Yves Ciampi

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Yves Ciampi (1957)

Yves Ciampi (born February 9, 1921 in Paris ; born Yves Jean Marie Ciampi ; † November 7, 1982 ibid) was a French film director and screenwriter .

Live and act

Ciampi studied medicine and worked as a hospital doctor from 1941 to 1943. In 1946 he began directing documentaries and worked as an assistant director for feature films. With the much acclaimed melodrama chief physician Dr. He first drew attention to Delius in 1951. The successful doctor film The Doctor and the Girl with Dieter Borsche and Jean Marais was Ciampi's career highlight.

In 1955 his pacifist Die Helden sind müde with Curd Jürgens appeared , in 1961 his semi-documentary work Wer sind Sie, Dr. Worry? about Richard Sorge , a journalist and Soviet agent who was executed in Japan . Here and even more in his last major work, Heaven burns , which was awarded the Golden Star at the Moscow Film Festival in 1965 , Ciampi showed himself to be a supporter of the doctrine of peaceful coexistence who was friendly to the Soviet Union .

In later years he returned to short and documentary films. From 1955 to 1958 he held the office of president of the Syndicats des techniciens de la production cinématographique. At times he held a leading position at the state television broadcaster ORTF .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1951: Chief Physician Dr. Delius (Un grand patron)
  • 1953: love without mercy (L'esclave)
  • 1953: The doctor and the girl (Le guérisseur)
  • 1955: The heroes are tired (Les héros sont fatigués)
  • 1957: Typhon over Nagasaki (Typhon sur Nagasaki)
  • 1959: The storm breaks out (Le vent se lève)
  • 1961: Who are you, Dr. Worry? (Qui êtes-vous, Monsieur Sorge?)
  • 1965: The sky is on fire (Le ciel sur la tête)
  • 1967: Espionage (Le monde parallèle)
  • 1976: Little French loves little French (Mords pas, on t'aime) , only production

literature

  • 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 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Death date November 7, according to Kay Less. IMDb states November 5, 1982.
personal data
SURNAME Ciampi, Yves
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1982
Place of death Paris