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. Source: Article "Yves Boisset" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Directed

1. The Prize of Peril (1983) — Director
2. Spy, Stand Up (1982) — Director
3. The Common Man (1975) — Director
4. Dog Day (1984) — Director
5. Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977) — Director
6. The Cop (1970) — Director
7. The Assassination (1972) — Director
8. La Femme flic (1980) — Director
9. Coplan Saves His Skin (1968) — Director
10. The Purple Taxi (1977) — Director
11. Mad Enough to Kill (1975) — Director
12. Nothing to Report (1973) — Director
13. Le Pantalon (1997) — Director
14. The Boy Soldier (1981) — Director
15. Angel's Leap (1971) — Director
16. The Key Is in the Door (1978) — Director
17. Radio corbeau (1989) — Director
18. Safety Catch (1970) — Director
19. L'Affaire Seznec (1993) — Director
20. L'Affaire Dreyfus (1995) — Director
21. La Travestie (1988) — Director
22. Blue Hell (1986) — Director
23. The Tribe (1991) — Director
24. Infrarouge (2006) — Director
25. Dormir avec le diable (2001) — Director
26. Private Lessons (1997) — Director
27. La Fée Carabine (1988) — Director
28. Jean Moulin (2002) — Director
29. L'Affaire Salengro (2009) — Director
30. Cazas (2001) — Director
31. 12 balles dans la peau pour Pierre Laval (2009) — Director
32. Les Carnassiers (1992) — Director
33. Run for Your Life (1997) — Director
34. Morlock (1993) — Director
35. Médecins des hommes (1988) — Director
36. Les Karens, le pays sans péché (1988) — Director
37. Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS (2006) — Director
38. La Bataille d'Alger (2007) — Director
39. Haute tension (1988) — Director
40. L'Affaire Seznec (1993) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Spy, Stand Up (1982) — Richard's assistant
2. Patrick Dewaere, My Hero (2022) — Self (voice) (archive footage) - director
3. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
4. 30 millions d'amis (1976) — Self
5. Midi Première (1975) — Self
6. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
7. Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011) — Self
8. Lino, il n'était que lui-même (2012) — Self
9. A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002) — Self
10. Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément (2022) — Self
11. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
12. Samedi soir (1971) — Self
13. Le cinéma de Boris Vian (2011) — Self
14. Yves Boisset - Le Cinéaste le plus censuré de France (2013) — Self - filmmaker, subject
15. Canicule (1983)