 He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès ("Oscar", "Hibernatus"), "My Uncle Benjamin" (with Jacques Brel and Claude Jade), "Dracula and Son" (with Christopher Lee), and the Academy Award-nominated "La Cage aux Folles" (with Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi).Molinaro was active as a director until a few years before his death, although after 1985 he had almost exclusively been producing works for television.In 1996, his cinematic work was awarded the René Clair Award, a prize given by the Académie française for excellent film work.