Michel Audiard

Audiard worked between 1920 and 1985 across journalist, film director, screenwriter, dialogue writer and writer and 2 further recorded occupations. This article rests on 13 published texts and 34 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Michel Audiard • Birth Name — Paul Michel Audiard • Born — 15 May 1920 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 27 July 1985 • Place of death — Dourdan, Essonne, France • Years Active — 1949–1985 • Occupation — Film director • Children — Jacques Audiard

• 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 (uncredited), 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 (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: • The Long Teeth, 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 • Fun in the Barracks, 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

• 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) • When the Pheasants Pass, directed by Edouard Molinaro • How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning, 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 • La Grande Sauterelle, directed by Georges Lautner • La Petite Vertu, directed by Serge Korber • 1968: • Fleur d'oseille, directed by Georges Lautner • Leontine • 1969: • Sous le signe du taureau, directed by Gilles Grangier

• 1973: • Baxter!, directed by Lionel Jeffries • 1974: • Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard • OK patron (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, directed by Philippe de Broca • Mort d'un pourri, directed by Georges Lautner • L'Animal, directed by Claude Zidi • 1978: • Le Cavaleur, 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

• 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.

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

Michel Audiard was born on 15 May 1920 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. Audiard held the nationality of France. Recorded child: Jacques Audiard and François Audiard. Audiard worked as journalist, film director, screenwriter and dialogue writer, and the authority record catalogues a further 3 occupations under the same name, among them writer, film actor and director. Audiard was active from 1949 to 1985. Audiard worked in French. Audiard died on 28 July 1985 in Dourdan. Audiard is buried at Cimetière de Montrouge.

Audiard worked for the screen, as film director and screenwriter. 9 films survive in the institutional catalogues, spanning 1968 to 1974. Among them are Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese (1968), A Golden Widow (1969), Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais.. Elle cause! (1970), Cry of the Cormoran (1971), The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow (1971) and Elle cause plus.. Elle flingue (1972). The whole run is set out in the catalogue below.