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Jacques Audiard

1952 - Today

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Jacques Audiard (French: [ʒak odjaʁ]; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. One of the most awarded French filmmakers in history, his international accolades include an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and three Golden Globes. He holds the record for most individual wins in the history of the César Awards, France's national film awards, with thirteen wins between 1995 and 2025 including three separate Best Film/Best Director/Best Screenplay trifectas, and won four prizes from the Cannes Film Festival. After working extensively as a screenwriter since the 1970s, Audiard made his directorial debut with See How They Fall (1994), followed by A Self-Made Hero (1996) and Read My Lips (2001). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Audiard is the 102nd most popular film director (up from 360th in 2019), the 803rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,121st in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jacques Audiard ranks 102 out of 2,041. Before him are Christopher Nolan, Carlos Saura, Richard Attenborough, David Lean, René Clair, and Andrzej Żuławski. After him are Jacques Tati, Sidney Lumet, Bong Joon-ho, John Huston, Zhang Yimou, and Edwin S. Porter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jacques Audiard ranks 39. Before him are Anneliese Michel, Gary Moore, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Larry Fink, Péter Erdő, and Oleg Blokhin. After him are Dominique Mamberti, Maria Schneider, Bronisław Komorowski, Idriss Déby, Laura Branigan, and Cyril Ramaphosa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Audiard ranks 803 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758), Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), Eric Cantona (1966), Bernard Gui (1261), Isabella of Angoulême (1188), and Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770). After him are Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Jean Meslier (1664), Catherine Labouré (1806), Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), Pierre André Latreille (1762), and Jacques Tati (1907).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Audiard ranks 14. Before him are William Wyler (1902), Claude Chabrol (1930), Luc Besson (1959), Alain Resnais (1922), Robert Bresson (1901), and René Clair (1898). After him are Jacques Tati (1907), Claude Lelouch (1937), René Clément (1913), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953).

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