Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films between 1960 and 1982. In 1982, he died of

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can al ...

at the age of 58.

Filmography

Director * '' Les pique-assiette'' (1960) * '' Les Moutons de Panurge'' (1960) * '' Les Livreurs'' (1961) * '' People in Luck'' (1963) * '' Les Bricoleurs'' (1963) * '' Pouic-Pouic'' (1963) * '' Let's Rob the Bank'' (1964) * '' The Troops of St. Tropez'' (1964) * '' The Gorillas'' (1964) * '' Gendarme in New York'' (1965) * '' Monsieur le président-directeur général'' (1966) * '' Les grandes vacances'' (1967) * '' A Strange Kind of Colonel'' (1968) * '' Le gendarme se marie'' (1968) * '' La maison de campagne'' (1969) * '' Le gendarme en balade'' (1970) * '' Le Juge'' (1971) * '' Jo'' (1971) * '' Les charlots font l'Espagne'' (1972) * '' Le concierge'' (1973) * '' Le permis de conduire'' (1974) * '' Deux grandes filles dans un pyjama'' (1974) * '' Les murs ont des oreilles'' (1974) * '' L'intrépide'' (1975) * ''L'Année sainte'' (1976) * '' Le mille-pattes fait des claquettes'' (1977) * '' L'horoscope'' (1978) * ''

The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials ''The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials'' () is a continuation of the Gendarme series starring Louis de Funès. It is also known as ''The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space'' and is followed by '' Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes'', the ...

'' (1979) * '' L'Avare'' (1980) * '' Ach du lieber Harry'' (1981) * '' La Soupe aux choux'' (1981) * '' Le gendarme et les gendarmettes'' (1982; released posthumously) Writer * '' Un jour avec vous'' (1952)

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* French film directors French comedy film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters German-language film directors 1924 births 1982 deaths 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in France 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-bio-stub