Édouard Molinaro
b. 1928 — d. 2013 (aged 85)
Bordeaux, France
Actor
Director
Writer
He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (Oscar, etc.), 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 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. He was 85. (source: wikipedia)
Known For
Filmography
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★ 5.6
Butterfly House
2019 Writer
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Parole de cinéaste
2013 Self
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Les enfants terribles du Cinéma
2011 Self
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★ 5.9
Scénarios contre les discriminations
2008 Director
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Publicité et cinéma: Une histoire de famille
2006 Self
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★ 6.8
Une famille pas comme les autres
2005 Director
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Les hommes de coeur
2005 Director
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★ 7.1
Love & Coincidence
2003 Director
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★ 5.3
Le tuteur
2003 Director
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★ 6.1
Madame Sans-Gêne
2002 Writer
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★ 7.2
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
2001 Director
Writer
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Le mal de mère
2001 Director
Writer
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★ 5.9
Tombé du nid
1999 Director
Writer
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★ 6.2
Nora
1999 Director
Writer
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★ 7.4
H
1998 Director
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Ventura... dit Lino
1997 Self
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★ 7.3
The Birdcage
1996 Writer
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★ 6.7
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996 Director
Writer
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★ 6.8
Ce que savait Maisie
1993 Director
Writer
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★ 7.4
Le souper
1992 Director
Writer
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★ 6.4
La femme abandonnée
1992 Director
Writer
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★ 5.3
Bad Ronald
1992 Actor
L'avoué
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★ 5.4
L'amour maudit de Leisenbohg
1991 Director
Writer
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★ 4.8
Le gorille
1990 Director
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★ 6.4
Navarro
1989 Director
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★ 8.3
Les grandes familles
1989 Director
Writer
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★ 6.5
Manon Roland
1989 Director
Writer
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★ 6.6
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator
1988 Director
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★ 3.0
Love at First Sight
1988 Director
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★ 8.7
Rausch der Verwandlung
1988 Director
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★ 7.0
Le tiroir secret
1986 Director
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★ 6.2
Un métier de seigneur
1986 Director
Writer
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★ 5.9
Love on the Quiet
1985 Director
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★ 4.8
Palace
1985 Director
Writer
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★ 5.9
Just the Way You Are
1984 Director
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★ 5.4
Led by the Nose
1984 Writer
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★ 5.3
La veuve rouge
1983 Director
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★ 6.1
For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now
1982 Director
Writer
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★ 7.2
Au Bon Beurre
1981 Director
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★ 5.8
La Cage aux Folles II
1980 Director
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★ 5.4
Sunday Lovers
1980 Director
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★ 6.0
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses!
1979 Director
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★ 7.7
La pitié dangereuse
1979 Director
Writer
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★ 7.2
La Cage aux Folles
1978 Director
Writer
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★ 7.1
Her Ladyship the Judge (1978)
1978 Director
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★ 7.8
Claudine
1978 Director
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★ 6.2
Il était un musicien
1978 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
L'homme pressé
1977 Director
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★ 5.4
Dracula and Son
1976 Director
Writer
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★ 5.4
The Pink Telephone
1975 Director
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★ 6.0
Cinéma 16
1975 Director
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★ 6.8
The Irony of Chance
1974 Director
Writer
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★ 5.7
Histoires insolites
1974 Director
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★ 7.0
A Pain in the Ass
1973 Director
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★ 5.8
The Hostage Gang
1973 Director
Writer
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★ 5.0
Sweet Deception
1972 Director
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★ 5.5
The Most Gentle Confessions
1971 Director
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★ 4.1
La liberté en croupe
1970 Director
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★ 6.6
Hibernatus
1969 Director
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★ 6.7
My Uncle Benjamin
1969 Director
Writer
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★ 7.5
Oscar
1967 Director
Writer
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★ 5.6
To Commit a Murder
1967 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
When the Pheasants Pass
1965 Director
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★ 6.3
Male Hunt
1964 Director
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★ 5.4
The Ravishing Idiot
1964 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962 Director
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★ 6.0
Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin
1962 Director
Writer
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★ 5.4
A Touch of Treason
1962 Director
Writer
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★ 5.1
Petit-jour
1962 Self
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★ 6.8
The Passion of Slow Fire
1961 Director
Writer
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★ 5.8
A Mistress for the Summer
1960 Director
Writer
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★ 7.0
Witness in the City
1959 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
The Road to Shame
1959 Director
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★ 7.3
Back to the Wall
1958 Director
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★ 4.8
Le tombeur
1958 Writer
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Philippe
1958 Actor
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Le forain du stand de tir
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Les alchimistes
1957 Director
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Appelez le 17
1957 Director
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Cinematographer
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La mer remonte à Rouen
1957 Director
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Les biens de ce monde
1956 Director
Writer
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Quatrième voeu
1955 Director
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L'honneur est sauf
1954 Actor
Director
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L'amant
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L'accumulateur au plomb
1954 Director
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Chemins d'avril
1953 Director
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La meilleure part
1953 Director
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Cheval d'acier
1953 Director
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La pénicilline
1953 Director
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Maisons à la chaîne
1952 Director
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Les nouveaux esclaves
1951 Director
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Bloc opératoire stérile
1951 Director
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L'honneur est sauf
1950 Actor
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Bertrand
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Le verbe en chair
1949 Director
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Un monsieur très chic
1948 Director
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Le cercle
1948 Director
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Evasion
1946 Director
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Cinematographer