Yves Boisset
Yves Boisset (born March 14, 1939 in Paris ) is a French director and screenwriter .
life and work
Yves Boisset first came into contact with the film as a critic. He was particularly interested in American film noir . From 1967 he also worked as a director and appeared in some of his films as an actor. Boisset's work is predominantly shaped by crime films. In films like Kommando RAS or Monsieur Dupont , current social issues such as the Algerian war and xenophobia are addressed. Since the 1990s he has made almost exclusively television films with a historical background: The Seznec Affair , The Dreyfus Affair , Shot for the Fatherland (Lucien Bersot case), Jean Moulin - Life in the Resistance or L'Affaire Salengro
In 2011 his autobiography La vie est un choix was published .
Filmography (selection)
- 1967: The Devil's Garden (Coplan sauve sa peau)
- 1970: A bull sees red (Un condé)
- 1971: Cobra Command (Le saut de l'ange)
- 1972: The Assassination (L'Attentat)
- 1973: Command RAS (RAS - Rien à signaler)
- 1975: Monsieur Dupont (Dupont-Lajoie)
- 1975: Declared fair game (Folle à tuer)
- 1977: The Judge They Called Sheriff (Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff)
- 1977: The mauve taxi (Un taxi mauve)
- 1978: The class teacher (La clé sur la porte)
- 1980: Children for the Fatherland (Allons z'enfants)
- 1980: The Policewoman (La Femme flic)
- 1981: The Mole (Espion, lève-toi)
- 1982: Headhunt - Price of Fear (Le prix du danger) - based on a novel by Robert Sheckley
- 1984: Dog Day - A man runs for his life (Canicule)
- 1986: The Blue of Hell (Bleu comme l'enfer) - based on a novel by Philippe Djian
- 1987: The old fairy (La fée carabine)
- 1988: Radio Corbeau - The raven unpacks (Radio Corbeau)
- 1989: The man who made himself suspect (Le suspect) - based on a novel by Georges Simenon
- 1990: Dark Line - In a coma on the way to the afterlife (La tribu)
- 1990: Haute Tension: Death Trap (Frontière du crime)
- 1992: The Seznec Affair (L'Affaire Seznec)
- 1993: Morlock - The Tunnel
- 1995: The Dreyfus Affair (L'Affaire Dreyfus) - based on the authentic case
- 1995: The Lovers of Red River (Rivière Rouge)
- 1996: shot for the fatherland (Le pantalon)
- 2002: Jean Moulin - Life in the Resistance (Jean Moulin)
- 2004: US Media: Power and Powerlessness (US Media Blues)
- 2009: L'Affaire Salengro
Fonts
- La vie est un choix. Plon, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-259-21312-7 . (Autobiography)
Web links
- Yves Boisset at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 453.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boisset, Yves |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |