Lauzier, Gérard

(November 30, 1932, Mar­seille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - December 6, 2008, Paris, France)

   Having graduated with a bachelor's degree in phi­losophy, he studied architecture for four years at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Then he moved to Brazil, where he worked in advertising and as a cartoonist for Le Journal de Bahia (1956-1964). Hav­ing returned to France in 1965, he collaborated as a humoristic drawer on many magazines and newspa­pers (France-Soir, Lui, Paris-Match, Pilote, Le Journal du Dimanche). In 1973, he published his first comic book (Un Certain Malaise, Editions Dargaud). His satirical work earned him a huge success and led him to work in films as an actor (1979 Comment se faire virer de l'Hosto, Georges Cachoux; 1980 Les Filles de Ma­dame Claude / Contes pervers / Ragazze in affitto s.p.a., Régine Deforges; 1995 Cinématon, as himself, Gérard Courant) and screenwriter (1980 Je vais craquer!!!, as author of original comic book, co-screenwriter, dialogist, François Leterrier; 1981 Psy, as author of original comic book, screenwriter, dialogist, Philippe de Broca; 1985 Tranches de Vie, as author of original comic book, screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist, François Leterrier; 1988 A Gauche en sortant de l'Ascenseur, as author of original play, screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Edouard Molinaro; 1994 My Father the Hero / My Father, ce Héros, as co-screenwriter, Steve Miner, USA; 1999 Astérix et Obélix contre César / Asterix e Obelix contro Cesare / Asterix & Obelixgegen Caesar / UK: Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar, as co-screenwriter, Claude Zidi, France / Italy / Germany). He was also a playwright (1981 Le Garçon d'Appartement; 1986 L'Amuse-Gueule; 1993 Ne réveillez pas Cécile, elle est amoureuse; 1988 Une Table pour Six, French adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's Time of My Life) and novelist (1986 Le Voleur de Dentelles, co-author with Marie-Ange Guillaume, Editions France - Loisirs; reedited in 2006 by Olivier Orban).

 Filmography

1982 ◘ T'empêches tout le Monde de dormir (also origi­nal play, screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1984 ◘ P'tit Con / USA: Petit Con (also original comic book, screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Tête dans le Sac (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1991 ◘ Mon Père ce Héros (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1996 ◘ Le plus beau Métier du Monde / USA: The Best Job in the World (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1999 ◘ Le Fils du Français (also screenwriter, dialogist)