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Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director for My New Partner, for which he was also nominated for Best Writing.

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Claude Zidi

Claude Zidi Biography / Wiki

NameClaude Zidi
Also KnowClaude Raymond Zidi
GenderMale
Known ForDirecting
Place of BirthParis, France
Date of Birth1934-07-25
Age(as in 2022)88
Deathday

Claude Zidi Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Louis de Funès ForeverSelf2013-11-16A moving and very funny portrait of the personal and professional life of the magnificent French comedian Louis de Funès (1914-83), as well as a deta…
Claude Chabrol’s EyeSelf2018-04-27
Belmondo ou le goût du risqueSelf2017-12-05
Belmondo: Il était une fois le beau mondeSelf (archive footage)2011-10-25
The Wing or the Thigh?Head waiter of the ‘Coquille d’Or’ (uncredited)1976-10-27Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save t…

Claude Zidi Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Wing or the Thigh?Director1976-10-27Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save t…
My New PartnerDirector1984-09-19My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris p…
My New Partner IIDirector1990-02-07The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always…
My New Partner IIIDirector2003-12-10Voilà dix ans que les chemins de René et de François se sont séparés. De l’époque glorieuse où, flics, ils écumaient le quartier Montmartre, i…
The DiscordDirector1978-03-16Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his expl…
Inspector BlunderDirector1980-12-03A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She’s been interviewed on…
StuntwomanDirector1977-10-05Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers …
Asterix & Obelix Take on CaesarDirector1999-02-03Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsf…
The Under-GiftedDirector1980-04-30The story centers around a graduating class of “less-gifted” students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students thi…
La BoîteDirector2001-07-04Five childhood friends, who live in a small provincial town, were excluded from the only nightclub in the region. With nothing else to do they plan to…
The Big StoreDirector1973-09-06Four guys working for a small grocer in trouble, declare war on a new giant neighborhood supermarket by attempting several coups. A film about the big…
Rookies Go to WarDirector1974-11-11A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spira…
Stadium NutsDirector1972-09-22Les Charlots, a French rock group, continue their adventures, in the manner of the Beatles in Hard Day’s Night. This is their second adventure. The fo…
The Wild Goose ChaseDirector1975-10-08The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is i…
ArletteDirector1997-04-16An actor owes big bucks to the Vegas mob. He’s all set to pay them off; he’s conned a rich widow into marrying him. But the mobsters blow his cover be…
Top ManagersDirector1987-02-11While his three former college friends – Thierry, Gérard and Francis have made successful careers for themselves in business, Daniel has yet to make …
I’m Losing My TemperDirector1974-10-09Pierre is a clumsy, overly serious math teacher at an all-girls high school. His life is thrown into chaos after encountering a beautiful British actr…
The Under-Gifted In VacationDirector1982-03-10A group of friends are planning how to spend their summer vacation. One plans to go to the Seychelles with his American girlfriend. At the airport she…
BanzaïDirector1983-03-23Michel works there manically solving people’s problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. …
Rookies Run AmokDirector1971-12-15Les Bidasses en Folie, a french movie from 1971, is a very short, easy to watch, slapstick hippie comedy….
The Jackpot!Director1991-12-18To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agen…
DeuxDirector1989-05-26The manager of a contemporary music composer falls in love with the real estate agent with whom he is looking for a house in Paris. But both have been…
Les rois du gagDirector1985-03-12Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous television comics, Gaëtan, finds himself in the lit…
Bête, mais disciplinéDirector1979-08-21Jacques does his military service. Shy, round and clumsy, he is forced to agree to be the driver of a special ambulance….
Low ProfileDirector1993-12-08A disillusioned police detective, used as a scapegoat by his corrupted superior, fights back by becoming a competent criminal….
Ripoux anonymesDirector2011-02-17

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Wing or the Thigh?Screenplay1976-10-27Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save t…
My New PartnerScreenplay1984-09-19My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris p…
My New Partner IIIScenario Writer2003-12-10Voilà dix ans que les chemins de René et de François se sont séparés. De l’époque glorieuse où, flics, ils écumaient le quartier Montmartre, i…
The DiscordScreenplay1978-03-16Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his expl…
Inspector BlunderWriter1980-12-03A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She’s been interviewed on…
Asterix & Obelix Take on CaesarScreenplay1999-02-03Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsf…
I’m Losing My TemperWriter1974-10-09Pierre is a clumsy, overly serious math teacher at an all-girls high school. His life is thrown into chaos after encountering a beautiful British actr…
Promotion canapéStory1990-10-10Two women who want a raise, realize that they can easily get what they want, if they sleep with their boss….
The Jackpot!Writer1991-12-18To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agen…
Rookies Go to WarWriter1974-11-11A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spira…
BanzaïScreenplay1983-03-23Michel works there manically solving people’s problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. …
BanzaïDialogue1983-03-23Michel works there manically solving people’s problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. …
Top ManagersWriter1987-02-11While his three former college friends – Thierry, Gérard and Francis have made successful careers for themselves in business, Daniel has yet to make …
Rookies Run AmokWriter1971-12-15Les Bidasses en Folie, a french movie from 1971, is a very short, easy to watch, slapstick hippie comedy….
The Big StoreWriter1973-09-06Four guys working for a small grocer in trouble, declare war on a new giant neighborhood supermarket by attempting several coups. A film about the big…
My New Partner IIStory1990-02-07The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always…
Low ProfileWriter1993-12-08A disillusioned police detective, used as a scapegoat by his corrupted superior, fights back by becoming a competent criminal….
True LiesScreenplay1994-07-15A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with …
Capitaine Casta : Amélie a disparuWriter2007-11-19
The Great JavaWriter1971-01-13Five friends come to the city Brizul. Here they want to find Mr Auguste Kougloff who owns them money, namely 20 million….
Stadium NutsWriter1972-09-22Les Charlots, a French rock group, continue their adventures, in the manner of the Beatles in Hard Day’s Night. This is their second adventure. The fo…

Other Info

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Head Against the WallAssistant Director of Photography1959-03-20An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies….
This Man Must DieCamera Operator1969-09-04When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acqu…
The Scarlet LadyCamera Operator1969-05-14Comedy about a self-made woman in Paris contemplating the idea of suicide at first, then murder….
The ButcherCamera Operator1970-02-27An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a …
HappinessAssistant Camera1965-02-10Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with …
The Champagne MurdersCamera Operator1967-03-31A champagne tycoon’s partner suspects his partner’s gigolo husband of murders he’s been framed for….
The Great JavaDirector of Photography1971-01-13Five friends come to the city Brizul. Here they want to find Mr Auguste Kougloff who owns them money, namely 20 million….
The Blue PantherCamera Operator1965-08-25Marie-Chantal travels by train to her cousin’s place to spend a winter holiday, when a stranger – apparently a fugitive from someone aboard – entrusts…

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