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Jacques Audiard
Intense dramas about outsiders, including A Prophet, Rust and Bone and Dheepan.
A Prophet · Rust and Bone
- Born
- 30 April 1952
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
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Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard is a French filmmaker who moved from editing and screenwriting into acclaimed character-driven films.
Early life
Film household
His father Michel Audiard was a screenwriter and director.
Behind the camera
He worked in editing before establishing himself as a screenwriter.
Career
- 1980s
Screenwriting
He wrote films including Deadly Circuit and Baxter.
- 1994
Directing debut
See How They Fall began his feature directing career.
- 2000s–2020s
International films
His work expanded from French dramas into English-language and Spanish-language productions.
Selected work
A Prophet
A young prisoner learns to navigate competing criminal networks.
Rust and Bone
Two people’s lives converge after a disabling accident.
Dheepan
Tamil refugees attempt to build a life in France.
Beyond work
Film curation
He has contributed a personal selection of films to the director-curated platform LaCinetek.
Literary adaptations
The Sisters Brothers adapts Patrick deWitt’s novel into a western.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Biographical dates and identifiers ↗Cannes: A Prophet ↗LaCinetek: participating filmmakers ↗Photo: Georges Biard. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
