French director Georges Lautner: biography, filmography

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Georges Lautner - screenwriter, producer, director from France. He gained fame thanks to his collaborations with Michel Audiard and the use of his lines in films. The pinnacle of their collaboration is the film "Gangster Uncles". Georges Lautner is world famous for his 1981 The Professional.

Biography

Lautner is a native Frenchman. He was born on January 24, 1926 in Nice, France. Georges's father, a jeweler by profession, was fond of aviation, served as a fighter pilot, and participated in air shows. Georges' mother, Marie-Louise-Vitore, was an actress. When Georges became a director, he directed his mother in films under the pseudonym René Saint-Cyr.

In 1933 Lautner's mother moved to Paris with the boy. Here, Marie-Louise achieved significant success in her career. In 1938, George's father died in a plane crash.

Education Lautner Jr. began to receive in the Paris Lycée Jeanson de Sayy. In parallel with his studies, the guy leads an active lifestyle, participates in youth movements, monitors the political situation.

After the Lyceum GeorgesLautner (he is not interested in films now) graduates from the university with a degree in philosophy and gets a job. Having changed several professions, in 1945 the future cinematographer became a decorator in the film La Route du bagne directed by Leon Matot.

In 1947, Georges served in the military forces of Austria. There he received a speci alty projectionist on 16-mm film. After serving for some time in Austria, Lautner is transferred to the Parisian cinematographic service. Here he works with director Marcel Blueval and cameraman Claude Lekom.

Career start

After the Second World War, not many directors made comedies. Thanks to his thirst for activity and incredible diligence, Georges quickly achieved success in his career. His films starred Jean-Paul Belmondo, Louis de Funes and other famous French actors. Georges Lautner wrote scripts for many of his films.

Georges made his first film as a director in 1960.

Best movies

Thanks to what paintings did Georges Lautner become famous? The director's best films are Gangster Uncles, Revelers, Once Upon a Cop, Four Hands, The Professional.

Criminal comedy film "Gangster Uncles" was released in 1963. The famous writer and screenwriter Pierre Michel Audiard wrote the script for this tape.

The plot of the film is based on the story of the formera gangster named Fernand Nadine, who has long since given up crime and is engaged in a legitimate business of repairing and renting cars. An old friend of the protagonist, a real gangster, dies and asks Fernand to look after his criminal business and twenty-year-old daughter. Critics received the film differently. Some of them praised the great cast and witty dialogue, some wrote that the film lacks action.

The picture "Four Hands Game" - the work of a joint production of France and Italy, was released in 1980. Jean-Paul Belmondo played the lead role in this action comedy.

The film tells the audience about a swindler who recently got out of prison and embarked on new adventures. The screenplay for the film was written by Jean Herman and Michel Audiard. The picture was dubbed into Russian and broadcast in the Soviet Union. Over 30 million people have watched it here.

The crime thriller "The Professional" was filmed by Lautner in 1981. Jean-Paul Belmondo again played the main role in the film. The script for the film was written based on the novel by writer Patrick Alexander. Composer: Ennio Morricone.

The film tells the story of a secret agent who was sent on a mission to Africa in order to kill the president of an African country. The picture was nominated for "Cesar" in 1982 for musical accompaniment, received the German award "Golden Screen" in 1983.

Death

Lautner died at the age of 87 in Paris on November 22, 2013. Creativethe legacy of the director interests the audience today.

Lautner Georges: filmography

1960s:

• In 1961, the picture "Pan or Lost" came out.
• In 1961 - the film "The Black Monocle".
• In 1962 - the films "Drunk to smithereens", "The Eye of the Monocle", "The 7th Juror".
• In 1963 - the tape "Gangster Uncles".
• In 1964 - the paintings "The Box Game", "Barmelons - Secret Agents", "The Monocle Smiles Wryly".
• In 1965 - the film "Revelers".
• In 1966 - paintings "Galya", "We will not quarrel".
• In 1967 - the tapes "Big Locust", "House with Money".
• In 1968 - The Boss movie.

1970s:

• The road to Salina was released in 1970.
• In 1971 - the films "Once upon a time there was a policeman", "Let this w altz sound".
• In 1973 - paintings "Suitcase", "Several too calm gentlemen".
• In 1974 - the film "Icy Chest".
• In 1975 - the painting "No problem!".
• In 1976 - "Nowhere else."
• In 1977 - the tape "Death of a Scoundrel".
• In 1978 - the film "They are crazy, these sorcerers."
• In 1979 - the picture "Who's Who".

1980s:

• In 1980 - the film "Four Hands Game".
• In 1981 - the paintings "Professional" and "Is it reasonable".
• In 1983 - the tape "Caution! One woman may hide another.”
• In 1984 - the Merry Easter tape.
• In 1985 - Cage for Cranks - 3 and Cowboy.
• In 1987g. - painting "The depraved life of Gerard Flock".
• In 1988 - the film "Murder House".
• In 1989 - the film "The Unexpected Guest".

1990s and 2000s:

• In 1990, the film Considered Dangerous.
• In 1992 - the films "Unknown in the House" and "Hotel Residence".
• In 1994 - the painting "The Man of My Dreams".
• In 2000 - the film "Scripts and drugs".
• In 2001 - the film "Dangerous".