Édouard Molinaro

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

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