Claude Bolling

1930-

Biography: life and films

Claude Bolling is a French composer. He was born in Cannes, France on 10th April 1930.

His best films as a musician include Donald Crisp's comedy The Navigator (1924), René Clément's Le Jour et l'heure (1963), Philippe de Broca's Le Magnifique (1973), René Goscinny's La Ballade des Dalton (1978) and Jacques Deray's thriller Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978), and whose best work as an actor include Michel Deville's La Femme en bleu (1973).

Claude Bolling has so far supplied the music for 65 films, appeared in 3 films and scripted 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jacques Deray (9 films), Philippe de Broca (4), Jean Girault (4), René Goscinny (2), Michel Boisrond (2) and Marcel Camus (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (26 films), drama (25), Thriller (15), crime-thriller (9), comedy-drama (6), romance (4), comedy-romance (4), Western (4), comedy-thriller (3), War (3), Animation (3) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for Claude Bolling over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: m = musician; a = actor; w = writer

The Navigator (1924) [m]

Cette nuit là... (1958) [a,m]

Cette nuit-là (1958) [a,m]

L'Homme à femmes (1960) [m]

The Hands of Orlac (1960) [m]

An einem Freitag um halb zwölf (1961) [m]

Constance aux enfers (1963) [m]

Le Jour et l'heure (1963) [m]

Moi et les hommes de 40 ans (1965) [m]

Du mou dans la gâchette (1966) [m]

Con la muerte a la espalda (1967) [m]

Vivre la nuit (1967) [m]

Borsalino (1970) [m]

Le Mur de l'Atlantique (1970) [m]

Qui? (1970) [m]

Doucement les basses (1971) [m]

La Grande maffia... (1971) [m]

Lucky Luke Daisy Town (1971) [m]

On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes (1971) [m]

To Catch a Spy (1971) [m]

La Mandarine (1972) [m]

The Day the Clown Cried (1972) [a]

La Femme en bleu (1973) [a]

Le Magnifique (1973) [m]

Le Solitaire (1973) [m]

Borsalino & Co. (1974) [m]

Deux grandes filles dans un pyjama (1974) [m]

Dis-moi que tu m'aimes (1974) [m]

Dites-le avec des fleurs (1974) [m]

Flic Story (1975) [m]

Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975) [m]

Le Gitan (1975) [m]

Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis (1975) [m]

L'Année sainte (1976) [m]

L'Ordinateur des pompes funèbres (1976) [m]

Le Mille-pattes fait des claquettes (1977) [m]

Les Passagers (1977) [m]

California Suite (1978) [m]

L'Horoscope (1978) [m]

La Ballade des Dalton (1978) [m]

Silver Bears (1978) [m]

Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978) [m]

L'Homme en colère (1979) [m]

La Gueule de l'autre (1979) [m]

The Awakening (1980) [m]

Trois hommes à abattre (1980) [m]

Une merveilleuse journée (1980) [m]

Willie and Phil (1980) [m]

Fais gaffe à la gaffe (1981) [m]

La Revanche (1981) [m]

Le Braconnier de Dieu (1983) [m]

Les Dalton en cavale (1983) [m]

Le Léopard (1984) [m]

The Bay Boy (1984) [m]

On ne meurt que deux fois (1985) [m]

La Gitane (1986) [m]

La Rumba (1987) [m]

Try This One for Size (1989) [m]

Netchaïev est de retour (1991) [m]

Plaisir d'amour (1991) [m]

Hasards ou coïncidences (1998) [w,m]



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