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Gérard Lauzier

Gérard Lauzier

Actor, Writer, Director

Born November 30, 1932 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Died December 6, 2008

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Gérard Lauzier (30 November 1932 – 6 December 2008) was a French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s.

Gérard Lauzier was born in Marseille on 30 November 1932. He studied philosophy and afterwards architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked in a press agency before travelling to Brazil, where he collaborated on the new capital Brasilia. In 1959, he got conscription for the Algerian War.

In Brazil, he contributed editorial cartoons to Jornal do Bahia until he left the country in the wake of the 1964 military coup. Back in France, he worked for a number of magazines, most notably the soft erotic Lui where he made the series Les sextraordinaires aventures de Zizi et Peter Panpan. His major comics work appeared in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine, Pilote, where he worked between 1974 and 1985 (by this time, Pilote magazine had moved in a more adult direction). His main series of this period are Lili Fatale and Tranches de vie. His most iconic character is Michel Choupon, an oversexed and philosophical 18-year-old, who starred in the comic Souvenirs d'un Jeune Homme and in the movie P'tit Con.

In later years, he became a film director, sometimes with movies based on his comics or on new stories. His most famous film is the 1991 Mon père ce héros with Gérard Depardieu, remade in English as My Father the Hero. Other titles include Le fils du Français with Josiane Balasko and Fanny Ardant, and Je vais craquer with Christian Clavier. In 1996 he directed The Best Job in the World which was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival. He also contributed dialogues to other movies, including the 1999 Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar.

He died on 6 December 2008 in Paris, aged 76.

Source: Article "Gérard Lauzier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Type

Year

Ce soir (ou jamais!) Poster

Ce soir (ou jamais!) TV Series2006Self

The Foreign Eye Poster

The Foreign Eye Documentary2006Self

Recto verso TV Series1999Self

Cinématon Poster

Cinématon Documentary1984Participant

Toute une vie dans un dimanche TV Series1982Self

Perverse Tales Poster

Perverse Tales Feature Film1980Antonio

Le chouchou de l'asile Poster

Le chouchou de l'asile Feature Film1979Un ouvrier

Cinématon Poster

Cinématon TV Series1977Cinéaste - Dessinateur de Bande Dessinée

Apostrophes Poster

Apostrophes TV Series1975Self

Les rendez-vous du dimanche Poster

Les rendez-vous du dimanche TV Series1975Self

Midi-Première Poster

Midi-Première TV Series1975Self

Writer

13

Type

Year

Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar Poster

Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar Feature Film1999

The Son of Français Poster

The Son of Français Feature Film1999

The Best Job in the World Poster

The Best Job in the World Feature Film1996

My Father the Hero Poster

My Father the Hero Feature Film1994

Mon père, ce héros. Poster

Mon père, ce héros. Feature Film1991

À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur Poster

À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur Feature Film1988

Glups!! TV Movie1985

Slices of Life Poster

Slices of Life Feature Film1985

Led by the Nose Poster

Led by the Nose Feature Film1984

Petit Con Poster

Petit Con Feature Film1984

Keeping Everyone Up Poster

Keeping Everyone Up Feature Film1982

Psy Feature Film1981

Rat Race Poster

Rat Race Feature Film1980

Director

6

The Son of Français Poster

The Son of Français Feature Film1999

The Best Job in the World Poster

The Best Job in the World Feature Film1996

Mon père, ce héros. Poster

Mon père, ce héros. Feature Film1991

Led by the Nose Poster

Led by the Nose Feature Film1984

Petit Con Poster

Petit Con Feature Film1984

Keeping Everyone Up Poster

Keeping Everyone Up Feature Film1982

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