Auteur

Claude Zidi

Born 1934 · French film director

Claude Zidi is a French film director and screenwriter. From 1971, he became known as a director of comedies, the majority of which were box-office hits in France. He was one of France's most commercially successful directors between the 1970s and the 1990s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Director for his film My New Partner.

Claude Zidi, in order

  1. 1970 La grande java: wrote · directed by Philippe Clair
  2. 1971 Les Bidasses en folie: directed, wrote
  3. 1972 Stadium Nuts: directed, wrote
  4. 1973 The Big Store: directed, wrote
  5. 1974 Lucky Pierre: directed, wrote
  6. 1974 Sadsacks Go to War: directed, wrote
  7. 1975 La Course à l'échalote: directed, wrote
  8. 1976 The Wing or the Thigh: directed, wrote, acted
  9. 1977 Animal: directed, wrote
  10. 1978 La Zizanie: directed, wrote
  11. 1979 Dumb But Disciplined: directed, wrote
  12. 1980 Inspector Blunder: directed, wrote
  13. 1980 The Under-Gifted: directed, wrote, produced
  14. 1982 Les Sous-doués en vacances: directed, wrote
  15. 1983 Banzaï: directed, wrote
  16. 1984 My New Partner: directed, wrote, produced
  17. 1985 Les Rois du gag: directed, wrote
  18. 1987 Association of Wrongdoers: directed, wrote
  19. 1989 Deux: directed
  20. 1990 My New Partner II: directed, wrote
  21. 1990 Promotion canapé: wrote · directed by Didier Kaminka
  22. 1991 La Totale!: directed, wrote
  23. 1993 Profil bas: directed, wrote
  24. 1994 True Lies: wrote · directed by James Cameron · critics 77%, audiences 76% · streaming on Hulu, Philo
  25. 1997 Arlette: directed, wrote
  26. 1999 Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar: directed, wrote · audiences 42% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Tubi
  27. 2001 La boîte: directed
  28. 2003 My New Partner III: directed
  29. 2005 La Douce folie des bidasses: acted