Yves Boisset

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Yves Boisset

Directing March 14, 1939

Paris, France

Yves Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Boisset began his career as an assistant director. After working with such directors as…

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Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée

5.7 1987 TV Show
Midi Première

Midi Première

9.0 1975 TV Show
Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

9.5 1974 TV Show
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6.0 1975 TV Show
Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

7.2 1966 Movie
The Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes

5.9 1961 Movie
Infrarouge

Infrarouge

6.0 2006 TV Show
The Prize of Peril

The Prize of Peril

6.5 1983 Movie
30 millions d'amis

30 millions d'amis

6.2 1976 TV Show
Spy, Stand Up

Spy, Stand Up

7.2 1982 Movie
The Common Man

The Common Man

7.0 1975 Movie
Magnet of Doom

Magnet of Doom

6.3 1963 Movie

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Yves Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Boisset began his career as an assistant director. After working with such directors as Hossein, Ciampi, Melville and Clement, he began directing short films until the late 1960s when he made his feature film debut. Boisset frequently contributes to the scripts he shoots and is known for his fast-paced action-adventures and his social and political thrillers. His 1972 film L'Attentat entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. Source: Article "Yves Boisset" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

    Movie Self (voice) (archive footage) - director

  2. 2022
    Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément

    Movie Self

  3. 2013
    Yves Boisset - Le Cinéaste le plus censuré de France

    Movie Self - filmmaker, subject

  4. 2012
    Lino, il n'était que lui-même

    Movie Self

  5. 2011
    Le cinéma de Boris Vian

    Movie Self

  6. 2011
    Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

    Movie Self

  7. 2009
    12 balles dans la peau pour Pierre Laval

    Movie Director

  8. 2009
    L'Affaire Salengro

    Movie Director

  9. 2007
    La Bataille d'Alger

    Movie Director

  10. 2006
    Infrarouge

    TV show Screenplay

  11. 2006
    Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS

    Movie Director

  12. 2002
    Jean Moulin

    TV show Director

  13. 2002
    A Day in the Life of French Cinema

    Movie Self

  14. 2001
    Cazas

    Movie Director

  15. 2001
    Dormir avec le diable

    Movie Director

  16. 1997
    Le Pantalon

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1997
    Run for Your Life

    Movie Director

  2. 1997
    Private Lessons

    Movie Director

  3. 1995
    L'Affaire Dreyfus

    Movie Director

  4. 1993
    Morlock

    TV show Director

  5. 1993
    L'Affaire Seznec

    Movie Director

  6. 1993
    L'Affaire Seznec

    TV show Director

  7. 1992
    Les Carnassiers

    Movie Director

  8. 1991
    The Tribe

    Movie Director

  9. 1989
    Radio corbeau

    Movie Director

  10. 1988
    Haute tension

    TV show Director

  11. 1988
    La Fée Carabine

    Movie Director

  12. 1988
    La Travestie

    Movie Director

  13. 1988
    Médecins des hommes

    TV show Director

  14. 1988
    Les Karens, le pays sans péché

    Movie Director

  15. 1987
    Sacrée soirée

    TV show Self

  16. 1986
    Blue Hell

    Movie Director

  17. 1984
    Dog Day

    Movie Director

  18. 1983
    The Prize of Peril

    Movie Director

  19. 1983
    Canicule

    Movie

  20. 1982
    Spy, Stand Up

    Movie Richard's assistant

  21. 1981
    The Boy Soldier

    Movie Director

  22. 1980
    La Femme flic

    Movie Director

  23. 1978
    The Key Is in the Door

    Movie Director

  24. 1977
    The Purple Taxi

    Movie Director