FILM DIRECTOR

Yves Boisset

1939 - 2025

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Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yves Boisset is the 437th most popular film director (up from 902nd in 2019), the 2,483rd most popular biography from France (up from 4,093rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular French Film Director.

Yves Boisset is most famous for his politically charged thrillers and social dramas that confront issues like corruption, racism, and state violence, particularly in films like L'Attentat and Dupont Lajoie.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yves Boisset ranks 437 out of 2,041. Before her are Zack Snyder, Harold Prince, Walter Lantz, Andrew V. McLaglen, Assi Dayan, and Michael Radford. After her are Guy Hamilton, Kon Ichikawa, Jacques Tourneur, Wolfgang Reitherman, Alf Sjöberg, and Russ Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Yves Boisset ranks 156. Before her are Abdelmajid Lakhal, Festus Mogae, Irina Press, Josef Abrhám, Robert Hansen, and Hércules Brito Ruas. After her are Elvīra Ozoliņa, Karen Black, Vladimir Menshov, Adelardo Rodríguez, Michu Meszaros, and Jalaluddin Haqqani. Among people deceased in 2025, Yves Boisset ranks 107. Before her are Charles Rangel, Yola Ramírez, Michelle Trachtenberg, Per Nørgård, Jean Marsh, and Antonine Maillet. After her are Yury Grigorovich, Hans van den Broek, Juan Ramón Verón, Frankétienne, Fred Newhouse, and Vijay Rupani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yves Boisset ranks 2,483 out of 6,770. Before her are Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), Christian Metz (1931), Joseph Paul-Boncour (1873), Elena Poniatowska (1932), Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905), and Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700). After her are Guy Hamilton (1922), Aimable Pélissier (1794), Carle Vernet (1758), Gaston Paris (1839), Pierre Gamarra (1919), and Theobald I, Count of Blois (910).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Yves Boisset ranks 60. Before her are Jacques Deray (1929), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Louis Delluc (1890), Olivier Assayas (1955), Jacques Copeau (1879), and Christian-Jaque (1904). After her are Guy Hamilton (1922), Jacques Tourneur (1904), Jean Eustache (1938), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), and Philippe Garrel (1948).

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