Yves Boisset
Yves Boisset | |
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 Boisset in 2010 | |
| Born | Yves Félix Claude Boisset 14 March 1939 |
| Died | 31 March 2025 (aged 86) Levallois-Perret, France |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1966–2025 |
| Notable work | |
Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025)[1] was a French film director and screenwriter.
Early life
[edit]Boisset was born 14 March 1939, in Paris, France.[2] He studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC).[3]
Career
[edit]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 was 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.[4]
His films have been known for their controversial releases,[5] and he for his left-wing political views.[6]
He sued Arnold Schwarzenegger and 20th Century Fox over The Running Man, which he believed had plagiarized his film Le prix du danger[5] and he won the lawsuit.[7]
In 2011, he published an autobiography, La vie est un choix (transl. Life is a choice).[5]
Death
[edit]Yves Boisset died on 31 March 2025, aged 86. He had been in hospital care in Levallois-Perret for a few days.[8]
Filmography
[edit]As director
[edit]- 1966: Rouletabille (episode "Le parfum de la dame en noir") (TV series)
- 1968: Coplan Saves His Skin
- 1970: Safety Catch
- 1970: The Cop
- 1971: Le Saut de l'ange
- 1972: The Assassination
- 1973: R.A.S.
- 1975: Folle à tuer
- 1975: The Common Man
- 1977: The Purple Taxi
- 1977: Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
- 1978: La Clé sur la porte
- 1979: Histoires insolites (épisode "La stratégie du serpent") (TV)
- 1980: The Woman Cop
- 1981: Allons z'enfants
- 1982: Espion, lève-toi
- 1983: Le Prix du Danger
- 1984: Dog Day
- 1986: Bleu comme l'enfer
- 1987: La Fée carabine (TV)
- 1988: Médecins des hommes (TV series)
- 1988: La Travestie
- 1989: Le Suspect (TV)
- 1989: Radio Corbeau
- 1990: Frontière du crime (Double Identity) (TV)
- 1991: Les Carnassiers (TV)
- 1991: La Tribu
- 1993: L'Affaire Seznec (TV)
- 1993: Chute libre (TV)
- 1994: Morlock: Der Tunnel (TV)
- 1995: L'Affaire Dreyfus (TV)
- 1996: Les Amants de rivière rouge (TV series)
- 1997: La Fine équipe (TV)
- 1997: Une leçon particulière (TV)
- 1997: Le Pantalon (TV)
- 1999: Sam (TV)
- 2001: Les Redoutables (episode Poisson d'avril) (TV series)
- 2001: Dormir avec le diable (TV)
- 2001: Cazas (TV)
- 2002: Jean Moulin (TV)
- 2005: Ils veulent cloner le Christ (TV)
- 2006: Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS (TV)
- 2007: La Bataille d'Alger (TV)
- 2009: L'Affaire Salengro (TV)
Bibliography
[edit]- Boisset, Yves (2011). La vie est un choix [Life is a choice] (in French). Paris: Plon. ISBN 978-2-259-21312-7. (Autobiography)
References
[edit]- ^ "Le réalisateur Yves Boisset ("Dupont Lajoie", "L'Attentat) est mort à l'âge de 86 ans" (in French). 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Yves Boisset". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Le «Shérif» Yves Boisset vient parler polar". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". Moscow International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ a b c Lacomme, Jean-Pierre (4 December 2011). "Yves Boisset, le cinéaste révolté" [Yves Boisset, the rebel filmmaker]. Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Depotisse, Marc-Gil (21 January 2024). "Du pétainisme transcendantal au cinéma : éloge d'Yves Boisset, auteur majeur et mésestimé" [From transcendental Petainism to cinema: praise for Yves Boisset, a major and underrated auteur]. Blast le souffle de l’info (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Ruard, Matthieu (24 February 2017). "Le Prix Du Danger / Running Man : Plagier N'est Pas Jouer" [Le Prix Du Danger / Running Man: Plagiarizing Is Not Playing]. Courte-Focale.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ Le réalisateur Yves Boisset ("Dupont Lajoie", "L'Attentat) est mort à l'âge de 86 ans (in French)
Further reading
[edit]- "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
[edit]
- Yves Boisset at IMDb
- Yves Boisset discography at Discogs
