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.

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