Jacques Besnard

Besnard worked alongside Hunebelle on movies such as: Les Mystères de Paris (1962), Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117 (1964), Fantômas (1964), Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 (1965) and Fantômas se déchaîne (1965).

It was during this time that Besnard met actor Louis de Funès when they worked together on the two Fantômas movies.

[4][5] Besnard would go on to direct his own movie titled Le Grand Restaurant in 1966, which he co-wrote with Jean Halain and Louis de Funès.

In 1967 Besnard would go on to direct the comedy film Le Fou du labo 4 [fr] starring Jean Lefebvre and Bernard Blier, from which he attainted much acclaim and public popularity.

However, by the 1980s, Besnard left the silver screen to focus on directing opportunities for television shows and movies.

The Pavillon Ledoyen restaurant in Paris which was masked as Septime for the exterior shots of Le Grand Restaurant