Born in Paris, France, in 1952. Jacques Audiard's family has always been involved in movie business. His father, Michel, was a popular screenwriter and director and his uncle a producer. But in his teens he refused that world and wanted to be a teacher. He studied literature and philosophy at the Sorbonne but didn't finish his degree. By that time, his then girlfriend suggested he work as a trainee editor during his university holidays. He worked as an assistant editor on several movies like "Le locataire" .
Son of Michel Audiard.
Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2002.
Brother of Franois Audiard.
Directed 6 actors in Csar winner performances: Mathieu Kassovitz in Regarde les hommes tomber , Emmanuelle Devos in Sur mes lvres , Niels Arestrup and Linh Dan Pham in De battre mon coeur sest arrt , Tahar Rahim and Niels Arestrup in Un prophte and Matthias Schoenaerts in De rouille et dos .
Directed 8 actors in Csar nominated performances: Albert Dupontel and Sandrine Kiberlain in Un hros trs discret , Vincent Cassel in Sur mes lvres , Romain Duris in De battre mon coeur sest arrt , Adel Bencherif in Un prophte , Marion Cotillard in De rouille et dos , Jesuthasan Antonythasan and Vincent Rottiers in Dheepan .
As of 2015, four of his films competed for the Palme dOr at the Cannes Film Festival: Un hros trs discret , Un prophte , De rouille et dos and Dheepan , the latter took the prize in 2015. He was nominated for the first time with his second film, Un hros trs discret .
As of 2016, he has a total of 19 Csar nominations; 6 nominations for Best Director; 5 nominations for Best Film; 7 nominations for Best Screenplay (original and adapted) and one nomination for Best First Work for Regarde les hommes tomber .
With the exception of De rouille et dos , all of his films that were screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival have won an award over there. Rust and Bone was highly acclaimed at the festival and received a 10-minute standing ovation.
As of 2013, he has a total of 3 BAFTA nominations for Best Foreign Film and 2 wins (for De battre mon coeur sest arrt and Un prophte .
As of 2016, De rouille et dos is the highest-grossing film of his career, with $25 million worldwide.
Un prophte (2009) is maybe the point at which I began to feel,uncomfortable with the French casting system. I felt like I needed to,direct other faces, other skin colors, other ways of speaking and,thinking, other forms of expression from what we are used to,seeing. [2015],I really believe the form of the film must be in the scenario; cinema is,not just added value to the scripting. I believe in it as a totality.
Cinema for me only has meaning when it has a relationship with what I see outside on the street. .
