Michel Audiard

Michel Audiard
Paul Michel Audiard (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
On n'aime qu'une fois, 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
Une histoire d'amour, 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 :
, directed by Daniel Gélin
, 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
, 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
, 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
, 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
, directed by Georges Lautner
La Petite Vertu, directed by Serge Korber
1968 :
, directed by Georges Lautner
Leontine
1969 :
Sous le signe du taureau, directed by Gilles Grangier
1970s
1973 :
Baxter!, directed by Lionel Jeffries
1974 :
How to Do Well When You're a Jerk and a Crybaby
(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 :
, directed by Philippe de Broca
Mort d'un pourri, directed by Georges Lautner
L'Animal, directed by Claude Zidi
1978 :
, 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
, 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)
See also
Chantons sous l'Occupation, a documentary film
External links
1920 births
1985 deaths
Writers from Paris
French film directors
French male screenwriters
20th-century French screenwriters
20th-century French male writers
Deaths from lung cancer in France