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Jean Girault is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter French born on 9 may 1924 at Aube (France)

Jean Girault

Jean Girault
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Nationality France
Birth 9 may 1924 at Aube (France)
Death 24 july 1982 (at 58 years) at Paris (France)

Jean Girault (9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than thirty films between 1960 and 1982.

Biography

Il épousa Françoise Jourdanet, maquilleuse, actrice dans Un drôle de colonel, Les Grandes Vacances, Le Juge. Ils eurent ensemble une fille Dominique, dont Jeanne de Funès accepta d’être la marraine.

Principalement auteur de films comiques, il a tourné de nombreux films interprétés par Louis de Funès, dont Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez et ses suites. Il est décédé pendant le tournage de sa dernière réalisation (Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes) des suites d'une tuberculose, à l’âge de 58 ans.

Il repose au cimetière parisien de Bagneux, dans les Hauts-de-Seine. Un ouvrage lui a été consacré en mai 2015 : Jean Girault, natif de Villenauxe et cinéaste méconnu, de Jean-Michel Chevrier.

Best films

The Exchange Student (1967)
(Director)
The Gendarme Gets Married (1968)
(Director)
The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)
(Director)
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982)
(Director)
The Cabbage Soup (1981)
(Director)
Jo (1971)
(Director)

Usually with

Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
(14 films)
Michel Galabru
Michel Galabru
(16 films)
Yves Barsacq
Yves Barsacq
(11 films)
Guy Grosso
Guy Grosso
(11 films)
Jean Lefebvre
Jean Lefebvre
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jean Girault (38 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
1982The Gendarme and the GendarmettesDirector, Scriptwriter
1981The Cabbage SoupDirector
1981Ach du lieber HarryDirector
1980The MiserDirector, Scriptwriter
1979The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer SpaceDirector, Scriptwriter
1978HoroscopeDirector, Scriptwriter
1977The Centipede Is Tap DancingDirector, Writer
1976Holy YearDirector
1975Mad Race to Cote d'AzurDirector, Writer
1974Two Big Girls in PyjamasDirector, Writer
1974Le Permis de conduireDirector
1974Les murs ont des oreillesDirector
1973Le ConciergeDirector, Adaptation
1972Charlots Go to SpainActor, Director, WriterUn résident du camping (uncredited)
1971JoDirector, Adaptation
1970The Gendarme Takes OffDirector, Scriptwriter
1969La Maison de campagneDirector, Writer
1968The Gendarme Gets MarriedDirector, Author
1968A Strange Kind of ColonelDirector
1967The Exchange StudentDirector, Scriptwriter
1966Monsieur le Président Directeur GénéralDirector
1965The Gendarme in New YorkDirector, Adaptation
1964The Gendarme of St. TropezActor, Director, AdaptationKleidungsverkäufer
1964Rob the BankDirector, Adaptation
1964The GorillasDirector
1963Pouic-PouicActor, Director, WriterBald player in the grant
1963Who Stole the Body?Director, Scriptwriter
1963People in LuckDirector, Writer
1960Easy Come Easy GoDirector, Scriptwriter
1959La Marraine de CharleyScriptwriter
1958Honey, Scare MeScriptwriter
1958The SicilianScriptwriter
1957A Friend of the FamilyWriter
1957A Night at the Moulin RougeDialogue
1955Look for the womanScriptwriter
1952Un jour avec vousScriptwriter
1952Love Always LoveScriptwriter
-Merci PatronDirector