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Édouard Molinaro

Édouard Molinaro

French film director and screenwriter

Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter.[1]

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Biography

He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (Oscar, Hibernatus), 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 after 1985 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 at the age of 85.

Filmography (as director)

References

  1. [1]
    "Mort d'Edouard Molinaro, artisan indispensable du cinéma français - Cinéma - Télérama.fr". Telerama.fr. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  2. [2]
    "Cage aux Folles film director Edouard Molinaro dies". BBC.co.uk. 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
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