Musical Emilia Pérez, about a Mexican drug lord, is the frontrunner for the Academy Awards, with 13 nominations. But its depiction of the country is stoking criticism.

He was born in Paris and is the son of Marie-Christine Guibert and Michel Audiard, a film director and screenwriter. During the 1980s, he started creating screenplays for movies such as Réveillon chez Bob!, Mortelle randonnée, Baxter, Fréquence Meurtre, and Saxo.

Netflix has become the most nominated studio at the Oscars 2025, with 18 nominations in total. To no one's surprise, Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez has earned most of them.

Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language cartel musical has garnered a lot of buzz this Oscar season — good and bad. Here's everything to know about the 'Emilia Pérez' discourse.

The Academy Awards season begins with the announcement of all Oscar nominees. Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott will host the broadcast, which will stream on ABC, Disney+ and Hulu.

Perez nabbed four big wins at this year’s Golden Globes with best film – musical or comedy, best non-English language film, best supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña and a best original song victory. It nabbed a hefty 10 nominations with only one other film in history managing more -the 1975 musical comedy drama Nashville.

Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón has become the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Actors Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity, dominated the list with 13 nominations.

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón was nominated in the Best Actress category. Netflix’s Spanish language crime musical earned a leading 13 Oscar nominations

As it earned a record 13 Oscar nominations, Jacques Audiard's Spanish-language film Emilia Perez Is facing criticism in Mexico, where it is set.

The directing lineup encompasses all first-timers — Sean Baker (“Anora”), Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”), James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”), Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”) and Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”), a first since 1997 where James Cameron’s “Titanic” swept the ceremony. In fact, 13 of the 20 actors recognized their inaugural noms.

Pascal Caucheteux and Grégoire Sorlat of Why Not Productions have produced films by Claire Denis, Lynne Ramsay, and Gregg Araki before 'Emilia Pérez.'