Jacques Audiard

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Jacques Audiard
Born (1952-04-30) 30 April 1952 (age 71)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active1974–present

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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Audiard at the 2012 Cabourg Film Festival.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". timeout. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. ^ Henry Barnes (24 May 2015). "Cannes 2015: Jacques Audiard's Dheepan wins the Palme d'Or". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. ^ Rebecca Ford (24 May 2015). "Cannes: 'Dheepan' Wins the Palme d'Or". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (25 July 2018). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: Welles, Coen Brothers, Cuaron, Greengrass, More – Live". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Cannes Palme d'Or awarded to French film Dheepan". BBC. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

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