Jacques Audiard

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birthdate = 30 April 1952
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Jacques Audiard (born 30 April 1952 in Paris) is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard also a revered film director. At the beginning of the 1980s he successfully began screenwriting, including "Réveillon chez Bob!" and "Mortelle randonnée", "Baxter", "Fréquence Meurtre" and "Saxo".

In 1994, he directed the film "Regarde les hommes tomber", a road movie with Mathieu Kassovitz and Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film won the César Award for the best first film and the prix Georges-Sadoul. Two years later he reunited with Mathieu Kassovitz and Jean-Louis Trintignant on his second movie "Un héros très discret" adapted from the eponymous novel by Jean-François Deniau.

His third movie received 10 nominations at the Césars and won eight, among them the awards for best film, best director, best screenplay, best film music, and best cinematography.

He also released some clips, among them "Comme elle vient" by Noir Désir where all the actors were deaf-mute and interpret 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".

Filmography

*"Regarde les hommes tomber" (1994)
*"Un Héros très discret" (1996)
*"Sur mes lèvres" (2001)
*"De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté" (2005)

Awards

*César Award for Best Director for "De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté"
*BAFTA-Award for the best movie not in the English language for "De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté"

External links

*imdb name|id= 0002191|name=Jacques Audiard
* [http://mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Audiard&first=Jacques Clipography]