He was born in Bordeaux Gironde He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès Oscar etc My Uncle Benjamin with Jacques Brel and Claude Jade Dracula and Son with Christopher Lee and the Academy Awardnominated La Cage aux Folles with Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi Molinaro was active as a director until a few years before his death although he had almost exclusively been producing works for television2 In 1996 his cinematic work was awarded the René Clair Award a prize given by the Académie française for excellent film work Molinaro died of a respiratory insufficiency in 2013 He was 85 source wikipedia
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