Jacques Audiard

Director & actor · born 30 April 1952 · Paris, France

Jacques Audiard (French: [ʒak odjaʁ]; born 30 April 1952; Paris) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the son of Michel Audiard, also a film director and screenwriter. He has won both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language twice, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet, as well as winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. His 2012 film Rust and Bone competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and won the BFI London Film Festival Award for Best Film. His 2015 film Dheepan won the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Where to start: A Prophet (2009).