Yves Boisset
Directing·March 14, 1939·† March 31, 2025 — 86 years old·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 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.
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2022Patrick Dewaere, My HeroSelf (voice) (archive footage) - director2022Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René ClémentSelf2013Yves Boisset - Le Cinéaste le plus censuré de FranceSelf - filmmaker, subject2012Lino, il n'était que lui-mêmeSelf2011Le cinéma de Boris VianSelf2011Belmondo, il était une fois le beau mondeSelf200912 balles dans la peau pour Pierre LavalDirector2009L'Affaire SalengroDirector · Writer2007La Bataille d'AlgerDirector2006Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTSDirector · Screenplay2006InfrarougeTVDirector · Screenplay2002Jean MoulinDirector2002Jean MoulinTVDirector2002A Day in the Life of French CinemaSelf2001CazasDirector2001Dormir avec le diableDirector1997Le PantalonDirector · Writer1997Run for Your LifeDirector1997Private LessonsDirector1995L'Affaire DreyfusDirector · Writer1993MorlockTVDirector1993L'Affaire SeznecDirector1993L'Affaire SeznecTVDirector1992Les CarnassiersDirector1991The TribeDirector · Writer1989Radio corbeauDirector · Adaptation · Dialogue1988Haute tensionTVDirector1988La Fée CarabineDirector1988La TravestieDirector · Screenplay1988Médecins des hommesTVDirector1988Les Karens, le pays sans péchéDirector1987Sacrée soiréeTVSelf1986Blue HellDirector · Writer1984Dog DayDirector · Screenplay1983The Prize of PerilDirector · Writer1983Canicule1982Spy, Stand UpRichard's assistant · Director · Writer1981The Boy SoldierDirector · Screenplay1980La Femme flicDirector · Writer1978The Key Is in the DoorDirector · Writer1977The Purple TaxiDirector1977Judge Fayard Called the SheriffDirector · Writer197630 millions d'amisTVSelf1975Mad Enough to KillDirector · Screenplay1975The Common ManDirector · Author1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheTVSelf1975Midi PremièreTVSelf1974Spécial cinémaTVSelf1973Nothing to ReportDirector1972The AssassinationDirector1971Angel's LeapDirector · Screenplay1971Samedi soirTVSelf1970The CopDirector · Screenplay1970Safety CatchDirector1968Coplan Saves His SkinScenario Writer · Director1966Is Paris Burning?Assistant Director1966Trap for the AssassinAssistant Director1963Magnet of DoomAssistant Director1961The Colossus of RhodesSecond Assistant Director