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,
Yves 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.
His films have been known for their controversial releases,
He sued Arnold Schwarzenegger and 20th Century Fox over The Running Man, which he believed had plagiarized his film Le prix du danger
In 2011, he published an autobiography, La vie est un choix ().
Death
Boisset died on 31 March 2025, at the age of 86.
He had been in hospital care in
Levallois-Perret for a few days.
[ Le réalisateur Yves Boisset ("Dupont Lajoie", "L'Attentat) est mort à l'âge de 86 ans ]
Filmography
As director
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1966: Rouletabille (episode "Le parfum de la dame en noir") (TV series)
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1968: Coplan Saves His Skin
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1970: Safety Catch
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1970: The Cop
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1971:
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1972: The Assassination
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1973:
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1975:
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1975: The Common Man
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1977: The Purple Taxi
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1977: Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
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1978:
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1979: Histoires insolites (épisode "La stratégie du serpent") (TV)
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1980: The Woman Cop
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1981:
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1982: Espion, lève-toi
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1983: Le Prix du Danger
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1984: Dog Day
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1986:
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1987: La Fée carabine (TV)
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1988: Médecins des hommes (TV series)
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1988:
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1989: Le Suspect (TV)
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1989:
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1990: Frontière du crime ( Double Identity) (TV)
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1991: Les Carnassiers (TV)
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1991:
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1993: (TV)
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1993: Chute libre (TV)
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1994: : Der Tunnel (TV)
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1995: (TV)
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1996: Les Amants de rivière rouge (TV series)
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1997: La Fine équipe (TV)
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1997: Une leçon particulière (TV)
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1997: (TV)
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1999: Sam (TV)
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2001: Les Redoutables (episode Poisson d'avril) (TV series)
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2001: Dormir avec le diable (TV)
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2001: (TV)
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2002: (TV)
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2005: Ils veulent cloner le Christ (TV)
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2006: Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS (TV)
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2007: La Bataille d'Alger (TV)
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2009: (TV)
Bibliography
Further reading
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