Jacques Audiard_

Jacques Audiard (French: [ʒak odjaʁ]; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. One of the most awarded French filmmakers in history, his international accolades include an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes. He holds the record for most individual wins in the history of the César Awards, France's national film awards, with thirteen wins between 1995 and 2025 including three separate Best Film/Best Director/Best Screenplay trifectas, and won four prizes from the Cannes Film Festival. After working extensively as a screenwriter since the 1970s, Audiard made his directorial debut with See How They Fall (1994), followed by A Self-Made Hero (1996) and Read My Lips (2001). His drama The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) was seen as his breakout film, earning him a BAFTA and his first César trifecta, followed by a second for the prison crime drama A Prophet (2009), which earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.