André Malraux was born on November 3, 1901 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Days of Hope (1940), Piège pour une fille seule (1974) and Film socialisme (2010). He was married to Madeleine Lioux and Clara Goldsmidt. He died on November 23, 1976 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France.
His novel "Man's Fate" was once scheduled to be filmed by MGM in a
production directed by Fred Zinnemann, but was abruptly canceled.
He was the French Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1/8/59-6/20/69.
His daughter Florence assisted Truffaut on Jules and Jim and Alain Resnais on a number of films, marrying the latter director in 1969, a year after the tensions between her father and the New Wave over Henri Langlois.