Yvan Chiffre

Biography

Yvan Chiffre (3 March 1936 – 27 September 2016) was a French director, producer, and stunt coordinator. He is the father of Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre and the grand father of César Chiffre. He was the stunt coordinator of Thunderball and Triple Cross by Terence Young, Is Paris Burning? by René Clément, Z by Costa Gavras, Hotel Paradiso by Peter Glenville. He was also the official stunt double of Jean Marais and Alain Delon, was stunt man on the Longest Day, and stunt double of Cary Grant in Charade, Sterling Hayden in Poppies Are Also Flowers, Eddie Constantine in Lucky Jo and many others... He also contributed to major French films like Zorro by Duccio Tessari, La Grande Vadrouille by Gérard Oury, Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville, and more than 200 others. In 1992, he published an autobiography A l'ombre des stars, about his stuntman life. In 2014, he received in Paris the UNESCO prize. In 2017, the Academy Award, Oscars In Memoriam honors Yvan Chiffre for his life achievement. Source: Article "Yvan Chiffre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Longest Day (1962) — Paratrooper (uncredited)
2. Fantomas (1964) — Homme de main de Fantômas
3. Le Cercle Rouge (1970) — Policeman
4. Fantomas Unleashed (1965) — Homme de main de Fantômas
5. The Sicilian Clan (1969) — Un inspecteur de Le Goff (uncredited)
6. Borsalino (1970)
7. The Black Tulip (1964)
8. Borsalino and Co. (1974)
9. Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) — Tax Collector
10. OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965) — Un homme de main
11. The Iron Mask (1962) — (uncredited)
12. OSS 117 Is Unleashed (1963) — Agent Thibaud
13. The Mysteries of Paris (1962) — A sea buckthorn (uncredited)
14. A Mouse with the Men (1964) — Un patineur
15. Blood on His Sword (1961) — Un baladin (uncredited)
16. The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) — (uncredited)
17. Easy Down There! (1971)
18. Two Weeks in September (1967) — Man on the Motorcycle (uncredited)
19. Clash of Steel (1962) — Guard (uncredited)
20. Sale temps pour les mouches (1966)
21. Le Majordome (1965) — Paulo
22. The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow (1971) — (uncredited)
23. Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964) — Christian
24. Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964) — Christian
25. Défense de savoir (1973) — The team
26. Your Turn, Darling (1963)
27. The Gallant Musketeer (1964) — Yvon
28. License to Kill (1964) — Un homme de main de Li-Hang
29. Time of the Wolves (1970) — Fence's henchman (uncredited)
30. Le fou du roi (1984) — Taillevent
31. Make Your Bets Ladies (1965) — Un homme de main (uncredited)
32. The Lone One Takes the Offensive (1966)
33. Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre (1976) — Self
34. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self

Directed

1. From Hong Kong with Love (1975) — Director
2. Le fou du roi (1984) — Director
3. President's Target (1989) — Director