Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 2025
- César Award — Best Director · 2025
- Lumière Award — Best Film · 2025
- Lumière Award — Best Director · 2025
- Lumière Award — Best Screenplay · 2025
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- European Film Award — Best Director · 2024
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2024
- César Award — Best Director · 2019
- Silver Lion · 2018
- César Award — Best Adaptation · 2013
- International Cinephile Society Award — Best Director · 2011
- BAFTA Award — Best Film Not in the English Language · 2010
- BIFA — Best Foreign Independent Film · 2010
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2010
- César Award — Best Director · 2010
- César Award — Best Film · 2010
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 2009
- Louis Delluc Prize · 2009
- National Board of Review Award — Best Foreign Language Film · 2009
- BAFTA Award — Best Film Not in the English Language · 2006
- César Award — Best Adaptation · 2006
- César Award — Best Film · 2006
- César Award — Best Director · 2006
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 2002
- Best Screenplay Award · 1996
- César Award — Best First Film · 1995
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 2025 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2025 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2025 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2025 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2024 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2024 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film Not in the English Language · 2013 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 2013 · nominated
- César Award — Best Adaptation · 2013 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 2013 · nominated
- David di Donatello — Best European Film · 2013 · nominated
- Goya Award — Best European Film · 2013 · nominated
- Independent Spirit Award — Best Foreign Film · 2013 · nominated
- Goya Award — Best European Film · 2011 · nominated
- Polish Academy Award — Best European Film · 2011 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film Not in the English Language · 2010 · nominated
- BIFA — Best Foreign Independent Film · 2010 · nominated
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2010 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 2010 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 2010 · nominated
- David di Donatello — Best European Film · 2010 · nominated
- Independent Spirit Award — Best Foreign Film · 2010 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Foreign Language Film · 2010 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2009 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2009 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2009 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film Not in the English Language · 2006 · nominated
- BIFA — Best Foreign Independent Film · 2006 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 2006 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 2006 · nominated
- César Award — Best Adaptation · 2006 · nominated
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award — Best Director · 2005 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 2002 · nominated
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 2002 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 2002 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2002 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 1997 · nominated
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1997 · nominated
- César Award — Best First Film · 1995 · nominated
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1995 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · nominated
Filmography19 titles
The Bureau
120 BPM (Beats Per Minute)
A Prophet
The Tenant
Rust and Bone
The Professional
Read My Lips
Paris, 13th District
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Sisters Brothers
Dheepan
You Were Never Really Here
Emilia Pérez
Deadly Circuit
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
Baby Blood
Sibyl
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding
The Last Romantic Lover