Yves Boisset

ActorDirectorWriterDirecting Mar 14 (died age 86) Paris, France 1961–2022 (61 year career)

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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 M…

Known For

Film

Is Paris Burning?

Assistant Director

Film

Spy, Stand Up

Richard's assistant

Film

The Colossus of Rhodes

Second Assistant Director

Film

The Prize of Peril

Director

Film

The Common Man

Author

Film

Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff

Director

Film

Magnet of Doom

Assistant Director

Film

The Assassination

Director

Filmography

Acting (13)

Movies (7)

Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

2022

as Self (voice) (archive footage) - director

9.0

Yves Boisset - Le Cinéaste le plus censuré de France

2013

as Self - filmmaker, subject

Lino, il n'était que lui-même

2012

as Self

6.0

Le cinéma de Boris Vian

2011

as Self

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

2011

as Self

6.0

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

as Self

Spy, Stand Up

1982

as Richard's assistant

7.2

Television (6)

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

30 millions d'amis

as Self

Midi Première

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

as Self

6.0

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

Samedi soir

1971

as Self

6.0

Crew (67)

Movies (61)

L'Affaire Salengro

Director

L'Affaire Salengro

Writer

12 balles dans la peau pour Pierre Laval

2009

Director

10.0

La Bataille d'Alger

2007

Director

Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS

2006

Director

Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS

2006

Screenplay

Jean Moulin

2002

Director

Cazas

2001

Director

7.0

Dormir avec le diable

Director

Private Lessons

Director

Run for Your Life

Director

Le Pantalon

Director

Le Pantalon

Writer

L'Affaire Dreyfus

Director

L'Affaire Dreyfus

Writer

L'Affaire Seznec

Director

Les carnassiers

Director

The Tribe

Director

The Tribe

Writer

Radio corbeau

Adaptation

Radio corbeau

Dialogue

Radio corbeau

Director

La Fée Carabine

Director

La Travestie

Director

La Travestie

Screenplay

Les Karens, le pays sans péché

1988

Director

Blue Hell

Director

Blue Hell

Writer

Dog Day

Director

Dog Day

Screenplay

The Prize of Peril

Director

The Prize of Peril

Writer

Spy, Stand Up

Director

Spy, Stand Up

Writer

The Boy Soldier

Director

The Boy Soldier

Screenplay

La Femme flic

Director

La Femme flic

Writer

The Key Is in the Door

1978

Director

4.5

The Key Is in the Door

Writer

The Purple Taxi

Director

Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff

1977

Director

6.9

Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff

Writer

The Common Man

Author

The Common Man

Director

Mad Enough to Kill

Director

Mad Enough to Kill

Screenplay

Nothing to Report

Director

The Assassination

Director

Angel's Leap

Adaptation

Angel's Leap

Director

Angel's Leap

Screenplay

Safety Catch

Director

The Cop

Director

The Cop

Screenplay

Coplan Saves His Skin

1968

Director

4.8

Coplan Saves His Skin

Scenario Writer

Is Paris Burning?

Assistant Director

Trap for the Assassin

Assistant Director

Magnet of Doom

Assistant Director

The Colossus of Rhodes

1961

Second Assistant Director

5.9

Television (6)

Infrarouge

Director

Infrarouge

Screenplay

Jean Moulin

Director

Morlock

Director

L'Affaire Seznec

1993

Director

Haute tension

1988

Director