Paul Michel Audiard (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.
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Known For
Les Misérables
(1958)
Writer
The Professional
(1981)
Screenplay
The Outsider
(1983)
Writer
Under Suspicion
(2000)
Screenplay
The Inquisitor
(1981)
Dialogue
Crooks in Clover
(1963)
Writer
The Vultures
(1984)
Writer
Pasha
(1968)
Screenplay
Any Number Can Win
(1963)
Writer
The Three Musketeers
(1953)
Screenplay
Incorrigible
(1975)
Dialogue and Writer
Cop or Hood
(1979)
Writer
Animal
(1977)
Screenplay
Dear Inspector
(1978)
Writer
The Great Spy Chase
(1964)
Writer
Deadly Circuit
(1983)
Writer
Full Filmography
Writing
Mission in Tangier
(1949)
Writer
Beware of Blondes
(1950)
Writer
One Only Loves Once
(1950)
Writer
My Wife Is Formidable
(1951)
Writer
Dear Caroline
(1951)
Writer
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
(1951)
Writer
Young Love
(1951)
Writer
She and Me
(1952)
Writer
Pour Vous, Mesdames
(1952)
Writer
Adorable Creatures
(1952)
Writer
The Man in My Life
(1952)
Writer
Massacre in Lace
(1952)
Writer
The Three Musketeers
(1953)
Screenplay
The Most Wanted Man
(1953)
Screenplay
Les Dents longues
(1953)
Writer
The Cheerful Squadron
(1954)
Screenplay
Daughters of Destiny
(1954)
Story
April Fools' Day
(1954)
Writer
Love in a Hot Climate
(1954)
Writer
Quai des blondes
(1954)
Writer
Hi-Jack Highway
(1955)
Screenplay
Série noire
(1955)
Writer
Daddy's Gang
(1956)
Writer
Slightly Ahead
(1956)
Writer
Mannequins of Paris
(1956)
Writer
Blood to the Head
(1956)
Screenplay and Dialogue
Speaking of Murder
(1957)
Writer
Mort en fraude
(1957)
Writer
Until the Last One
(1957)
Writer
There's Always a Price Tag
(1957)
Screenplay
The Possessors
(1958)
Screenplay and Dialogue
Maigret Sets a Trap
(1958)
Dialogue, Adaptation, and Writer
Three Days to Live
(1958)
Screenplay and Dialogue
Les Misérables
(1958)
Writer
Sins of Youth
(1958)
Writer
The Night Affair
(1958)
Writer
The Magnificent Tramp
(1959)
Screenplay
Rue de Paris
(1959)
Writer
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
(1959)
Dialogue and Writer
Beast at Bay
(1959)
Dialogue and Writer
Eyes of Love
(1959)
Screenplay
Babette Goes to War
(1959)
Writer
125, rue Montmartre
(1959)
Writer
Too Late to Love
(1959)
Writer
Love and the Frenchwoman
(1960)
Writer and Dialogue
The Old Guard
(1960)
Dialogue and Screenplay
The Baron of the Locks
(1960)
Writer
Taxi for Tobruk
(1961)
Dialogue and Writer
The President
(1961)
Screenplay
The Counterfeiters of Paris
(1961)
Screenplay and Dialogue
The Lions Are Loose
(1961)
Writer
Emile's Boat
(1962)
Writer
The Gentleman from Epsom
(1962)
Writer
A Monkey in Winter
(1962)
Writer
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
(1962)
Dialogue
Teuf-teuf
(1963)
Writer
Crooks in Clover
(1963)
Writer
Carom Shots
(1963)
Writer
Any Number Can Win
(1963)
Writer
The Trip to Biarritz
(1963)
Writer
A Mouse with the Men
(1964)
Writer
Dandelions by the Roots
(1964)
Writer
Greed in the Sun
(1964)
Writer
The Great Spy Chase
(1964)
Writer
Male Hunt
(1964)
Writer
Cloportes
(1965)
Writer
When the Pheasants Pass
(1965)
Writer
Crime on a Summer Morning
(1965)
Writer
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
(1965)
Dialogue
Let's Not Get Angry
(1966)
Writer
Tender Scoundrel
(1966)
Writer
Sale temps pour les mouches
(1966)
Writer
The Big Grasshopper
(1967)
Screenplay and Dialogue
Idiot in Paris
(1967)
Writer
Johnny Banco
(1967)
Writer
All Mad About Him
(1967)
Writer
Sorrel Flower
(1967)
Dialogue
Pasha
(1968)
Screenplay
A Little Virtuous
(1968)
Writer
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
(1968)
Writer
Under the Sign of the Bull
(1969)
Writer
A Golden Widow
(1969)
Writer
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
(1970)
Screenplay
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
(1971)
Writer
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
(1971)
Writer
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
(1972)
Writer
Baxter !
(1973)
Writer
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
(1974)
Writer
Vive la France
(1974)
Writer
OK Patron
(1974)
Writer
Incorrigible
(1975)
Dialogue and Writer
The Body of My Enemy
(1976)
Screenplay
The Big Operator
(1976)
Writer
Animal
(1977)
Screenplay
Death of a Corrupt Man
(1977)
Writer
Dear Inspector
(1978)
Writer
The Skirt Chaser
(1979)
Writer
The Sewers of Paradise
(1979)
Writer
Cop or Hood
(1979)
Writer
Jupiter's Thigh
(1980)
Dialogue and Screenplay
L'entourloupe
(1980)
Dialogue and Writer
Heads or Tails
(1980)
Writer
Il lupo e l'agnello
(1980)
Writer
Le Guignolo
(1980)
Writer
The Professional
(1981)
Screenplay
Is This Reasonable?
(1981)
Writer
The Inquisitor
(1981)
Dialogue
Espion, lève-toi
(1982)
Writer and Dialogue
Deadly Circuit
(1983)
Writer
The Outsider
(1983)
Writer
The Vultures
(1984)
Writer
Dog Day
(1984)
Screenplay
He Died with His Eyes Open
(1985)
Screenplay and Dialogue
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding
(1985)
Writer and Adaptation
Under Suspicion
(2000)
Screenplay
Acting
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
(1968)
The rapporteur at the Court of Auditors (uncredited)
D'un Céline l'autre
(1969)
Self
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
(1970)
Sortie de secours
(1970)
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
(1971)
C'est jeune et ça sait tout !
(1974)
Le père de Joëlle
Vive la France
(1974)
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Dear Inspector
(1978)
Le mainate (voix)
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
(2010)
Self
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
(2011)
(images d'archives)
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Belmondo ou le goût du risque
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Le Terminus des prétentieux
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
(2021)
Self - Jacques' Father (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing
La marche
(1951)
Director
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
(1968)
Director
A Golden Widow
(1969)
Director
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
(1970)
Director
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
(1971)
Director
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
(1971)
Director
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
(1972)
Director
Bons baisers... à lundi
(1974)
Director
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
(1974)
Director
Vive la France
(1974)
Director
Crew
Production