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Jacques Audiard

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Jacques Audiard

Born April 30, 1952 in Paris, France13 films

Jacques Audiard (French: [ʒak odjaʁ]; born 30 April 1952; Paris) 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, 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.

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A Prophet posterFirst watchA Prophet20097.6Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others…View film

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13 films as director
  1. TBAThe Ravaged NightDirector
  2. 2024Emilia PérezDirector
  3. 2021Paris, 13th DistrictDirector
  4. 2018The Sisters BrothersDirector
  5. 2015DheepanDirector
  6. 2012Rust and BoneDirector
  7. 2011Raphaël Live by Jacques AudiardDirector
  8. 2009A ProphetDirector
  9. 2005The Beat That My Heart SkippedDirector
  10. 2001Read My LipsDirector
  11. 1998Norme françaiseDirector
  12. 1996A Self-Made HeroDirector
  13. 1994See How They FallDirector