Michel Audiard
Audiard in 1981.
Born	Paul Michel Audiard (1920-05-15)15 May 1920 Paris, France
Died	27 July 1985(1985-07-27) (aged 65) Dourdan, Essonne, France
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1949–1985
Children	Jacques Audiard

Paul Michel Audiard (French: [miʃɛl odjaʁ]; 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
  • 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 (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 :
  • Les Dents longues, directed by Daniel Gélin
  • Les Trois Mousquetaires, 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
  • Série noire [fr], 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 (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
  • Ne nous fâchons pas [fr], 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
  • La Grande Sauterelle [fr], directed by Georges Lautner
  • La Petite Vertu, directed by Serge Korber
• 1968 :
  • Fleur d'oseille [fr], 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
  • OK patron [fr] (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 :
  • Tendre Poulet [fr], directed by Philippe de Broca
  • Mort d'un pourri, directed by Georges Lautner
  • L'Animal, directed by Claude Zidi
• 1978 :
  • Le Cavaleur [fr], 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
  • Pile ou Face [fr], 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

• Michel Audiard at IMDb