
Yves Boisset
Director
Born: March 14, 1939 (86 years old)
Died: March 31, 2025
Place of birth: Paris, France
Biography
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 (29)
- Patrick Dewaere, My Hero (2022, ★ 9)
- Spy, Stand Up (1982, ★ 7.2)
- The Common Man (1975, ★ 7)
- The Prize of Peril (1983, ★ 6.4)
- Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977, ★ 6.9)
- Is Paris Burning? (1966, ★ 7.2)
- L'Affaire Dreyfus (1995, ★ 5.9)
- The Assassination (1972, ★ 6.7)
- The Tribe (1991, ★ 5.7)
- Le Pantalon (1997, ★ 6.6)
- The Cop (1970, ★ 6.4)
- L'Affaire Seznec (1993, ★ 6.8)
- The Boy Soldier (1981, ★ 7.3)
- Mad Enough to Kill (1975, ★ 6.7)
- Coplan Saves His Skin (1968, ★ 5)
- La Travestie (1988, ★ 4.6)
- Dog Day (1984, ★ 5.2)
- The Purple Taxi (1977, ★ 5.7)
- Angel's Leap (1971, ★ 5.5)
- Blue Hell (1986, ★ 5.7)
- Radio corbeau (1989, ★ 5.6)
- La Femme flic (1980, ★ 5.8)
- Nothing to Report (1973, ★ 5.5)
- Safety Catch (1970, ★ 4.8)
- Trap for the Assassin (1966, ★ 5.4)
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961, ★ 5.9)
- Magnet of Doom (1963, ★ 6.3)
- Infrarouge (2006, ★ 6)
- The Key Is in the Door (1978, ★ 4.5)