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Philippe Fourastié
Cabourg, Calvados, France
Philippe Fourastié was a French film director and screenwriter known for his contributions to French cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. He began his career as an assistant director, c…
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Philippe Fourastié was a French film director and screenwriter known for his contributions to French cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. He began his career as an assistant director, collaborating with notable filmmakers such as Pierre Schoendoerffer on La 317e Section (1965), Claude Chabrol on Marie-Chantal contre docteur Kha (1965), Jean-Luc Godard on Pierrot le fou (1965), and Jacques Rivette on La Religieuse (1966). Fourastié made his directorial debut with Un choix d'assassins (1966), followed by La Bande à Bonnot (1968), which depicted the life of anarchist Jules Bonnot and featured actors Bruno Cremer, Jacques Brel, and Annie Girardot. He also directed the television miniseries Mandrin (1972), focusing on the 18th-century bandit. Fourastié passed away in Tréguier, Côtes-d'Armor, France, at the age of 42.
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1973
Living Together
Movie Technical Advisor
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1972
Mandrin
TV show Director
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1969
Les Gauloises bleues
Movie Assistant Director
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1968
Bonnot's Gang
Movie Director
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1967
A Choice of Killers
Movie Writer
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1967
The Nun
Movie First Assistant Director
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1965
Pierrot le Fou
Movie Assistant Director
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1965
The Blue Panther
Movie First Assistant Director
