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Édouard Molinaro
Writer, Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born May 13, 1928Died December 7, 2013 (85 years)
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)
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
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | The Birdcage · as Original Film Writer |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1969 | My Uncle Benjamin · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | To Commit a Murder · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | A Mistress for the Summer · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | Witness in the City · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | L'honneur est sauf · as Screenplay |