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 !''