Jacques Audiard
| Jacques Audiard | |
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Audiard at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
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30 April 1952 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1974–present |
Jacques Audiard (French: [ʒak odjaʁ]; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter; the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.
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 a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, for a 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.
Audiard was born in Paris. He began his screenwriting career in the 1980s with films including Réveillon chez Bob! and Mortelle randonnée, Baxter, Fréquence Meurtre and Saxo.
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