Jacques Audiard's movies

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Jacques Audiard’s movies
Jacques Audiard (Source: Netflix YouTube)


Jacques Audiard is a French producer, screenwriter, and director. He's won two British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globes, ten Cesar Awards, four Cannes Film Festival honors, and four Academy Award nominations over his career.


He was born in Paris and is the son of Marie-Christine Guibert and Michel Audiard, a film director and screenwriter. During the 1980s, he started creating screenplays for movies such as Réveillon chez Bob!, Mortelle randonnée, Baxter, Fréquence Meurtre, and Saxo.


His 2015 film Dheepan earned him the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2018, he directed the western The Sisters Brothers, his first feature picture in English. Emilia Pérez (2024), his latest film, was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Song. It also won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize and two Golden Globes for Best Musical or Comedy and Best Foreign Language Film.


Jacques Audiard’s movies


Given below is a list of all the movies directed/written by Jacques Audiard:


YearMovie TitleCredits
1974Kisses Till MondayWriter
1981The Professional
1983Deadly Circuit
1984Réveillon chez Bob
1985All Mixed Up
1987Killing Time
1988Saxo
Fréquence meurtre
1989Baxter
Australia
1991Swing troubadour
1992Confessions d'un Barjo
1994Dead Tired
See How They FallDirector, Writer
1996A Self-Made Hero
1998Norme française
1999Venus Beauty InstituteWriter
2001Read My LipsDirector, Writer
2005The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2009A Prophet
2012Rust and BoneDirector, Writer, Producer
2015DheephanDirector, Writer
2018The Sisters Brothers
2021Paris, 13th District
2024Emilia PérezDirector, Writer, Producer


Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard


Jacques Audiard's movies
Emilia Pérez (Source: Netflix)


Jacques Audiard is the writer and director of the 2024 musical criminal comedy Emilia Pérez. Inspired by Audiard's titular opera libretto, which was based on Boris Razon's 2018 novel Écoute, the movie centers on a Mexican cartel boss (Karla Sofía Gascón) who hires a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña) to assist her in disappearing so she can change into a woman. Mark Ivanir, Édgar Ramírez, Adriana Paz, and Selena Gomez also play prominent roles in the movie. The film was co-produced internationally by Belgium, Mexico, and France.


The movie took home the Best Film European Film Award. Among the top 13 nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were Best Picture and Best Actress (Gascón, the first openly trans woman to receive a nod in the category). It received four Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, out of ten nominations. The film has received the most nominations for a non-English movie at both events.


FAQs about Jacques Audiard

A. Jacques Audiard is a French producer, screenwriter, and director.

A. Jacques Audiard is from Paris, France.

A. No, Emilia Pérez isn’t based on a true story. It is however inspired by Audiard's titular opera libretto, which was based on Boris Razon's 2018 novel Écoute.

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