Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller

Le Professionnel ''The Professional'' (original title: ''Le Professionnel''; ) is a 1981 French action thriller film directed by Georges Lautner. The film stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as the title role. The film is based on award-winning 1976 novel ''Death of a Th ...

starring

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor and producer. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward. His best known credits ...

was a big commercial hit in France in 1981. He was born in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

, the son of actress

Renée Saint-Cyr Renée Saint-Cyr (; 16 November 1904 – 11 July 2004) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1933 and 1994. She was the mother of Georges Lautner, who also achieved fame in the film business, albeit as a director. ...

Biography

Career

Filmography

As director

* 1958: ''

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'' * 1960: '' Arrêtez les tambours'' * 1960: ' * 1961: '' Le Monocle noir'' * 1962: '' Le Septième juré'' * 1962: '' En plein cirage'' * 1962: '' L'Œil du Monocle'' * 1963: ''

Les Tontons flingueurs ''Les Tontons flingueurs'' ('' en, Crooks in Clover'', also known as ''Monsieur Gangster'', literally ''Gun-toting Uncles'') is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. It is an adapt ...

'' * 1964: ''

Salad by the Roots ''Salad by the Roots'' (french: Des pissenlits par la racine, literally ''(Eating) dandelions by the roots'' which is the French idiom for ''Pushing up the daisies'') is a Franco-Italian comedy directed by Georges Lautner and released in 1964, a y ...

'' * 1964: ''

Le Monocle rit jaune ''The Monocle Laughs'' or ''The Monocle'' (French: ''Le monocle rit jaune'', Italian:''L'ispettore spara a vista'') is a 1964 French-Italian comedy thriller film directed by Georges Lautner and starring Paul Meurisse, Marcel Dalio and Olivier Des ...

'' * 1964: ''

Les Barbouzes ''Les Barbouzes'' ( Barbouze being French slang for a spy, deriving from the idea that spies hide behind false beards) is a 1964 French cult comedy film, screened in the USA as ''The Great Spy Chase''. Starring Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier and Mirei ...

'' * 1965: ''

Les Bons Vivants ''Les Bons Vivants'' (''High Lifers'') is a French comedy film from 1965, directed by Gilles Grangier and Georges Lautner, that was written by Albert Simonin and Michel Audiard. It stars Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Andréa Parisy, Bernadette La ...

'', co-directed with

Gilles Grangier Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film '' Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin In ...

* 1966: ' * 1966: ' * 1967: ' * 1968: ' * 1968: ' * 1971: ''

Road to Salina '' Road to Salina '' (french: La Route de Salina) ( it, Quando il sole scotta) is a 1970 French-Italian psychological thriller film directed by Georges Lautner. It stars Robert Walker, Mimsy Farmer and Rita Hayworth. The film is based upon Ma ...

'' * 1971: ' * 1972: ' * 1973: ' * 1973: '' Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles'' * 1974: ''

Les Seins de glace ''Icy Breasts'' (french: Les seins de glace, it, Esecutore oltre la legge, also known as ''Someone Is Bleeding'') is a 1974 French-Italian psychological thriller film written and directed by Georges Lautner and starring Alain Delon. It is based on ...

'' * 1975: '' Pas de problème !'' * 1976: ''

On aura tout vu ''On aura tout vu'' is a French comedy film directed by Georges Lautner and released in 1976. Plot François Perrin (Pierre Richard), a photographer desirous to get into filming, wrote with his friend Henri, a script titled ''Le miroir de l'â ...

'' * 1977: ''

Death of a Corrupt Man ''Death of a Corrupt Man'' (french: Mort d'un pourri), also known as ''The Twisted Detective'' and ''To Kill a Rat'', is a 1977 French political thriller directed by Georges Lautner and starring Alain Delon. The film is based on the novel by Ra ...

'' * 1978: ''

Ils sont fous ces sorciers ILS or ils may refer to: Organizations *ILS Law College, of the Indian Law Society *International Launch Services *International Life Saving Federation *International Lenin School Science and technology * Iterated local search, in computing * Ins ...

'' * 1979: ''

Cop or Hood ''Cop or Hood'' (french: Flic ou voyou) is a 1979 French crime film, crime and action film directed by Georges Lautner. It's loosely based on the novel ''L'Inspecteur de la mer'' by Michel Grisolia. Plot Stanislas Borowitz is a divisional commis ...

'' * 1980: ''

Le Guignolo ''Le Guignolo'' is a 1980 French-Italian comedy film directed by Georges Lautner. The title is Italian prison slang for a "third-rate crook." Plot The swindler Alexander Dupre (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is released from prison ahead of schedule for goo ...

'' * 1981: '' Est-ce bien raisonnable ?'' * 1981: ''

'' * 1983: ''

My Other Husband ''My Other Husband'' (french: Attention une femme peut en cacher une autre! ) is a 1983 French romantic comedy film directed by Georges Lautner. Plot Before the film begins, Alice unintentionally acquires two husbands: airplane pilot Philippe and ...

'' (''Attention! Une femme peut en cacher une autre'') * 1984: '' Le Cowboy'' * 1984: ''

Happy Easter ''Happy Easter'' (french: Joyeuses Pâques) is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Georges Lautner. Cast *Jean-Paul Belmondo as Stéphane Margelle *Sophie Marceau as Julie *Marie Laforêt as Sophie Margelle *Rosy Varte as Marlène Chataigneau ...

'' * 1985: '' La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding'' * 1987: ''

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'' * 1988: ''

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'' * 1989: '' L'Invité surprise'' * 1990: ' * 1991: '' Triplex'' * 1992: ' * 1992: '' Prêcheur en eau trouble'' (TV) * 1992: '' Stranger in the House'' * 1994: '' L'Homme de mes rêves'' (TV) * 1996: '' Le Comédien'' (TV) * 2000: ''

Scénarios sur la drogue ''Drug Scenes'' (original French title ''Scénarios sur la drogue'', also titled ''Drugs!'') is an omnibus film (2000) of 24 French short films depicting drug abuse. Varying in length from three to seven minutes, they showed in movie theaters befor ...

'' (segment ''Le bistrot'')

As screenwriter

* 1960: '' Arrêtez les tambours'' * 1960: ' * 1962: '' En plein cirage'' * 1962: '' L'Œil du Monocle'' * 1963: ''

'' * 1964: ''

'' * 1965: ''

'', co-directed with

* 1966: ' * 1967: ' * 1968: ' * 1968: ' * 1970: ''

Strogoff ''Strogoff'' (French: ''Michel Strogoff, le courier du tsar;'' Italian: ''Michele Strogoff, corriere dello zar;'' German: ''Der Kurier des Zaren'') is a European adventure film directed in 1970 by Eriprando Visconti. It was an international co-pro ...

'', directed by Eriprando Visconti * 1971: ''

'' * 1971: ' * 1972: ' * 1973: ' * 1973: '' Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles'' * 1975: '' Pas de problème !'' * 1978: ''

'' * 1981: ''

'' * 1984: '' Le Cowboy'' * 1984: ''

'' * 1985: '' La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding'' * 1987: ''

'' * 1988: ''

'' * 1989: '' L'Invité surprise'' * 1990: '' Présumé dangereux'' * 1992: '' Prêcheur en eau trouble'' (TV) * 1992: '' Stranger in the House'' * 1994: '' L'Homme de mes rêves'' (TV) * 1995: '' Entre ces mains-là'', directed by

Arnaud Sélignac Arnaud may refer to: People * Arnaud (given name) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the German given name Arnold * Arnaud (surname) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the name Arnold * Arnauld family, a noble French f ...

(TV) * 2003: '' La Trilogie des 'Monocle''', directed by

David Maltese David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(TV)

As actor

* '' The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne'' (1954)

Bibliography

''On achève bien les cons !'', is a thriller

comic a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...

written by Georges Lautner and drawn by Phil Castaza, published by Soleil Productions in January the 28th 2004. This comics has been recently adapted for the screen by SystemD Productions.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lautner, Georges 1926 births 2013 deaths French film directors French people of German descent People from Nice Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres