Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard (French: [ʒak odjaʁ]; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the son of Michel Audiard, also a film director and screenwriter.
Jacques Audiard | |
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 Audiard at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 30 April 1952 Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1974–present |
He has won both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language twice, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet, as well as winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
His 2012 film Rust and Bone competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival,[1][2] was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and won the BFI London Film Festival Award for Best Film.
His 2015 film Dheepan won the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4]
Life and career
Audiard was born in Paris. He began his screenwriting career in the 1980s with films including Réveillon chez Bob!, Mortelle randonnée, Baxter, Fréquence Meurtre, and Saxo.
In 1994, he directed See How They Fall (French: Regarde les hommes tomber), a road movie starring Mathieu Kassovitz and Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film won the César Award for best first film and the Prix Georges-Sadoul. Two years later he reunited with Kassovitz and Trintignant for Un Héros Très Discret – A Self-Made Hero in English, adapted from the novel by Jean-François Deniau.
In 1996, A Self-Made Hero won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes and received six César Awards nominations. In 2002, Read My Lips was nominated for nine Césars and won three, for Best Actress (Emmanuelle Devos), Best Screenplay and Best Sound.
His fourth movie, De Battre Mon Cœur s'est Arrêté, received 10 nominations at the Césars and won eight, among them the Césars for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Film Music and Best Cinematography.
In 2009, A Prophet won the Grand Prix at Cannes and the BAFTA award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and was nominated for 13 César Awards, winning nine: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Most Promising Actor for Tahar Rahim, Best Supporting Actor for Niels Arestrup, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Production Design.
In 2013, Rust and Bone received two BAFTA nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and nine César nominations (including Best Actress for Marion Cotillard), winning four: Best Adapted Screenplay, Most Promising Actor for Matthias Schoenaerts, Best Original Music for Alexandre Desplat and Best Editing for Juliette Welfling.
In 2015, his seventh movie, Dheepan won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and received nine César nominations.
He has released some music videos, among them Comme Elle Vient by Noir Désir in which all the actors were deaf-mute and interpreted the lyrics of the song in sign language. The beginning of the feature (a sequence with subtitles) created a minor scandal; it displayed three women discussing politics who come to the conclusion that "it is better to be deaf than to listen to that".
On 2 September 2018, his first American film The Sisters Brothers had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | |||
| 1974 | Kisses Till Monday | Yes | ||
| 1981 | Le Professionnel | Yes | ||
| 1983 | Deadly Circuit | Yes | ||
| 1984 | Série noire | Yes | TV series | |
| 1984 | Réveillon chez Bob | Yes | ||
| 1985 | All Mixed Up | Yes | ||
| 1987 | Killing Time | Yes | ||
| 1988 | Saxo | Yes | ||
| 1988 | Fréquence meurtre | Yes | ||
| 1989 | Baxter | Yes | ||
| 1989 | Australia | Yes | ||
| 1991 | Swing troubadour | Yes | ||
| 1992 | Confessions d'un Barjo | Yes | ||
| 1994 | Dead Tired | Yes | ||
| 1994 | See How They Fall | Yes | Yes | César Award for Best First Feature Film Nominated—César Award for Best Writing |
| 1996 | A Self-Made Hero | Yes | Yes | 1996 Cannes Film Festival - Best Screenplay Award Stockholm Film Festival - Best Screenplay Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Writing Nominated—1996 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or |
| 1998 | Norme française | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | Yes | ||
| 2001 | Read My Lips | Yes | Yes | César Award for Best Writing Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—European Film Award for Best Screenwriter |
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Yes | Yes | BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Director César Award for Best Adaptation French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best French Film Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film Lumières Award for Best Film Nominated—55th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated—BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film Nominated—European Film Academy People's Choice Award for Best European Film |
| 2009 | A Prophet | Yes | Yes | Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language BFI London Film Festival Award for Best Film BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film 2009 Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Director César Award for Best Original Screenplay Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film Dublin Film Critics' Circle - Best Director French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best French Film Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year Louis Delluc Prize Lumières Award for Best Director National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated—Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated—Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film Nominated—David di Donatello for Best European Film Nominated—European Film Award for Best Director Nominated—European Film Award for Best Film Nominated—European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Nominated—Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated—Gopo Award for Best European Film Nominated—Goya Award for Best European Film Nominated—Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association) Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay |
| 2012 | Rust and Bone | Yes | Yes | Also as producer BFI London Film Festival Award for Best Film César Award for Best Adaptation Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film London Film Critics' Circle Award for Foreign Language Film of the Year Lumières Award for Best Director Lumières Award for Best Screenplay Swann d'Or for Best Film Valladolid International Film Festival - Best Director Valladolid International Film Festival - Miguel Delibes Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated—BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film Nominated—Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film Nominated—2012 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated—David di Donatello for Best European Film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated—Goya Award for Best European Film Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Film Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Foreign Film in Coproduction |
| 2015 | Dheepan | Yes | Yes | 2015 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or[6] Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Director |
| 2018 | The Sisters Brothers | Yes | Yes | 2018 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion for Best Director Nominated—2018 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion |
| 2021 | Paris, 13th District | Yes | Yes | Nominated—2021 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or |
| 2024 | Emilia Perez | Yes | Yes | Post-production |
Other awards
References
- "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". timeout. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- Henry Barnes (24 May 2015). "Cannes 2015: Jacques Audiard's Dheepan wins the Palme d'Or". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- Rebecca Ford (24 May 2015). "Cannes: 'Dheepan' Wins the Palme d'Or". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- Tartaglione, Nancy (25 July 2018). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: Welles, Coen Brothers, Cuaron, Greengrass, More – Live". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- "Cannes Palme d'Or awarded to French film Dheepan". BBC. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
External links
- Jacques Audiard at IMDb
- Clipography
- Jacques Audiard Interview