "(1985), which was described by "The Washington ""Post "as the film event of the century and is regarded internationally as a historical and cinematic breakthrough. Lanzmann is chief editor of "Les Temps Modernes", which was founded by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.