Jacques Audiard (French pronunciation: [ʒak odjaʁ]; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.
He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet. He also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. His film Rust and Bone has been selected...
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Jacques Audiard (French pronunciation: [ʒak odjaʁ]; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.
He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet. He also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. His film Rust and Bone has been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Audiard was born in Paris. 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...
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