Edouard Molinaro Biography (1928-)
Born May 31, 1928, in Bordeaux, France.
- Nationality
- French
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, writer
- Birth Details
- May 31, 1928
- Bordeaux, France
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Director, Except Where Indicated
- Le Dos au Mur (also known as Back to the Wall), Chavane, 1958
- (And producer) Des Femmes Disparaissent (also known as The Roadto Shame), 1959 , Atlantic, 1962
- Une Fille pour l'Ete (also known as A Mistress for the Summer, Girls for the Summer, A Lover for the Summer, and Una Ragazza per l'Estate), 1959 , American, 1964
- Un Temoin dans la Ville (also known as Appuntamento con il Delitto), 1959
- La Mort de Belle (also known as The End of Belle and ThePassion of Slow Fire), 1961 , Trans-Lux, 1962
- Les Ennemis, 1961
- "L'Envie" (also known as "Envy") in Les Sept Peches Capitaux (also known as The Seven Deadly Sins, The Seven Capital Sins, and I Sette Peccati Capitali), Embassy, 1962
- Arsene Lupin contre Arsene Lupin, 1962
- La Chasse a l'Homme (also known as Man Hunt, The Gentle Art of Seduction, Male Hunt, and Caccia al Maschio), 1964 , Pathe, 1965
- Une Ravissante Idiote (also known as The Ravishing Idiot, Adorable Idiot, Agent 38-24-36, Bewitching Scatterbrain,The Warm-Blooded Spy, and Un Adorabile Idiota), 1964 , Seven Arts, 1966
- Quand Passent les Faisans (also known as When the Peasants Pass), 1965
- Oscar, 1967
- Peau d'Espion (also known as To Commit a Murder, Congiura di Spie, and Der Grausame Job), 1967 , Cinerama, 1970
- Hibernatus (also known as Louis de Funes e il Nonno Surgelato), 1969
- Mon Oncle Benjamin (also known as The Adventures of Uncle Benjamin, My Uncle Benjamin, Uncle Benjamin, Mio Zio Benjamino, and Mon Oncle Benjamin, l'Homme a l'Habit Rouge), 1969
- La Liberte en Croupe, 1970
- Les Aveux les Plus Doux, 1971
- La Mandarine (also known as La Mandarina), 1971
- Le Gang des Otages (also known as The Hostage Gang, TheHostages, and Quelli della Banda Beretta), 1972
- L'Ironie du Sort, 1973
- L'Emmerdeur (also known as A Pain in the A** and IlRompiballe), 1973
- Le Telephone Rose (also known as The Pink Telephone), 1975
- Dracula Pere et Fils (also known as Dracula and Son), Gaumont, 1976
- L'Homme Presse (also known as Man in a Hurry and L'Ultimo Giorno d'Amore), 1977
- La Cage aux Folles (also known as Birds of a Feather and The Mad Cage), United Artists, 1978
- Cause Toujours ... tu m'Interesses, 1978
- "The French Method" in Sunday Lovers (also known as An Englishman's Home, Les Seducteurs, and I Seduttori della Domenica), United Artists, 1980
- La Cage aux Folles II (also known as Il Vizietto II), United Artists, 1980
- Pour 100 Briques t'as Plus Rien Maintenant, 1982
- Just the Way You Are, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
- L'Amour en Douce (also known as Love on the Quiet and Une Amie de Passage), Gaumont, 1984
- Palace (also known as Die Dame vom Palast Hotel), Wonderland/Third Wave/Rapid, 1984
- A Gauche en Sortant de l'Ascenseur (also known as Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator), 1988
- Das Schicksal des Freiherrn von Leisenbohg, 1991
- Le Souper (also known as The Supper), 1992
- Beaumarchais, l'Insolent (also known as Beaumarchais the Scoundrel), 1996 , New Yorker Films, 1997
- Film Appearances
- New male secretary, La Morte Saison des Amours (also known as The Season for Love), 1960 , Gaston Hakim, 1963
- Vacances Portugaises (also known as Les Egarements, Os Sorrisos do Destino, Les Sourires de la Destinee), 1963
- Patron in cafe, L'Emmerdeur (also known as A Pain in the A** and Il Rompiballe), 1973
- Television Director
- Movies
- Au Bon Beurre, 1980
- La Ruelle au Clair de Lune, 1987
- La Femme Abandonnee, 1992
- Ce Que Savait Maisie, 1995
- Nora, 1998
- Tombe du Nid, 1999
- Series
- Il Etait un Musicien, 1978
- Coup de Foudre, 1988
- Les Grandes Familles, 1989
- Le Gorille (also known as Codename: Gorilla and Le Gorille se Mange Froid), 1990
- H, 1998
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- Le Tombeur, 1958
- (With Maurice Clavel) Une Fille pour l'Ete (also known as AMistress for the Summer, Girls for the Summer, A Lover for theSummer, and Una Ragazza per l'Estate), 1959 , American, 1964
- Un Temoin dans la Ville (also known as Appuntamento con il Delitto), 1959
- Les Ennemis, 1961
- Arsene Lupin contre Arsene Lupin, 1962
- (With Andre Tabet and Georges Tabet) Une Ravissante Idiote (also known as The Ravishing Idiot, Adorable Idiot, Agent 38-24-36, Bewitching Scatterbrain, The Warm-Blooded Spy, and Un Adorabile Idiota), 1964 , Seven Arts, 1966
- Oscar, 1967
- (With Jacques Robert) Peau d'Espion (also known as To Commit a Murder, Congiura di Spie, and Der Grausame Job), 1967 ,Cinerama, 1970
- Mon Oncle Benjamin (also known as The Adventures of Uncle Benjamin, My Uncle Benjamin, Uncle Benjamin, Mio Zio Benjamino, and Mon Oncle Benjamin, l'Homme a l'Habit Rouge), 1969
- La Mandarine (also known as La Mandarina), 1971
- Le Gang des Otages (also known as The Hostage Gang, TheHostages, and Quelli della Banda Beretta), 1972
- L'Ironie du Sort, 1973
- (With Jean-Marie Poire and Alain Goddard) Dracula Pere et Fils, (also known as Dracula and Son), Gaumont, 1976
- (With Marcello Dannon, Francis Veber, and Jean Poiret) La Cage aux Folles, (also known as Birds of a Feather and The Mad Cage), United Artists, 1978
- Cause Toujours ... tu m'Interesses, 1978
- Pour 100 Briques t'as Plus Rien Maintenant, 1982
- La Tete dans le Sac (also known as Led by the Nose), 1984
- L'Amour en Douce (also known as Love on the Quiet and Une Amie de Passage), Gaumont, 1984
- Le Souper (also known as The Supper), 1992
- Beaumarchais, l'Insolent (also known as Beaumarchais the Scoundrel), 1996 , New Yorker Films, 1997
- Television Movies
- La Ruelle au Clair de Lune, 1987
- La Femme Abandonnee, 1992
- Ce Que Savait Maisie, 1995
- Nora, 1998
- Television Series
- Il Etait un Musicien, 1978
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
- La Cage aux Folles was adapted as The Birdcage and releasedby Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1996.