Michel Audiard

Paul Michel Audiard (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.

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
 * , 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, 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
 * , 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
 *  (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 :
 * , 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 (1968)
 * A Golden Widow (1969)
 * Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)