Claude Zidi
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Claude Zidi is a French
film director
and screenwriter
who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director
for My New Partner
, for which he was also nominated for Best Writing.
film director
and screenwriter
who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director
for My New Partner
, for which he was also nominated for Best Writing.
film director
and screenwriter
who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director
for My New Partner
, for which he was also nominated for Best Writing.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director
César Award for Best Director
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
for My New Partner
My New Partner
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for...
, for which he was also nominated for Best Writing.
Filmography as director
| Year | Original title | English title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Les Bidasses en folie | Featuring Les Charlots Les Charlots Les Charlots was a group of French comedy actors, who were moderately popular in the 1970s. In English, Les Charlots means "the clowns" rather than being a direct reference to Charlie Chaplin, who was generally called Charlot in France. They were also musicians, accompanying first Antoine under the... |
|
| 1972 | Les Fous du stade | Featuring Les Charlots | |
| 1973 | Le grand bazar | The Big Store | Featuring Les Charlots |
| 1974 | Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre | Featuring Les Charlots | |
| 1974 | La Moutarde me monte au nez | ||
| 1975 | La Course à l'échalote | ||
| 1976 | L'aile ou la cuisse L'aile ou la cuisse L'aile ou la cuisse is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Louis de Funès and Coluche.-Plot:Charles Duchemin is the editor of an internationally known restaurant guide... |
The Wing or the Thigh | |
| 1977 | L'Animal | ||
| 1978 | La Zizanie | The Spat | |
| 1979 | Bête mais discipliné | ||
| 1980 | Les Sous-doués | ||
| 1980 | Inspecteur la Bavure | ||
| 1982 | Les Sous-doués en vacances | ||
| 1983 | Banzaï Banzaï -Cast and roles:* Coluche - Michel Bernardin* Valérie Mairesse - Isabelle Parisse* Didier Kaminka - The cousin Paul* Marthe Villalonga - Madame Bernardin. Michel's mother* Eva Darlan - Carole, the doctor* François Perrot - The boss of 'Mondial S.O.S.'... |
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| 1984 | Les Ripoux My New Partner My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for... |
My New Partner | César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Film The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... César Award for Best Director César Award for Best Director This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... |
| 1985 | Les rois du gag | ||
| 1987 | Association de Malfaiteurs Association of Wrongdoers -Plot:Gérard and Thierry are business partners who are accused of stealing a safe from a wealthy tycoon in this situation comedy. A practical joke backfires when the two make their colleague Daniel believe he has won the lottery. The owner of the safe calls the police, who chase after the scheming... |
Association of Wrongdoers | |
| 1989 | Deux | ||
| 1989 | Ripoux contre ripoux | ||
| 1991 | La Totale! La Totale! -Plot:Everyone thinks that François Voisin is a model executive with a calm and orderly life, but it is only a front. In reality, François is a secret agent, one of the best: in the game he is nicknamed l'Épée, "the Sword". But even as he infiltrates arms-smuggling rings and prevents terrorist... |
Remade as True Lies | |
| 1993 | Profil bas | ||
| 1994 | True Lies | True Lies True Lies True Lies is a 1994 American action-comedy film directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Charlton Heston, and Art Malik. Eliza Dushku also appears in the film in one of her first major film roles... |
Writer only |
| 1997 | Arlette | ||
| 1999 | Astérix et Obélix contre César Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar is a 1999 feature film directed by Claude Zidi, the first of what went on to become a series of live-action films based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics... |
Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar | |
| 2001 | La boîte | ||
| 2003 | Ripoux 3 | ||
External links
Claude Zidi (born July 25, 1934) is a FrenchFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director
César Award for Best Director
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
for My New Partner
My New Partner
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for...
, for which he was also nominated for Best Writing.
Filmography as director
| Year | Original title | English title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Les Bidasses en folie | Featuring Les Charlots Les Charlots Les Charlots was a group of French comedy actors, who were moderately popular in the 1970s. In English, Les Charlots means "the clowns" rather than being a direct reference to Charlie Chaplin, who was generally called Charlot in France. They were also musicians, accompanying first Antoine under the... |
|
| 1972 | Les Fous du stade | Featuring Les Charlots | |
| 1973 | Le grand bazar | The Big Store | Featuring Les Charlots |
| 1974 | Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre | Featuring Les Charlots | |
| 1974 | La Moutarde me monte au nez | ||
| 1975 | La Course à l'échalote | ||
| 1976 | L'aile ou la cuisse L'aile ou la cuisse L'aile ou la cuisse is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Louis de Funès and Coluche.-Plot:Charles Duchemin is the editor of an internationally known restaurant guide... |
The Wing or the Thigh | |
| 1977 | L'Animal | ||
| 1978 | La Zizanie | The Spat | |
| 1979 | Bête mais discipliné | ||
| 1980 | Les Sous-doués | ||
| 1980 | Inspecteur la Bavure | ||
| 1982 | Les Sous-doués en vacances | ||
| 1983 | Banzaï Banzaï -Cast and roles:* Coluche - Michel Bernardin* Valérie Mairesse - Isabelle Parisse* Didier Kaminka - The cousin Paul* Marthe Villalonga - Madame Bernardin. Michel's mother* Eva Darlan - Carole, the doctor* François Perrot - The boss of 'Mondial S.O.S.'... |
||
| 1984 | Les Ripoux My New Partner My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for... |
My New Partner | César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Film The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... César Award for Best Director César Award for Best Director This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... |
| 1985 | Les rois du gag | ||
| 1987 | Association de Malfaiteurs Association of Wrongdoers -Plot:Gérard and Thierry are business partners who are accused of stealing a safe from a wealthy tycoon in this situation comedy. A practical joke backfires when the two make their colleague Daniel believe he has won the lottery. The owner of the safe calls the police, who chase after the scheming... |
Association of Wrongdoers | |
| 1989 | Deux | ||
| 1989 | Ripoux contre ripoux | ||
| 1991 | La Totale! La Totale! -Plot:Everyone thinks that François Voisin is a model executive with a calm and orderly life, but it is only a front. In reality, François is a secret agent, one of the best: in the game he is nicknamed l'Épée, "the Sword". But even as he infiltrates arms-smuggling rings and prevents terrorist... |
Remade as True Lies | |
| 1993 | Profil bas | ||
| 1994 | True Lies | True Lies True Lies True Lies is a 1994 American action-comedy film directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Charlton Heston, and Art Malik. Eliza Dushku also appears in the film in one of her first major film roles... |
Writer only |
| 1997 | Arlette | ||
| 1999 | Astérix et Obélix contre César Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar is a 1999 feature film directed by Claude Zidi, the first of what went on to become a series of live-action films based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics... |
Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar | |
| 2001 | La boîte | ||
| 2003 | Ripoux 3 | ||
External links
Claude Zidi (born July 25, 1934) is a FrenchFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director
César Award for Best Director
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
for My New Partner
My New Partner
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for...
, for which he was also nominated for Best Writing.
Filmography as director
| Year | Original title | English title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Les Bidasses en folie | Featuring Les Charlots Les Charlots Les Charlots was a group of French comedy actors, who were moderately popular in the 1970s. In English, Les Charlots means "the clowns" rather than being a direct reference to Charlie Chaplin, who was generally called Charlot in France. They were also musicians, accompanying first Antoine under the... |
|
| 1972 | Les Fous du stade | Featuring Les Charlots | |
| 1973 | Le grand bazar | The Big Store | Featuring Les Charlots |
| 1974 | Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre | Featuring Les Charlots | |
| 1974 | La Moutarde me monte au nez | ||
| 1975 | La Course à l'échalote | ||
| 1976 | L'aile ou la cuisse L'aile ou la cuisse L'aile ou la cuisse is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Louis de Funès and Coluche.-Plot:Charles Duchemin is the editor of an internationally known restaurant guide... |
The Wing or the Thigh | |
| 1977 | L'Animal | ||
| 1978 | La Zizanie | The Spat | |
| 1979 | Bête mais discipliné | ||
| 1980 | Les Sous-doués | ||
| 1980 | Inspecteur la Bavure | ||
| 1982 | Les Sous-doués en vacances | ||
| 1983 | Banzaï Banzaï -Cast and roles:* Coluche - Michel Bernardin* Valérie Mairesse - Isabelle Parisse* Didier Kaminka - The cousin Paul* Marthe Villalonga - Madame Bernardin. Michel's mother* Eva Darlan - Carole, the doctor* François Perrot - The boss of 'Mondial S.O.S.'... |
||
| 1984 | Les Ripoux My New Partner My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for... |
My New Partner | César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Film The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... César Award for Best Director César Award for Best Director This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... |
| 1985 | Les rois du gag | ||
| 1987 | Association de Malfaiteurs Association of Wrongdoers -Plot:Gérard and Thierry are business partners who are accused of stealing a safe from a wealthy tycoon in this situation comedy. A practical joke backfires when the two make their colleague Daniel believe he has won the lottery. The owner of the safe calls the police, who chase after the scheming... |
Association of Wrongdoers | |
| 1989 | Deux | ||
| 1989 | Ripoux contre ripoux | ||
| 1991 | La Totale! La Totale! -Plot:Everyone thinks that François Voisin is a model executive with a calm and orderly life, but it is only a front. In reality, François is a secret agent, one of the best: in the game he is nicknamed l'Épée, "the Sword". But even as he infiltrates arms-smuggling rings and prevents terrorist... |
Remade as True Lies | |
| 1993 | Profil bas | ||
| 1994 | True Lies | True Lies True Lies True Lies is a 1994 American action-comedy film directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Charlton Heston, and Art Malik. Eliza Dushku also appears in the film in one of her first major film roles... |
Writer only |
| 1997 | Arlette | ||
| 1999 | Astérix et Obélix contre César Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar is a 1999 feature film directed by Claude Zidi, the first of what went on to become a series of live-action films based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics... |
Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar | |
| 2001 | La boîte | ||
| 2003 | Ripoux 3 | ||