"My characters are not heroic. They cope, they escape."
Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934 in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent.
He is most well known for his popular comedy films, he's the second highest-grossing comedy director in French box office history after Gérard Oury.
His daughter Marie Zidi is a voice actress.
Works on TV Tropes:
- La moutarde me monte au nez (1974)
- The Wing or the Thigh (1976)
- La Zizanie (1978)
- Inspector Blunder (1980)
- Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (1999)
Tropes related to this director and his work:
- Associated Composer: The music of ten of his films was composed by Vladimir Cosma.
- Production Posse: He's worked:
- Six times with Julien Guiomar and Thierry Lhermitte.
- Four times with Philippe Noiret, the comedy group Les Charlots and Coluche.
- Three times with Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Aumont and Michel Galabru.
- Also, Vladimir Cosma has scored ten of his films.
