Michel Audiard


Screenwriter

About

Birth Place
Paris, FR
Born
May 15, 1920
Died
July 27, 1985
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

Turned out over 130 films for most of the top French directors during a 35-year career which began in 1949. A fine dialogue writer, especially for actor Jean Gabin, Audiard was also a capable director of occasional films beginning in the late 1960s....

Biography

Turned out over 130 films for most of the top French directors during a 35-year career which began in 1949. A fine dialogue writer, especially for actor Jean Gabin, Audiard was also a capable director of occasional films beginning in the late 1960s.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Vive la France (1974)
Director
Bon Baisers a Lundi (1974)
Director
Comment Reussir Quand On Est Con Et Pleurnichard (1973)
Director
Elle cause plus... elle flingue (1972)
Director
Le Cri du Cormoran le Soir Au-Dessus des Jonques (1971)
Director
Le Drapeau Noir Flotte Sur La Marmite (1971)
Director

Writer (Feature Film)

Under Suspicion (2000)
From Story
Les Miserables (1989)
Screenwriter
Les Miserables (1989)
Adaptation
La Cage aux folles III: "Elles" se marient (1986)
Screenwriter
La Cage aux folles III: "Elles" se marient (1986)
Dialogue
On a vole la cuisse de Jupiter (1986)
Screenplay
On Ne Meurt Que 2 Fois (1985)
Screenwriter
Canicule (1984)
Screenplay
Vultures (1983)
Screenwriter
Mortelle Randonnee (1982)
Screenplay
Garde a Vue (1981)
Writer (Dialogue)
Garde a Vue (1981)
Screenplay
Est-ce bien raisonnable? (1980)
Screenplay
Est-ce bien raisonnable? (1980)
Writer (Dialogue)
Pile ou Face (1980)
Screenwriter
Flic ou voyou (1979)
Screenwriter
L' Entourloupe (1979)
Screenwriter
Flic ou voyou (1979)
Dialogue
Les Egouts du Paradis (1978)
Screenplay
Le Cavaleur (1978)
Writer (Dialogue)
Le Cavaleur (1978)
Screenplay
Dear Detective (1978)
Screenplay
Les Egouts du Paradis (1978)
Dialogue
L' Animal (1977)
Writer (Dialogue)
Mort d'un pourri (1977)
Screenplay
Mort d'un pourri (1977)
Writer (Dialogue)
Le Grand Escogriffe (1977)
Screenwriter
L' Animal (1977)
Screenplay
Le Corps de Mon Ennemi (1976)
Screenwriter
L'Incorrigible (1975)
Screenplay
Vive la France (1974)
Screenwriter
Bon Baisers a Lundi (1974)
Screenwriter
Comment Reussir Quand On Est Con Et Pleurnichard (1973)
Screenplay
Elle cause plus... elle flingue (1972)
Screenwriter
Le Cri du Cormoran le Soir Au-Dessus des Jonques (1971)
Screenwriter
Le Drapeau Noir Flotte Sur La Marmite (1971)
Screenwriter
Johnny Banco (1969)
Screenwriter
Femmina (1968)
Dial
Femmina (1968)
Adaptation
Tender Scoundrel (1967)
Dial
Cloportes (1966)
Dial
The Great Spy Chase (1966)
Screenwriter
The Great Spy Chase (1966)
Dial
Male Hunt (1965)
Dial
Greed in the Sun (1965)
Screenwriter
Taxi for Tobruk (1965)
Dial
A Monkey in Winter (1963)
Dial
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Screenwriter
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1963)
Screenwriter
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Dial
The Most Wanted Man (1962)
Dial
The Most Wanted Man (1962)
Screenwriter
The Magnificent Tramp (1962)
Dial
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1962)
Screenwriter
The Magnificent Tramp (1962)
Screenwriter
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1962)
Dial
La desordre et la nuit (1961)
Screenwriter
Love and the Frenchwoman (1961)
Screenplay for "Adultery"
La desordre et la nuit (1961)
Dial
Le Baron de l'Ecluse (1960)
Screenplay
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Writer (Dialogue)
Grandes Familles, Les (1958)
Screenwriter
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Writer (Adaptation)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Screenplay
There's Always A Price Tag (1957)
Dialogue

Life Events

1949

Earliest screenwriting credits included "Mission a Tanger"

1968

Feature directorial debut, "Faut pas prendre les enfants de bon dieu pour des canards sauvages/Operation Leontine" (which he also wrote)

Bibliography