1966Nominee
Best Director
Is Paris Burning?
Yves Boisset
Actor · Director · Writer
Paris, France
March 14, 1939
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1988Nominee
Best Director
La Travestie
1961Nominee
Best Director
The Colossus of Rhodes
Career Highlights
1972Highlight
Best Director
The Assassination
1980Highlight
Best Director
La Femme flic
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Is Paris Burning?
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Prize of Peril