Claude Pinoteau
Claude Pinoteau (born May 25, 1925 in Boulogne-Billancourt , † October 5, 2012 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French screenwriter and film director . His biggest commercial success was the teenage film La Boum - Die Fete, with over 4.3 million moviegoers in France alone.
Career
His father Lucien Pinoteau was the production manager of the Pathé . Pinoteau started his film career in 1941 as a prop master for the film, from 1949 assisted directors such as Jean Cocteau , René Clément , Jean-Pierre Melville , Max Ophüls and René Clair , before making his first own film, Ich - Die Nummer Eins , after 20 years of assistantship in 1973 , with Lino Ventura in the lead role. For his second film, The Slap in the Face , one of the first films with which Isabelle Adjani became known, he was awarded the Louis Delluc Prize . From the late 1960s he also wrote film scenarios.
In the 1980s, Pinoteau was also known in Germany through the films La Boum - The Fete and La Boum 2 - The Fete Continues with Sophie Marceau , Claude Brasseur and Brigitte Fossey in the leading roles.
Claude Pinoteau was the younger brother of Jack Pinoteau , who also became a director. He died on October 5, 2012 at the age of 87 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Filmography
Director
- 1973: Me - Number One (Le Silencieux)
- 1974: The Slap (La Gifle)
- 1976: The big show-off (Le Grand Escogriffe)
- 1977: Marie Curie - passionate researcher (Les Palmes de M. Schutz)
- 1979: A man in anger (L'Homme en colère)
- 1980: La Boum - The party
- 1982: La Boum 2 - The party goes on
- 1984: Deadly Fear (La Septième Cible)
- 1988: The Student (L'Étudiante)
- 1991: La Neige et le feu
- 1994: Lisa and Antoine (Cache Cash)
- 1997: Marie Curie - passionate researcher (Les palmes de M. Schutz)
production
- 1971: That only ever happens to the others (Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres)
Web links
- Claude Pinoteau in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Claude Pinoteau in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary for Claude Pinoteau in: The Independent
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary
- ↑ Olivier Delcroix: Claude Pinoteau, le père de La Boum, et mort. figaro.fr of October 6, 2012 , accessed on the same day (French)
- ↑ French filmmaker: "La Boum" director Pinoteau is dead , obituary for Tagesthemen from October 6, 2012
- ^ Portrait of Claude Pinoteau in: L'Express
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pinoteau, Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulogne-Billancourt , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th October 2012 |
| Place of death | Neuilly-sur-Seine , France |