About Georges Lautner
Georges Lautner (French: [lotnɛʁ]; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller The Professional starring Jean-Paul Belmondo was a big commercial hit in France in 1981. == Biography == Lautner was born in Nice, France, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr and a Viennese aviator and jeweler. Renée Saint-Cyr later appeared in eleven of Lautner's films. Lautner, at the age of seven, traveled to Paris when Saint-Cyr began her film career, and there he discovered cinema. Lautner eventually left school and landed jobs at French film studios. Lautner became a film director after serving in an assistant director apprenticeship. The 1990 thriller Presumed Dangerous and 1970s Road to Salina were Lautner's only English-language films, director Quentin Tarantino used a song from Road to Salina for Kill Bill: Volume 2. == Filmography == === As director === 1958: La Môme aux boutons 1960: Arrêtez les tambours 1960: Marche ou crève 1961: Le Monocle noir 1962: The Seventh Juror 1962: Operation Gold Ingot 1962: L'Œil du Monocle 1963: Les Tontons flingueurs 1964: Salad by the Roots 1964: The Monocle Laughs 1964: The Great Spy Chase 1965: How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning, co-directed with Gilles Grangier 1966: Galia 1966: Let's Not Get Angry 1967: La Grande Sauterelle 1968: Fleur d'oseille 1968: Le Pacha 1970: Road to Salina 1971: Laisse aller... c'est une valse 1972: Il était une fois un flic 1973: La Valise 1973: Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles 1974: Icy Breasts 1975: Pas de problème!
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