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Born Yves Félix Claude Boisset
French film director and screenwriter
Born on March 14, 1939 in Paris , France
Died on March 21, 2025 in Levallois-Perret , France
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Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and screenwriter.
... Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Boisset was born 14 March 1939, in Paris, France. He studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC).
Career
Boisset began his career as an assistant director. After working with such directors as Hossein, Ciampi, Melville and Clément, he began directing short films until the late 1960s when he made his feature film debut. Boisset frequently contributed to the scripts he shot 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.
His films have been known for their controversial releases, and he for his left-wing political views.
He sued Arnold Schwarzenegger and 20th Century Fox over The Running Man, which he believed had plagiarized his film Le prix du danger and he won the lawsuit.
In 2011, he published an autobiography, La vie est un choix (transl. Life is a choice).
Death
Yves Boisset died on 31 March 2025, aged 86. He had been in hospital care in Levallois-Perret for a few days.
Filmography
As director
Bibliography
Boisset, Yves (2011). La vie est un choix [Life is a choice] (in French). Paris: Plon. ISBN 978-2-259-21312-7. (Autobiography)
References
Further reading
"Yves Boisset : L'homme le plus censuré de France : épisode • 4/5 du podcast Yves Boisset ou le prix du danger". France Culture (Podcast) (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
"Yves Boisset : « Je fais des films de moraliste »" [Yves Boisset: "I make moralist films".]. L'Humanite (in French). 18 June 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
External links
Yves Boisset at IMDb
Yves Boisset discography at Discogs
... Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Boisset was born 14 March 1939, in Paris, France. He studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC).
Career
Boisset began his career as an assistant director. After working with such directors as Hossein, Ciampi, Melville and Clément, he began directing short films until the late 1960s when he made his feature film debut. Boisset frequently contributed to the scripts he shot 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.
His films have been known for their controversial releases, and he for his left-wing political views.
He sued Arnold Schwarzenegger and 20th Century Fox over The Running Man, which he believed had plagiarized his film Le prix du danger and he won the lawsuit.
In 2011, he published an autobiography, La vie est un choix (transl. Life is a choice).
Death
Yves Boisset died on 31 March 2025, aged 86. He had been in hospital care in Levallois-Perret for a few days.
Filmography
As director
Bibliography
Boisset, Yves (2011). La vie est un choix [Life is a choice] (in French). Paris: Plon. ISBN 978-2-259-21312-7. (Autobiography)
References
Further reading
"Yves Boisset : L'homme le plus censuré de France : épisode • 4/5 du podcast Yves Boisset ou le prix du danger". France Culture (Podcast) (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
"Yves Boisset : « Je fais des films de moraliste »" [Yves Boisset: "I make moralist films".]. L'Humanite (in French). 18 June 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
External links
Yves Boisset at IMDb
Yves Boisset discography at Discogs
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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