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Georges Lautner

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Georges Lautner

Born January 24, 1926 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FranceDied November 22, 201345 films

Georges Lautner (24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard.

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Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo was a big commercial hit in France in 1981.

Lautner was born in Nice, France, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr and a Viennese aviator and jeweler. Renée Saint-Cyr later appeared in eleven of her Lautner's films.

Lautner, at the age of seven, traveled to Paris when Saint-Cyr began her film career, and there he discovered cinema. Lautner eventually left school and landed jobs at French film studios.

Lautner became a film director after serving in an assistant director apprenticeship.

The 1990 thriller Presumed Dangerous and 1970s Road to Salina were Lautner's only English-language films, director Quentin Tarantino used a song from Road to Salina for Kill Bill: Volume 2.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Professional poster7.2The Professional1981Let's Not Get Angry poster7.5Let's Not Get Angry1966The Great Spy Chase poster6.9The Great Spy Chase1964Cop or Hood poster6.3Cop or Hood1979Pasha poster6.7Pasha1968Le Guignolo poster6.0Le Guignolo1980Death of a Corrupt Man poster6.5Death of a Corrupt Man1977Happy Easter poster5.9Happy Easter1984

Filmography

45 films as director
  1. 2000Scénarios sur la drogueDirector
  2. 1994L'homme de mes rêvesDirector
  3. 1992Prêcheur en eau troubleDirector
  4. 1992Stranger in the HouseDirector
  5. 1992Room ServiceDirector
  6. 1991TriplexDirector
  7. 1990Believed ViolentDirector
  8. 1989L'Invité surpriseDirector
  9. 1988The Murdered HouseDirector
  10. 1987The Debauched Life of Gerard FloqueDirector
  11. 1985La Cage aux Folles 3Director
  12. 1985The CowboyDirector
  13. 1984Happy EasterDirector
  14. 1983My Other HusbandDirector
  15. 1981The ProfessionalDirector
  16. 1981Is This Reasonable?Director
  17. 1980Le GuignoloDirector
  18. 1979Cop or HoodDirector
  19. 1978These Sorcerers Are MadDirector
  20. 1977Death of a Corrupt ManDirector
  21. 1976The Bottom LineDirector
  22. 1975No Problem!Director
  23. 1974Icy BreastsDirector
  24. 1973Man in the TrunkDirector
  25. 1973Some Too Quiet GentlemenDirector
  26. 1972There Once Was a CopDirector
  27. 1971TroubleshootersDirector
  28. 1970The Road to SalinaDirector
  29. 1968PashaDirector
  30. 1967Sorrel FlowerDirector
  31. 1967The Big GrasshopperDirector
  32. 1966Let's Not Get AngryDirector
  33. 1966GaliaDirector
  34. 1965How to Keep the Red Lamp BurningDirector
  35. 1964The Great Spy ChaseDirector
  36. 1964The Monocle's Sour LaughDirector
  37. 1964Dandelions by the RootsDirector
  38. 1963Crooks in CloverDirector
  39. 1962The Eye of the MonocleDirector
  40. 1962The Seventh JurorDirector
  41. 1962Operation Gold IngotDirector
  42. 1961The Black MonocleDirector
  43. 1961Women and WarDirector
  44. 1960Do or Die!Director
  45. 1958La môme aux boutonsDirector