Jacques Audiard

Jacques Audiard
Audiard at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1952-04-30) 30 April 1952 (age 72) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1974–present

Jacques Audiard (French: [ʒak odjaʁ]; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. Over the course of his career, he has received numerous accolades including two British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globes, ten Cesar Awards, four prizes from the Cannes Film Festival as well as nominations for four Academy Awards.

Audiard made his feature film directorial debut with See How They Fall (1994), followed by Read My Lips (2001), The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), and Rust and Bone (2012). His film, the prison crime drama, A Prophet (2009) earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He won the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for Dheepan (2015). He directed his first English-language feature film, the western The Sisters Brothers (2018). His latest film, the musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez (2024), won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize and two Golden Globes for Best Musical or Comedy and Best Foreign Language Film, and also received four Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Song.