Michel Audiard


Paul Michel Audiard 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 in Tangier, 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, directed by André Hunebelle
  • * Massacre en dentelles, directed by André Hunebelle
  • * The Man in My Life, directed by Guy Lefranc
  • * Bim le petit âne, directed by Albert Lamorisse
  • 1952 :
  • *Adorable Creatures, directed by Christian-Jaque
  • * Pour vous, mesdames, directed by Jacques Garcia
  • * Elle et moi, directed by Guy Lefranc
  • * Le Feu quelque part, directed by Pierre Foucaud
  • * Le Duel à travers les âges, directed by Pierre Foucaud
  • 1953 :
  • * The Long Teeth, directed by Daniel Gélin
  • * The Three Musketeers, directed by André Hunebelle
  • * The Most Wanted Man, directed by Henri Verneuil
  • 1954 :
  • * Destinées, directed by Christian-Jaque, Jean Delannoy and Marcello Pagliero
  • * Sang et lumières, directed by Georges Rouquier
  • * Fun in the Barracks, directed by Paolo Moffa
  • * Poisson d'avril, 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
  • * 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
  • 1959 :
  • * Le fauve est lâché, 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
  • * 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, 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, 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, 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
  • * 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
  • * Quand passent les faisans, directed by Edouard Molinaro
  • * How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning, directed by Gilles Grangier & Georges Lautner
  • * The Dictator's Guns, 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, 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 :
  • *Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard
  • * ', 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
  • A Golden Widow
  • ''Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause !''