FILM DIRECTOR

Michel Audiard

1920 - 1985

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Audiard has received more than 107,253 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Audiard is the 792nd most popular film director (down from 727th in 2019), the 3,823rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,445th in 2019) and the 100th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michel Audiard ranks 792 out of 2,041. Before him are Kevin Smith, Revaz Chkheidze, Michael Verhoeven, Sally Potter, Baltasar Kormákur, and Martin Brest. After him are Aleksei Balabanov, Uwe Boll, Ivan Pyryev, Bruno Bozzetto, Arturo Ripstein, and George Sidney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Michel Audiard ranks 239. Before him are Hans Ørberg, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Andrew V. McLaglen, John Lewis, Siegfried Buback, and Antonina Makarova. After him are Lygia Clark, Werner Klemperer, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Nilde Iotti, Tony Randall, and Eiji Okada. Among people deceased in 1985, Michel Audiard ranks 137. Before him are Benjamin Markarian, Alexander Mikulin, Ana Mendieta, Bodil Joensen, Ladislav Ženíšek, and Clarence Nash. After him are Laura Ashley, Gale Sondergaard, Mary Kenneth Keller, Josef Čtyřoký, Dawn Addams, and Samantha Smith.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Audiard ranks 3,823 out of 6,770. Before him are André Navarra (1911), Pierre Fresnay (1897), Philibert of Jumièges (608), Marie de Nemours (1625), Paul Chocque (1910), and Louis Hersent (1777). After him are André-Pierre Gignac (1985), Marcel Cachin (1869), Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883), Jean-Pierre Thiollet (1956), Guy Patin (1601), and Maria Deraismes (1828).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Michel Audiard ranks 100. Before him are Claude Pinoteau (1925), Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927), Jacques Rozier (1926), Paul Grimault (1905), Maurice Tourneur (1876), and Albert Capellani (1874). After him are Pierre Schoendoerffer (1928), Alain Cavalier (1931), Claude Miller (1942), Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932), Henri Decoin (1890), and Raoul Coutard (1924).

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Filmography

The Professional
Director
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.
Oct 21o 19817.2 / 10
Crooks in Clover
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An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
Nov 27o 19637.744 / 10
Under Suspicion
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A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.
Aug 24o 20006.092 / 10