Directing
Édouard Molinaro
FR, EN cinema · 64 credits
Born
13 May 1928
Died
7 December 2013 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Also known as Edouard Molinaro · Édouard Camille Molinaro
He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (Oscar, etc.), My Uncle Benjamin (with Jacques Brel and Claude Jade), Dracula and Son (with Christopher Lee), and the Academy Award-nominated La Cage aux Folles (with Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi). Molinaro was active as a director until a few years before his death, although he had almost exclusively been producing works for television.[2] In 1996, his cinematic work was awarded the René Clair Award, a prize given by the Académie française for excellent film work. Molinaro died of a respiratory insufficiency in 2013. He was 85. (source: wikipedia)
Known for
Filmography
Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)
Mariage Surprise
as Le vieux médecin
Un homme par hasard
Director
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
Director, Scenario Writer
Tombé du nid
Director, Writer
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Director, Writer
The Birdcage
Original Film Writer
What Maisie Knew
Director, Writer
Bad Ronald
as L'avoué
The Supper
Director, Adaptation
La Femme abandonnée
Director, Writer
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
Director, Writer
Manon Roland
Director, Writer
Love on the Quiet
Director, Adaptation
Palace
Writer, Director
Just the Way You Are
Director
For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now
as Le marchand de journaux des petites annonces (uncredited), Director, Adaptation, Dialogue
Au bon beurre
Director
Sunday Lovers
Director
La pitié dangereuse
Director, Writer
La Cage aux Folles
Screenplay, Director
The Hurried Man
Director
Dracula and Son
Director
The Pink Telephone
as L'homme dans les toilettes (uncredited), Director
The Irony of Chance
Adaptation, Director
A Pain in the Ass
as Café owner (uncredited), Director
The Hostage Gang
Director
La Mandarine
Director, Scenario Writer, Dialogue, Writer
La Liberté en croupe
Director, Writer
My Uncle Benjamin
Director, Screenplay
Hibernatus
Director
Oscar
Director, Adaptation
To Commit a Murder
Director, Screenplay
Male Hunt
as L'amoureux sur le bateau (uncredited), Director
Agent 38-24-36
Director
Petit Jour
as Self
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
Director, Author
L'Envie
Director
A Touch of Treason
Director
The Season for Love
as Le nouveau secrétaire
The Passion of Slow Fire
Director, Writer
A Mistress for the Summer
Screenplay, Director
Witness in the City
Director, Screenplay
The Road to Shame
Director
Back to the Wall
Director
Provincial Chronicle
Technical Advisor
Appelez le 17
Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Les alchimistes
1957
Les alchimistes
Director, Writer
L'honneur est sauf !
as Bertrand, Screenplay, Director
The Count of Monte Cristo
Assistant Director
April paths
Director, Writer
The Miracle of St. Anne
Assistant Director Trainee, Camera Operator