Claude Zidi
Claude Zidi (born July 25, 1934 in Paris ) is a French director and screenwriter .
Life
Zidi began in the 1960s as a camera assistant, including in Claude Chabrol and his films The Beast Must Die (1969) and The Butcher (1970). The great Charlots - Cheekiness wins (1971) with the comedy troupe Les Charlots was his first self-directed film. He remained specialized in comedies and wrote the script for almost all of his films. Breast or Club (1976) starred Louis de Funès and Coluche , and Jean-Paul Belmondo in A Crazy Guy .
In 1984 he won the César for Die Bribelichen with Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte in the categories of Director and Best Film . Two sequels followed the film. In the 1990s, Zidi's success gradually waned.
Filmography (selection)
- 1971: The great Charlots - cheek wins (Les bidasses en folie)
- 1972: The great Charlots - four crazy people in the stadium (Les fous du stade)
- 1973: The great Charlots: Where the green noodles fly (Le grand bazar)
- 1974: The great Charlots: The idiots from the 3rd Company (Les bidasses s'en vont-en-guerre)
- 1974: The long blonde with the red hair (La moutarde me monte au nez)
- 1975: The clumsy sixth sense (La course à l'échalotte)
- 1976: Breast or Leg (L'aile ou la cuisse)
- 1977: A Crazy Guy (L'animal)
- 1978: The cross head (La zizanie)
- 1979: The Sleepyhead (Bête mais discipliné)
- 1980: Congratulations ... sat down again (Les sous-doués)
- 1980: Inspector Loulou - Die Knallschote on duty (Inspecteur La Bavure)
- 1981: Congratulations II - The louts are on vacation (Les sous-doués en vacance)
- 1983: Ticket to Chaos (Banzai)
- 1984: The Bribes (Les ripoux)
- 1986: The irresistible charm of money (Association de malfaiteurs)
- 1990: crooks against crooks (Ripoux contre ripoux)
- 1991: The Joker and the Jackpot (La totale!)
- 1993: double camouflage (profile bas)
- 1997: Frank - Everything you always wanted to know about marriage fraud (Arlette)
- 1999: Asterix & Obelix against Caesar (Astérix et Obélix contre César)
- 2003: The Bribes 3 - Return of a crook (Ripoux 3)
template
- 1994: True Lies
camera operator
- 1967: Little tree, little tree, change (Quarante-huit heures d'amour)
- 1970: Columbani, give me the cash (La grande java)
- 1970: Elise or real life (Élise ou la vraie vie)
Web links
- Claude Zidi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zidi, Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French director and cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |