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. He was the father of French film director Jacques Audiard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Audiard is the 557th most popular film director (up from 792nd in 2019), the 3,037th most popular biography from France (up from 3,824th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michel Audiard ranks 557 out of 2,041. Before him are Gorō Miyazaki, Kim Jee-woon, Ferdinand Zecca, Delmer Daves, Osamu Dezaki, and Gene Deitch. After him are Tonino Delli Colli, Martin Brest, Paul W. S. Anderson, James Mangold, Marcel L'Herbier, and Uli Edel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Michel Audiard ranks 177. Before him are Bert Williams, Viveca Lindfors, Lassie Lou Ahern, Josip Manolić, Stan Ockers, and Georg Ots. After him are Yang Kyoungjong, Julien Ries, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Knut Nordahl, Juan José Torres, and Fiorenzo Magni. Among people deceased in 1985, Michel Audiard ranks 102. Before him are Élias Sarkis, Johanna Wolf, Renato Castellani, André Hunebelle, Henry Hansen, and Víctor Rodríguez Andrade. After him are Géza Toldi, Sergei Yutkevich, Manfred Winkelhock, Kenny Clarke, William Stevenson, and Ernest Nagel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Audiard ranks 3,037 out of 6,770. Before him are Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay (1831), Germain Pilon (1525), Didier Six (1954), Jean Domat (1625), François Hanriot (1761), and Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845). After him are Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874), Antoine Louis (1723), Joseph de Guignes (1721), Jack Lang (1939), Joanni Perronet (1877), and Édouard Chavannes (1865).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Michel Audiard ranks 83. Before him are Michel Gondry (1963), Claude Autant-Lara (1901), Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), André Hunebelle (1896), René Laloux (1929), and Ferdinand Zecca (1864). After him are Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Georges Lautner (1926), Gérard Krawczyk (1953), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932), Robert Enrico (1931), and Jean-Daniel Cadinot (1944).

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