Edouard Molinaro

Edouard Molinaro is a Réalisateur, Acteur, and French scenario writer, born the May 13rd 1928 with Bordeaux, in the Gironde (France).

Intelligent, cultivated, film enthusiast, Edouard Molinaro for as much did not want to release themselves from the commercial contingencies. It is however attracted more towards the cinema of author. This spirit led it to explore kinds varied in various forms. Thus, he did not hesitate very early to alternate cinema and television. He owes his greater successes with comedies with stars. Its career is marked by many theatrical adaptations ( Oscar with Funès, On the left while leaving the elevator with Pierre Richard, the supper with Claude Brasseur) including two written by Francis Veber ( the bloody nuisance or the cage with insane the ). Besides the Cage with insane the accepted a triumphal reception in the United States and will generate several continuations.

Biography

Very early film enthusiast, it takes part in many contests of short-measurings amateurs in his youth, which it passes in the Gironde, between Bordeaux and Réole. He returns in the cinema world by the assistantship (Andre Berthomieu, Maurice de Canonge). At the same time, it continues to improve its technique thanks to the films indutriels, then with small films of fiction.

Its first film leaves in 1957 and receives a positive reception of criticism. Contemporary of the new wave, it will remain about it always outside. After several police films which meet success, he becomes a realizer of foreground to the beginning of the year 1960. In 1961, he was member of the Jury in Cannes. He confirms his statute with several comedies with success including two successive films with the high-speed motorboat of the years 1960, Louis de Funès ( Oscar and Hibernatus ). In spite of its implication in a commercial cinema, he affirms his style in some films. Thus, among his outstanding works, My uncle Benjamin with Jacques Brel in 1969 arises. To the beginning of the year 1970, extremely of its statute, it turns to more personal works. One at that time owes him also a work ignored and intelligent on the destiny, the irony of fate (1974). It has nevertheless evil to demolish image of the craftsman and the choice of certain films digs this image ( the pink Telephone , Pour-cent bricks you ace plus nothing …). In the years 1980, it will make three films with Daniel Auteuil of which love into soft where it reveals Emmanuelle Béart. In the years 1990, it obtained on late beginning of recognition thanks to the adaptation of the part the Supper (1992) and the biography Beaumarchais (1996) with Fabrice Luchini in the title role, turned starting from an unfinished scenario of Sacha Guitry.

Catalog of films (like realizer)

Distinction

In 1996, the whole of its cinematographic work is distinguished by the Prix Rene Clair.
  • In 1978, it is nominated with the Oscar of the best realizer for the cage with insane the (also like better scenario writer)

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External bond

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