Claude Zidi

Claude Zidi
Born	(1934-07-25) 25 July 1934 Paris, France
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter

Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director for My New Partner, for which he was also nominated for Best Writing.

Filmography as director

Year	Original title	English title	Notes
1971	Les Bidasses en folie		Featuring Les Charlots
1972	Les fous du Stade	Stadium Nuts	Featuring Les Charlots
1973	Le grand bazar	The Big Store	Featuring Les Charlots
1974	Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre		Featuring Les Charlots
1974	La Moutarde me monte au nez
1975	La Course à l'échalote
1976	L'aile ou la cuisse	The Wing or the Thigh
1977	L'Animal
1978	La Zizanie	The Spat
1979	Bête mais discipliné
1980	Les sous doués	Les sous-doués
1980	Inspecteur la Bavure
1982	Les Sous-doués en vacances
1983	Banzaï
1984	Les Ripoux	My New Partner	César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Director
1985	Les rois du gag
1987	Association de Malfaiteurs	Association of Wrongdoers
1989	Deux
1989	Ripoux contre ripoux	My New Partner II
1991	La Totale!		Remade as True Lies
1993	Profil bas
1994	True Lies	True Lies	Writer only
1997	Arlette
1999	Astérix et Obélix contre César	Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar
2001	La boîte
2003	Ripoux 3

External links

Claude Zidi at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Ettore Scola for Le Bal	César Award for Best Director 1985 My New Partner	Succeeded by Michel Deville for Péril en la demeure

César Award for Best Director

	1976 Bertrand Tavernier 1977 Joseph Losey 1978 Alain Resnais 1979 Christian de Chalonge 1980 Roman Polanski 1981 François Truffaut 1982 Jean-Jacques Annaud 1983 Andrzej Wajda 1984 Ettore Scola 1985 Claude Zidi 1986 Michel Deville 1987 Alain Cavalier 1988 Louis Malle 1989 Jean-Jacques Annaud 1990 Bertrand Blier 1991 Jean-Paul Rappeneau 1992 Alain Corneau 1993 Claude Sautet 1994 Alain Resnais 1995 André Téchiné 1996 Claude Sautet 1997 Patrice Leconte / Bertrand Tavernier 1998 Luc Besson 1999 Patrice Chéreau 2000 Tonie Marshall 2001 Dominik Moll 2002 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2003 Roman Polanski 2004 Denys Arcand 2005 Abdellatif Kechiche 2006 Jacques Audiard 2007 Guillaume Canet 2008 Abdellatif Kechiche 2009 Jean-François Richet 2010 Jacques Audiard 2011 Roman Polanski 2012 Michel Hazanavicius 2013 Michael Haneke 2014 Roman Polanski 2015 Abderrahmane Sissako 2016 Arnaud Desplechin

Films directed by Claude Zidi

Les Bidasses en folie (1971)
Stadium Nuts (1972)
The Big Store (1973)
Lucky Pierre (1974)
La Course à l'échalote (1975)
The Wing or the Thigh (1976)
Animal (1977)
La Zizanie (1978)
Les sous-doués (1980)
Inspector Blunder (1980)
Les Sous-doués en vacances (1982)
Banzaï (1983)
My New Partner (1984)
Les Rois du gag (1985)
Association of Wrongdoers (1987)
My New Partner II (1990)
La Totale! (1991)
Profil bas (1993)
Arlette (1997)
Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (1999)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 66591949 LCCN: nr2002003427 ISNI: 0000 0001 2281 1419 GND: 137474199 SUDOC: 077722973 BNF: cb127598540 (data) ICCU: IT\ICCU\PUVV\246600 BNE: XX1536788

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