French director Georges Lautner: biography, filmography

Georges Lautner is a screenwriter, producer, director from France. He gained fame through collaborations with Michel Odiar and the use of his lines in films. The peak of their joint work is the film "Uncle Gangsters." Georges Lautner is known all over the world for his work "Professional" in 1981.

Biography

Lautner is a native Frenchman. He was born on 24.01.1926 in the city of Nice, in France. Father George, a jeweler by profession, was fond of aviation, served as a pilot on a fighter, participated in an air show. Mother Georges, Marie-Louise-Vitor, was an actress. When George became a director, he shot his mother in films under the pseudonym René Saint-Cyr.

In 1933, Lautner's mother moved with her boy to Paris. Here, Marie-Louise has made significant progress in her career. In 1938, Georges's father was killed in a plane crash.

Education Lautner, Jr. began to receive in the Paris lyceum Zhanson de Sayy. Parallel to training, the guy leads an active lifestyle, participates in youth movements, monitors the political situation.

After the lyceum Georges Lautner (his films are not interested right now) he graduated from the university with a specialization in "philosophy" and got a job. Having replaced several professions, in 1945 the future master of cinematography becomes a decorator in the film directed by Leon Matota La Route du bagne.

In 1947 George served in the military forces of Austria. There he receives a specialty of the projectionist on 16-mm film. After serving some time in Austria, Lautner is transferred to the Paris Cinematographic Service. Here he works with director Marcel Bluewal and cameraman Claude LeCom.

Carier start

After the Second World War, not many directors shot comedies. Due to his thirst for activity and incredible diligence Georges quickly achieved success in his career. In his films, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Louis de Funes and other famous French actors were shot. To many of his films, George Lautner himself wrote scripts.

His first film "Pan or disappeared" as a director Georges took off in 1960.

Best Movies

What are the pictures that made Georges Lautner famous? The best films of the director are "Uncle-gangsters", "Kutily", "There used to be a policeman", "Game in four hands", "Professional".

The criminal comedy picture "Uncle Gangsters" was released in 1963. The famous writer and screenwriter Pierre Michel Odiar wrote the script for this tape.

At the heart of the plot of the film is the story of a former gangster named Fernand Nadine, who has long been tied up with crime and is engaged in a legitimate business of repairing and renting cars. The old friend of the protagonist, a real gangster, dies and asks Fernand to look after his criminal business and his twenty-year-old daughter. Critics took the film differently. Some of them praised the magnificent cast and witty dialogues, some wrote that the film lacks dynamism.

The picture "Game in four hands" - work of joint manufacture of France and Italy, left on screens in 1980. The main role in this comic thriller was performed by Jean-Paul Belmondo.

The film tells the audience about the fraudster-scam who recently left the prison and started up new adventures. The script for the film was written by Jean Herman and Michel Odiar. The painting was dubbed into Russian and broadcast in the Soviet Union. Here it was watched by over 30 million people.

The criminal fighter "Professional" was shot by Lautner in 1981. The main role in the film was again performed by Jean-Paul Belmondo. The script for the painting was written based on the novel by the writer Patrick Alexander. The composer was 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 painting was nominated for "Cesar" in 1982 for musical accompaniment, was awarded the German "Golden Screen" in 1983.

Death

Lautner died at the age of 87 in Paris on November 22, 2013. The creative heritage of the director interests spectators today.

Lautner George: filmography

1960s:

• In 1961, the picture "Pan or gone" came out.
• In 1961 - the film "Black Monocle".
• In 1962, the films "Drunken Drunks", "The Eye of the Monocle", "The Seventh Jury".
• In 1963 - the tape "Uncle-gangsters."
• In 1964 - pictures "The Game in a Box", "The Barboys - Secret Agents", "Monocle crooked crooked".
• In 1965 - the film "Kutily".
• In 1966 - pictures of "Galya", "Let's not quarrel".
• In 1967 - the tape "Big Locust", "House with money."
• In 1968 - the film "The Boss".

1970s:

• In 1970, the tape "The Road to Salina" was released.
• In 1971 - the films "There was a policeman", "Let this waltz sound."
• In 1973 - paintings "Suitcase", "A few too calm gentlemen."
• In 1974 - the film "Ice chest".
• In 1975 - the picture "No problems!".
• In 1976, "There is nowhere else to go."
• In 1977 - the tape "The Death of a Scoundrel".
• In 1978 - the film "They are crazy, these sorcerers."
• In 1979 - the picture "Who is who."

1980s:

• In 1980 - the film "Game in four hands."
• In 1981 - the paintings "Professional" and "Is it reasonable".
• In 1983 - the tape "Beware! One woman may be hiding another. "
• In 1984 - the tape "Merry Easter".
• In 1985 - the tape "Cell for chudikov - 3" and "Cowboy".
• In 1987, the painting "The Depraved Life of Gerard Floc".
• In 1988 - the film "House of Murders".
• In 1989 - the film "An unexpected guest".

The 1990s and 2000s:

• In 1990 - the film "considered dangerous."
• In 1992 - the films "Unknown in the House" and "Hotel Residence".
• In 1994 - the picture "Man of my dreams."
• In 2000 - the film "Scenarios and drugs."
• In 2001 - the film "Dangerous."