Edouard Molinaro
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Birth Place
Bordeaux, , FR
Born
May 13, 1928
Biography
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A former industrial and documentary filmmaker who made his feature debut with "Evidence in Concrete" (1957), Molinaro's fluid camera technique and light directorial touch were put to good use in his sensitive, humorous portrait of gay life, "La Cage aux folles" (1978), for which he earned a Best Director Oscar nod. He also helmed the first of the two sequels ("La cage aux folles II" 1980...
Biography
A former industrial and documentary filmmaker who made his feature debut with "Evidence in Concrete" (1957), Molinaro's fluid camera technique and light directorial touch were put to good use in his sensitive, humorous portrait of gay life, "La Cage aux folles" (1978), for which he earned a Best Director Oscar nod. He also helmed the first of the two sequels ("La cage aux folles II" 1980) as well as wrote and directed "Love on the Quiet" (1984), "The Supper" (1993) and "Beaumarchais l'insolent" (1996).
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Beaumarchais: The Scoundrel
(1996)
Director
The Supper
(1993)
Director
A Gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur
(1988)
Director
Palace
(1985)
Director
Just The Way You Are
(1984)
Director
Love on the Quiet
(1984)
Director
Pour 100 Briques, T'as plus rien maintenant
(1982)
Director
La Cage Aux Folles II
(1981)
Director
Sunday Lovers
(1981)
Director (French Segment)
La Cage Aux Folles
(1979)
Director
Cause toujours... tu m'interesses!
(1978)
Director
L' Homme presse
(1977)
Director
Dracula Pere et Fils
(1976)
Director
Le Telephone Rose
(1975)
Director
L' Ironie du Sort
(1974)
Director
L'Emmerdeur
(1973)
Director
Le Gang des Otages
(1972)
Director
La Mandarine
(1971)
Director
Les Aveux les plus doux
(1971)
Director
To Commit a Murder
(1970)
Director
A Ravishing Idiot
(1966)
Director
Male Hunt
(1965)
Director
A Mistress for the Summer
(1964)
Director
Seven Capital Sins
(1963)
Director of "Envy"
The Passion of Slow Fire
(1962)
Director
The Road to Shame
(1962)
Director
Back to the Wall
(1959)
Director
Un Temoin dans la ville
(1958)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
The Season for Love
(1963)
New male secretary
Writer (Feature Film)
The Birdcage
(1996)
From Story
Beaumarchais: The Scoundrel
(1996)
Screenwriter
The Birdcage
(1996)
Story By
The Supper
(1993)
Screenwriter
Love on the Quiet
(1984)
Screenwriter
Pour 100 Briques, T'as plus rien maintenant
(1982)
Screenwriter
La Cage Aux Folles
(1979)
Screenwriter
La Cage Aux Folles
(1979)
Adaptation
Cause toujours... tu m'interesses!
(1978)
Screenwriter
Dracula Pere et Fils
(1976)
Screenwriter
L' Ironie du Sort
(1974)
Screenwriter
Le Gang des Otages
(1972)
Screenwriter
Les Aveux les plus doux
(1971)
Screenplay
La Mandarine
(1971)
Screenwriter
To Commit a Murder
(1970)
Screenwriter
A Ravishing Idiot
(1966)
Screenwriter
A Mistress for the Summer
(1964)
Adaptation
Life Events
1957
Directed first feature, "Evidence in Concrete"
1978
Directed breakthrough feature "La cage aux folles"
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