Claude Lanzmann

Claude Lanzmann (; 27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker. He was known for the Holocaust documentary movie "Shoah" (1985).
Lanzmann was born in Paris. 
He was chief editor of the journal "Les Temps Modernes", which was founded by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. In 2009, Lanzmann published his memoirs under the title "Le lièvre de Patagonie" (The Patagonian Hare).
He was a lecturer at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.