Edouard Molinaro

1928-

Biography: life and films

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Edouard Molinaro is a French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France on 13th May 1928.

His best films as a film director include Un témoin dans la ville (1959), Une fille pour l'été (1960), La Cage aux folles (1978), Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979) and Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Un témoin dans la ville (1959), Une fille pour l'été (1960), Oscar (1967), La Cage aux folles (1978) and Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996).

Edouard Molinaro has so far directed 40 films, scripted 25 films and appeared in 7 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Pierre Kast (2 films).

His most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), comedy (19), Thriller (8), comedy-drama (6), crime-thriller (4), history (3), romance (2), comedy-thriller (2) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Edouard Molinaro over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Le Dos au mur (1958) [d]

Le Tombeur (1958) [w]

Des femmes disparaissent (1959) [d]

Un témoin dans la ville (1959) [d,w]

Une fille pour l'été (1960) [d,w]

La Mort de Belle (1961) [d]

La Morte saison des amours (1961) [a]

Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962) [d,w]

Les Ennemis (1962) [a,d,w]

Les Sept péchés capitaux (1962) [d]

La Chasse à l'homme (1964) [a,d]

Une ravissante idiote (1964) [d,w]

Quand passent les faisans (1965) [d]

Oscar (1967) [d]

Peau d'espion (1967) [d,w]

Hibernatus (1969) [d]

Mon oncle Benjamin (1969) [d]

La Liberté en croupe (1970) [d,w]

Les Aveux les plus doux (1971) [d]

La Mandarine (1972) [d,w]

L'Emmerdeur (1973) [a,d]

Le Gang des otages (1973) [d]

L'Ironie du sort (1974) [d,w]

Le Téléphone rose (1975) [d]

Dracula père et fils (1976) [d,w]

L'Homme pressé (1977) [d]

La Cage aux folles (1978) [d]

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979) [d]

La Cage aux folles II (1980) [d]

Sunday Lovers (1980) [d]

Pour 100 briques t'as plus rien... (1982) [d,w]

Just the Way You Are (1984) [d]

La Tête dans le sac (1984) [w]

L'Amour en douce (1985) [d]

Palace (1985) [d,w]

À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur (1988) [d]

Le Souper (1992) [d,w]

Méchant garçon (1992) [a]

Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996) [d,w]

The Birdcage (1996) [w]



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