# Michel Audiard

Paul Michel Audiard (French:; 15 May 1920 – 27 July 1985) was a French screenwriter and film director, known for his witty, irreverent and slang-laden dialogues which made him a prominent figure on the French cultural scene of the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.

## Screenwriting filmography
### 1940s–1950s

* 1949 :
** Mission à Tanger, directed by André Hunebelle
** One Only Loves Once, directed by Jean Stelli
* 1950 :
** Brune ou blonde, directed by Jacques Garcia
** Beware of Blondes, directed by André Hunebelle
* 1951 :
** Vedettes sans maquillage, directed by Jacques Guillon
** Young Love, directed by Guy Lefranc
** Le Passe-muraille, directed by Jean Boyer
** Darling Caroline, directed by Richard Pottier
** Ma femme est formidable (uncredited), directed by André Hunebelle
** Massacre en dentelles, directed by André Hunebelle
** L'Homme de ma vie, directed by Guy Lefranc
** Bim le petit âne, directed by Albert Lamorisse
* 1952 :
** Adorables Créatures (uncredited), directed by Christian-Jaque
** Pour vous, mesdames (uncredited), directed by Jacques Garcia
** Elle et moi, directed by Guy Lefranc
** Le Feu quelque part, directed by Pierre Foucaud (Court-métrage)
** Le Duel à travers les âges, directed by Pierre Foucaud (Court-métrage)
* 1953 :
** Les Dents longues, directed by Daniel Gélin
** Les Trois Mousquetaires, directed by André Hunebelle
** The Most Wanted Man, directed by Henri Verneuil
* 1954 :
** Destinées (uncredited), directed by Christian-Jaque, Jean Delannoy and Marcello Pagliero
** Sang et lumières, directed by Georges Rouquier
** Les Gaietés de l'escadron, directed by Paolo Moffa
** Poisson d'avril (1954), directed by Gilles Grangier
** Quay of Blondes, directed by Paul Cadéac
** Série noire [fr], directed by Pierre Foucaud
* 1955 :
** Gas-Oil, directed by Gilles Grangier
* 1956 :
** Until the Last One, directed by Pierre Billon
** Blood to the Head, directed by Gilles Grangier
** Mannequins of Paris, directed by André Hunebelle
** Short Head, directed by Norbert Carbonnaux
* 1957 :
** Le rouge est mis, directed by Gilles Grangier
** Fugitive in Saigon, directed by Marcel Camus
** Three Days to Live, directed by Gilles Grangier
** Retour de manivelle, directed by Denys de La Patellière
** Maigret tend un piège, directed by Jean Delannoy
* 1958 :
** Les Misérables, directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois
** Le Désordre et la Nuit, directed by Gilles Grangier
** Les Grandes Familles, directed by Denys de la Patellière
** Marchands de rien, directed by Daniel Lecomte (court-métrage)
* 1959 :
** Le fauve est lâché (uncredited), directed by Maurice Labro
** Archimède le clochard, directed by Gilles Grangier
** Pourquoi viens-tu si tard?, directed by Henri Decoin
** Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre, directed by Jean Delannoy
** 125 Rue Montmartre, directed by Gilles Grangier
** Rue des prairies, directed by Denys de la Patellière
** Babette s'en va-t-en guerre, directed by Christian-Jaque
** Eyes of Love, directed by Denys de la Patellière
** Vel d'Hiv', directed by Guy Blanc (Court-métrage)
** La Bête à l'affût, directed by Pierre Chenal
** Péchés de jeunesse, directed by Louis Duchesne

### 1960s

* 1960 :
** Le Baron de l'écluse, directed by Jean Delannoy
** La Française et l'amour, film à sketches, « L'Adultère », directed by Henri Verneuil
** Les Vieux de la vieille, directed by Gilles Grangier
** Spécial Noël : Jean Gabin (TV), directed by Frédéric Rossif
** Le Président, directed by Henri Verneuil
* 1961 :
** Taxi for Tobruk, directed by Denys de la Patellière
** Les lions sont lâchés, directed by Henri Verneuil
** Les Amours célèbres - sketch « Les Comédiennes », directed by Michel Boisrond
** Le cave se rebiffe, directed by Gilles Grangier
** Le Bateau d'Émile, directed by Denys de la Patellière
* 1962 :
** Un singe en hiver, directed by Henri Verneuil
** The Gentleman from Epsom, directed by Gilles Grangier
** Le Diable et les Dix Commandements, directed by Julien Duvivier
** Le Voyage à Biarritz (uncredited), directed by Gilles Grangier
* 1963 :
** Mélodie en sous-sol, directed by Henri Verneuil
** Carambolages, directed by Marcel Bluwal
** Les Tontons flingueurs, directed by Georges Lautner
** Teuf-teuf (TV), directed by Georges Folgoas
** Des pissenlits par la racine, directed by Georges Lautner
** Cent mille dollars au soleil, directed by Henri Verneuil
* 1964 :
** Marcia Nuziale, directed by Marco Ferreri
** Les Barbouzes, directed by Georges Lautner
** Une foule enfin réunie, directed by Monique Chappelle (short movie)
** Un drôle de caïd or Une souris chez les hommes, directed by Jacques Poitrenaud
** Par un beau matin d'été, directed by Jacques Deray
** La Chasse à l'homme, directed by Edouard Molinaro
* 1965 :
** La Métamorphose des cloportes, directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre (scenario co-written with Albert Simonin, from Alphonse Boudard)
** Quand passent les faisans, directed by Edouard Molinaro
** Les Bons Vivants, directed by Gilles Grangier & Georges Lautner
** The Dictator's Guns (uncredited), directed by Claude Sautet
** Ne nous fâchons pas, directed by Georges Lautner
* 1966 :
** Tendre Voyou, directed by Jean Becker
** Un idiot à Paris, directed by Serge Korber
** Sale temps pour les mouches, directed by Guy Lefranc
** Johnny Banco, directed by Yves Allégret
* 1967 :
** Le Pacha, directed by Georges Lautner
** All Mad About Him, directed by Norbert Carbonnaux
** Max le débonnaire (TV show), directed by Gilles Grangier, Yves Allégret and Jacques Deray
** La Grande Sauterelle [fr], directed by Georges Lautner
** La Petite Vertu, directed by Serge Korber
* 1968 :
** Fleur d'oseille [fr], directed by Georges Lautner
** Leontine
* 1969 :
** Sous le signe du taureau, directed by Gilles Grangier

### 1970s

* 1973 :
** Baxter!, directed by Lionel Jeffries
* 1974 :
** Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard
** OK patron [fr] (uncredited), directed by Claude Vital
* 1975 :
** Incorrigible, directed by Philippe de Broca
* 1976 :
** Le Grand Escogriffe, directed by Claude Pinoteau
** Le Corps de mon ennemi, directed by Henri Verneuil
* 1977 :
** Tendre Poulet [fr], directed by Philippe de Broca
** Mort d'un pourri, directed by Georges Lautner
** L'Animal, directed by Claude Zidi
* 1978 :
** Le Cavaleur [fr], directed by Philippe de Broca
* 1979 :
** Flic ou voyou, directed by Georges Lautner
** Les Égouts du paradis, directed by José Giovanni
** La Fabuleuse histoire de Roland-Garros, directed by Charles Gérard
** Le Guignolo, directed by Georges Lautner
** On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter, directed by Philippe de Broca

### 1980s

* 1980 :
** Le Coucou, directed by Francesco Massaro
** L'Entourloupe, directed by Gérard Pirès
** Pile ou Face [fr], directed by Robert Enrico
* 1981 :
** Le Professionnel, directed by Georges Lautner
** Garde à vue, directed by Claude Miller
** Est-ce bien raisonnable ?, directed by Georges Lautner
* 1982 :
** Espion, lève-toi, directed by Yves Boisset
* 1983 :
** Mortelle randonnée, directed by Claude Miller
** Vive la sociale !, directed by Gérard Mordillat
** Le Marginal, directed by Jacques Deray
* 1984 :
** Canicule, directed by Yves Boisset
** Les Morfalous, directed by Henri Verneuil
* 1985 :
** On ne meurt que deux fois, directed by Jacques Deray from the novel of Robin Cook
** La Cage aux folles III, « Elles » se marient, directed by Georges Lautner.

## Directing filmography

* Leontine (1968)
* A Golden Widow (1969)
* Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)