Yves Boisset
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.
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Acting (5 movies)
Directing (35 movies)
The Common Man
1975
Spy, Stand Up
1982
Coplan Saves His Skin
1968
The Key Is in the Door
1978
L'Affaire Dreyfus
1995
La Travestie
1988
The Prize of Peril
1983
The Tribe
1991
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
1977
Le Pantalon
1997
The Cop
1970
Les carnassiers
1992
Dog Day
1984
The Purple Taxi
1977
Angel's Leap
1971
Blue Hell
1986
L'Affaire Seznec
1993
Radio corbeau
1989
The Assassination
1972
The Boy Soldier
1981
Mad Enough to Kill
1975
Private Lessons
1997
La Femme flic
1980
Nothing to Report
1973
Safety Catch
1970
L'Affaire Salengro
2009
Les Karens, le pays sans péché
1988
Cazas
2001
Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS
2006
Run for Your Life
1997
La Fée Carabine
1988
Dormir avec le diable
2001
La Bataille d'Alger
2007
12 balles dans la peau pour Pierre Laval
2009
Jean Moulin
2002
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Cop | 1970 | Screenplay |
| Mad Enough to Kill | 1975 | Screenplay |
| Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff | 1977 | Writer |
| The Key Is in the Door | 1978 | Writer |
| La Femme flic | 1980 | Writer |
| The Boy Soldier | 1981 | Screenplay |
| Spy, Stand Up | 1982 | Writer |
| The Prize of Peril | 1983 | Writer |
| Dog Day | 1984 | Screenplay |
| Blue Hell | 1986 | Writer |
| La Travestie | 1988 | Screenplay |
| The Tribe | 1991 | Writer |
| L'Affaire Dreyfus | 1995 | Writer |
| Le Pantalon | 1997 | Writer |
| Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS | 2006 | Screenplay |
| L'Affaire Salengro | 2009 | Writer |