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Jacques Audiard (; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. One of the most awarded French filmmakers in history, his international accolades include an , three BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes. He holds the record for most individual wins in the history of the César Awards, France's national film awards, with thirteen wins between 1995 and 2025 including three separate Best Film/Best Director/Best Screenplay trifectas, and won four prizes from the Cannes Film Festival.

After working extensively as a screenwriter since the 1970s, Audiard made his directorial debut with See How They Fall (1994), followed by A Self-Made Hero (1996) and Read My Lips (2001). His drama The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) was seen as his breakout film, earning him a BAFTA and his first César trifecta, followed by a second for the prison crime drama (2009), which earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After (2015), mostly in and which won him Cannes' Palme d'Or, he made his debut with the The Sisters Brothers (2018) and his debut with the musical Emilia Pérez (2024), which won Golden Globes for Best Musical or Comedy and Best Foreign Language Film, and also earned Audiard an Academy Award for Best Original Song (for "") along with three nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Early life
Audiard was born in Paris, the son of Marie-Christine Guibert and , who was a film director and screenwriter. He began his screenwriting career in the 1980s with films including Réveillon chez Bob!, Mortelle randonnée, Baxter, Fréquence Meurtre, and Saxo.

Career
In 1994, he directed See How They Fall (French: Regarde les hommes tomber), a starring Mathieu Kassovitz and Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film won the César Award for best first film and the Prix Georges-Sadoul. Two years later he reunited with Kassovitz and Trintignant for Un Héros Très Discret – A Self-Made Hero in English, adapted from the novel by Jean-François Deniau. In 1996, A Self-Made Hero won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes and received six César Awards nominations. In 2002, Read My Lips was nominated for nine Césars and won three, for Best Actress (), Best Screenplay and Best Sound. His fourth movie, De Battre Mon Cœur s'est Arrêté, received 10 nominations at the Césars and won eight, among them the Césars for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Film Music and Best Cinematography. He has won both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language twice, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for , as well as winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

In 2009, won the Grand Prix at Cannes and the BAFTA award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and was nominated for 13 César Awards, winning nine: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Most Promising Actor for , Best Supporting Actor for , Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Production Design. His 2012 film Rust and Bone competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and won the BFI London Film Festival Award for Best Film. In 2015, his seventh movie, won the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Audiard is one of the first filmmakers to participate in LaCinetek's project, a streaming platform where the films are curated exclusively from lists of favorites by acclaimed directors. Published on the platform's launch day, his list of 61 films notably includes 's series of comedies from both and . He has released some music videos, among them Comme Elle Vient by Noir Désir in which all the actors were deaf-mute and interpreted the lyrics of the song in sign language. The beginning of the feature (a sequence with subtitles) created a minor scandal; it displayed three women discussing politics who come to the conclusion that "it is better to be deaf than to listen to that".

On 2 September 2018, his first English language American film The Sisters Brothers had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

In 2022, a five episode special about Audiard's pre-production process was released by Télérama. It was revealed that Audiard was in development of a script adaptation of the opera libretto Emilia Pérez, this would mark the first time Audiard has written a film alone. Filming began in the summer of 2023 with and Zoe Saldaña. The film premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2024. It later won the Jury Prize, and its female ensemble won the Best Actress award at the festival. It went on to be selected as the French entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.

Controversies
Emilia Pérez on Mexican representation
Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez faced significant criticism for its portrayal of . The film, a Spanish-language musical set in Mexico, was shot entirely in a studio near Paris with a predominantly non-Mexican cast and crew. Many Mexican audiences and critics found its depiction of their country stereotypical, reducing it to a landscape of violence, drug cartels, and gangsters, while using the real-life crisis of missing persons as a backdrop for musical numbers. Héctor Guillén labeled the film a “racist Eurocentrist mockery,” even calling on the Academy to take note of Mexico’s disapproval. In response, Mexican trans filmmaker Camila Aurora created , a parody that exaggerated French stereotypes, as a form of critique. Initially, Audiard seemed dismissive of the backlash, stating, “I didn’t study Mexico much. What I needed to know I already knew a little bit”. However, at a press conference in Mexico, he later apologized, acknowledging the concerns.

The controversy deepened on August 21, 2024, when Audiard stated in an interview with Konbini, a French digital media platform, that “Spanish is a language of emerging, developing countries, of modest people, of the poor, and of migrants”. Following further criticism, the director attempted to clarify his remarks, claiming they had been taken out of context and did not reflect his appreciation for the Spanish language or the cultures that speak it.

Filmography
Feature film

Only screenwriter
Fréquence meurtre
Australia

Short film

Television

Awards and nominations
1994See How They Fall
1995César AwardBest First Feature
Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation
1996Cannes Film FestivalPalme d'OrA Self-Made Hero
2002César Award
2005
Seville European Film FestivalGolden Giraldillo
Best Film Not in the English Language
2009
Best Film Not in the English Language
BFI London Film FestivalBest Film
British Independent Film AwardsBest Foreign Independent Film
Cannes Film FestivalPalm d'Or
Grand Prix
César AwardBest Film
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Chicago Film Critics AssociationBest Foreign Language Film
David di Donatello AwardBest European Film
Dublin Film Critics' CircleBest Director
European Film AwardBest Film
Best Director
Best Screenwriter
French Syndicate of Cinema CriticsBest French Film
Globes de Cristal AwardBest Film
Independent Spirit AwardBest Foreign Film
London Film Critics' CircleFilm of the Year
Lumière AwardsBest Film
Best Director
Best Screenplay
National Board of ReviewBest Foreign Language Film
2010Best European Film
2012Best Film Not in the English LanguageRust and Bone
British Independent Film AwardBest Foreign Independent Film
BFI London Film Festival AwardBest Film
Cannes Film FestivalPalme d'Or
César AwardBest Film
Best Director
Best Adaptation
Critics' Choice Movie AwardBest Foreign Language Film
Globes de Cristal AwardBest Film
Best European Film
Independent Spirit AwardBest Foreign Film
London Film Critics' CircleForeign Language Film of the Year
Lumière AwardsBest Film
Best Director
Best Screenplay
2015Cannes Film FestivalPalme d'Or
Lumière AwardsBest Film
Best Director
César AwardBest Film
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
2018Venice Film FestivalThe Sisters Brothers
2019
2020
2021Cannes Film FestivalPalme d'OrParis, 13th District
Seville European Film FestivalGolden Giraldillo
2022
2024Cannes Film FestivalPalme d'OrEmilia Pérez

Jury Prize
Toronto International Film FestivalPeople's Choice Award Rebecca Rubin, "Tom Hiddleston's 'The Life of Chuck' Wins Toronto Film Festival's People's Choice Award". Variety, 15 September 2024.
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Audience Award
Mill Valley Film FestivalAudience Favorite ¡Viva el cine!
Denver Film FestivalRare Pearl Award
New Orleans Film FestivalNarrative Feature
Hollywood Music in Media AwardsBest Original Song – Feature Film for ""
Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical
Seville European Film FestivalPuerta América Award
Stockholm International Film FestivalFIPRESCI Best Film
Audience Award
European Film AwardsBest Film
Best Director
Best Screenwriter
Astra Film and Creative Arts AwardsBest Picture
Best Director
Best International Feature
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AwardsBest International Film
Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest Foreign Language Film
St. Louis Film Critics Association AwardsBest International Feature Film
New York Film Critics Online AwardsBest Picture
Best Director
Best Screenplay
Best International Feature
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Adapted Screenplay
Original Vision
2025Palm Springs International Film FestivalVanguard Award
FIPRESCI Best International Film
Golden Globe AwardsBest Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Best Director
Best Screenplay
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Best Original Song for ""
AARP Movies for Grownups AwardsBest Picture/Best Movie for Grownups
Best Director
Best Screenwriter
Critics' Choice Movie AwardsBest Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Foreign Language Film
Best Song for ""
Lumière AwardsBest Film
Best Director
Best Screenplay
Alliance of Women Film JournalistsBest Film
Best Director
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Best International Film
Academy AwardsBest Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Song
César AwardsBest Film
Best Director
Best Adaptation

Directed Academy Award performances
Under Audiard's direction, these actors have received Academy Award wins and nominations for their performances in their respective roles.

+ !Year !Performer !Film !Result
2024Karla Sofía GascónEmilia Pérez
2024Zoe SaldañaEmilia Pérez

Honorary awards
2024Douglas Sirk Award
Morelia International Film Festival2024Artistic Excellence Award
Stockholm International Film Festival2012Stockholm Visionary Award
Telluride Film Festival2024Silver Medallion
Valladolid International Film Festival2013Espiga de Honor

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