Claude Pinoteau
Claude Pinoteau (French pronunciation: [klod pinɔto]; 25 May 1925 – 5 October 2012) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Claude Pinoteau was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 87.
Claude Pinoteau

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- 2012
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- film director · screenwriter
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Claude Pinoteau (French pronunciation: [klod pinɔto]; 25 May 1925 – 5 October 2012) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Claude Pinoteau was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 87.
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His sister was the actress Arlette Merry, and his brother was the director Jacques Pinoteau.
1971: It Only Happens to Others 1973: Escape to Nowhere with Lino Ventura, Leo Genn et Suzanne Flon 1974: The Slap with Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot et Isabelle Adjani 1976: Le Grand Escogriffe with Yves Montand, Agostina Belli et Claude Brasseur 1979: Jigsaw (L'Homme en colère) with Lino Ventura, Angie Dickinson et Donald Pleasence 1980: La Boum with Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey et Sophie Marceau 1982: La Boum 2 with Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey et Sophie Marceau 1984: La Septième Cible with Lino Ventura, Lea Massari et Jean Poiret 1988: L'Étudiante with Sophie Marceau, Vincent Lindon et Élisabeth Vitali 1991: La Neige et le feu with Vincent Perez, Géraldine Pailhas et Matthieu Rozé 1994: Cache cash with Michel Duchaussoy, Georges Wilson et Jean-Pierre Darroussin 1997: Les Palmes de M. Schutz with Isabelle Huppert, Philippe Noiret et Charles Berling 2005: Un abbé nommé Pierre, une vie pour les autres (documentary)
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2012
Claude Pinoteau died at Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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- 2.Le réalisateur de La Boum est mort. lefigaro.fr. 6 October 2012.
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