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Claude Zidi - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Claude Zidi - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Writer, Director, Producer, Operator.
Born July 25, 1934, Paris - French screenwriter, director, producer and cameraman.
After graduating from the Condorcet Lyceum, he entered the Ecole Louis-Lumiere (Ecole Louis-Lumiere) and then served in the army. Claude Zidi's career in cinematography began in 1958. For ten years he worked as an assistant operator. In 1969, Claude Zidi directed Michel Drach's drama Elise ou la Vraie Vie as director of photography.
In 1971 he made his debut as a comedy director with the film Les Bidasses en folie, starring the comedian group Charlot. With the same artists, Zidi shot three more comedies in three years.
His entertainment films Mustard Strikes in the Nose and Keep Out of Sight with Pierre Richard, Wing or Leg and Squabble with Louis de Funes, The Beast with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Inspector Razinya "and" Banzai! ", In which the main roles were played by Koluche.
In the future, Claude Zidi's films acquire a great satirical-parody orientation, which is clearly seen in "Open, police!" (which won the Cesar Award for Best Film of the Year and earned Zidi himself an award for Best Director), in its sequel "Corrupt vs. Corrupt", "Association of Intruders."
It is also worth noting the film "Total Surveillance", a remake of which, "True Lies", was filmed three years later by James Cameron.
Recent films by Claude Zidi include the eccentric comedy Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar, starring Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier and Roberto Benigni, and the film Open, Police! 3 ", which became the last directorial work of the master.
