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Jacques Audiard

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Producer
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Jacques Audiard
A young Arab man (Rahim) serving time in a French prison transforms into a mafia kingpin.
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Born in Paris, France, in 1952. Jacques Audiard's family has always been involved in movie business. His father, Michel, was a popular screenwriter and director and his uncle a producer. But in his teens he refused that world and wanted to be a teacher. He studied literature and philosophy at the Sorbonne but didn't finish his degree. By that time, his then girlfriend suggested he work as a trainee editor during his university holidays. He worked as an assistant editor on several movies like "Le locataire" (1976) directed by Roman Polanski.

He also joined a theater where he did all kinds of work. He specially enjoyed adapting works for stage. In the eighties he wrote the screenplays of some successful movies like "Mortelle Randonnee" (1983), "Reveillon Chez Bob" (1984), "Saxo" (1987), "Frequence meurtre" (1988) and "Grosse fatigue" (1994). Most of those films were thrillers directed by prestigious filmmakers like Claude Miller and Michel Blanc. He also directed some well received short movies.

Thanks to the success of those movies he was able, in 1994, to raise up the money to make his first movie "Regarde les hommes tomber" a somber road movie starred by two of the most important French actors: Mathieu Kassovitz and Jean Louis Trintignant. That movie won 3 Cesars of the French academy for best editing, best new director (Jacques Audiard) and best new actor (for Kassovitz).

Kassovitz also became the star of his second movie "Un heros tres discret" released in the Festival de Cannes in 1996 where it won the award for best screenplay. "Un heros tres discret" undermined the myth of the French resistance to the Nazis by telling the story of a young impostor who rises high in French society after World war by concocting a past for himself as a hero. It also won awards in the festivals of Stockholm and Valladolid and made his name internationally.

In 2001 he made his third movie "Sur mes levres". The love story between two outsiders (a deaf office worker and a hoodlum) who decide to con a group of gangsters also became a success. It also won three Cesars (best actress, sound and screenplay).

His last movie, "De battre mon Coeur sest arrête" (a remake of "Fingers" a James Toback's movie) was released in the Berlin festival of 2005.

With those movies, Audiard has become the new master of the "polar" (French thriller) and inheritor of others great French directors like Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973) and Henri Georges-Clouzot (1907-1977).
BornApril 30, 1952
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  • Won 2 BAFTA Awards
    • 63 wins & 79 nominations total

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Jacques Audiard in Dheepan (2015)
Jacques Audiard and Matthias Schoenaerts in Rust and Bone (2012)
Jacques Audiard, Niels Arestrup, and Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (2009)
Jacques Audiard in A Prophet (2009)
Jacques Audiard in The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Jacques Audiard, director of READ MY LIPS, a Magnolia Pictures release
Jacques Audiard at an event for Dheepan (2015)
Jacques Audiard, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, and Claudine Vinasithamby at an event for Dheepan (2015)
Jacques Audiard at an event for Dheepan (2015)
Jacques Audiard, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, and Claudine Vinasithamby at an event for Dheepan (2015)
Jacques Audiard at an event for Dheepan (2015)
Jacques Audiard and Jesuthasan Antonythasan at an event for Dheepan (2015)

Known for

Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts in Rust and Bone (2012)
Rust and Bone
7.4
  • Writer
  • 2012
John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix in The Sisters Brothers (2018)
The Sisters Brothers
6.9
  • Writer
  • 2018
Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (2009)
A Prophet
7.8
  • Writer
  • 2009
Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, and Claudine Vinasithamby in Dheepan (2015)
Dheepan
7.2
  • Writer
  • 2015

Credits

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Writer

  • Emilia Perez
    • co-writer
    • In Production
  • Lucie Zhang and Makita Samba in Paris, 13th District (2021)
    Paris, 13th District
    • scenario
    • 2021
  • Mathieu Kassovitz in The Bureau (2015)
    The Bureau
    • written by
    • collaborating writer
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix in The Sisters Brothers (2018)
    The Sisters Brothers
    • screenplay by
    • 2018
  • Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, and Claudine Vinasithamby in Dheepan (2015)
    Dheepan
    • dialogue
    • screenplay
    • 2015
  • Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts in Rust and Bone (2012)
    Rust and Bone
    • screenplay
    • 2012
  • Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (2009)
    A Prophet
    • screenplay
    • 2009
  • The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
    The Beat That My Heart Skipped
    • scenario
    • 2005
  • Read My Lips (2001)
    Read My Lips
    • Writer
    • 2001
  • Nathalie Baye, Mathilde Seigner, and Audrey Tautou in Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
    Venus Beauty Institute
    • writer
    • 1999
  • Norme française
    • writer
    • Short
    • 1998
  • A Self-Made Hero (1996)
    A Self-Made Hero
    • Writer
    • 1996
  • See How They Fall (1994)
    See How They Fall
    • Writer
    • 1994
  • Dead Tired (1994)
    Dead Tired
    • co-dialogue (uncredited)
    • 1994
  • Barjo (1992)
    Barjo
    • dialogue
    • screenplay
    • 1992
  • Swing troubadour (1991)
    Swing troubadour
    • Writer
    • 1991

Director

  • Emilia Perez
    • Director
    • In Production
  • Lucie Zhang and Makita Samba in Paris, 13th District (2021)
    Paris, 13th District
    • Director
    • 2021
  • Mathieu Kassovitz in The Bureau (2015)
    The Bureau
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix in The Sisters Brothers (2018)
    The Sisters Brothers
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, and Claudine Vinasithamby in Dheepan (2015)
    Dheepan
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts in Rust and Bone (2012)
    Rust and Bone
    • Director
    • 2012
  • Raphaël live vu par Jacques Audiard (2011)
    Raphaël live vu par Jacques Audiard
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2011
  • Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (2009)
    A Prophet
    • Director
    • 2009
  • The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
    The Beat That My Heart Skipped
    • Director
    • 2005
  • Unlimited Marriage II
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2002
  • Read My Lips (2001)
    Read My Lips
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Norme française
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1998
  • Louise Attaque: Ton invitation
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1998
  • Alain Bashung: La nuit je mens
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1997
  • Noir Désir: Comme Elle Vient
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1997
  • A Self-Made Hero (1996)
    A Self-Made Hero
    • Director
    • 1996

Producer

  • Emilia Perez
    • producer
    • In Production
  • Lucie Zhang and Makita Samba in Paris, 13th District (2021)
    Paris, 13th District
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 2021
  • Une journée à la mer
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    You Were Never Really Here
    • executive producer
    • 2017
  • Catherine Vinatier, Adèle Haenel, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Saadia Bentaïeb, François Rabette, Coralie Russier, Antoine Reinartz, Aloïse Sauvage, Félix Maritaud, Théophile Ray, and Julien Herbin in 120 BPM (2017)
    120 BPM
    • co-producer
    • 2017
  • Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, and Claudine Vinasithamby in Dheepan (2015)
    Dheepan
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 2015
  • Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts in Rust and Bone (2012)
    Rust and Bone
    • producer
    • 2012
  • I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)
    I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
    • co-producer
    • 2009

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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
  • Born
    • April 30, 1952
    • Paris, France
  • Spouse
    • Marion Vernoux(divorced, 3 children)
  • Parents
    • Michel Audiard
  • Relatives
    • François Audiard(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 6 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    With the exception of Rust and Bone (2012), all of his films that were screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival have won an award over there. Rust and Bone was highly acclaimed at the festival and received a 10-minute standing ovation.
  • Quotes
    A Prophet (2009) is maybe the point at which I began to feel uncomfortable with the French casting system. I felt like I needed to direct other faces, other skin colors, other ways of speaking and thinking, other forms of expression from what we are used to seeing.[2015]

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