Jack Pinoteau
Illustration — Jack Pinoteau Portrait Jack Pinoteau (20 September 1923 – 6 April 2017) or Jacques Pinoteau was a French film director born in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. A brother of Claude Pinoteau and Arlette Merry, he is mostly known for his direction of the film Le Triporteur, after a novel by René Fallet which made Darry Cowl famous. Pinoteau died on 6 April 2017, aged 93.
Also recorded as Jacques Pinoteau
Jack Pinoteau
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- Full name
- Jack Albert Louis Charles Pinoteau.
- Born
- 1923. · Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines.
- Died
- 2017. · Le Chesnay.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- screenwriter and director.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Jack Pinoteau Portrait Jack Pinoteau (20 September 1923 – 6 April 2017) or Jacques Pinoteau was a French film director born in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. A brother of Claude Pinoteau and Arlette Merry, he is mostly known for his direction of the film Le Triporteur, after a novel by René Fallet which made Darry Cowl famous. Pinoteau died on 6 April 2017, aged 93.
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Assistant director
Assistant director
• 1948: Rapide de nuit by Marcel Blistène • 1949: Five Red Tulips by Jean Stelli • 1949: On n'aime qu'une fois by Jean Stelli • 1949: Dernier Amour by Jean Stelli • 1950: Minne, l'ingénue libertine by Jacqueline Audry • 1950: Les Maîtres nageurs by Henri Lepage • 1950: Quai de Grenelle by Emil-Edwin Reinert • 1951: The Red Needle by Emil-Edwin Reinert • 1952: Plume au vent by Louis Cuny
Actor
Actor
• 1943: Le Carrefour des enfants perdus by Léo Joannon
Television
Television
• 1966: Les Globe-trotters, TV serial with Yves Rénier • 1967: S.O.S. Fernand, with Fernandel
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Jack Pinoteau is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded at birth as Jack Albert Louis Charles Pinoteau. Recorded as screenwriter and director. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Jacques Pinoteau. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Lucien Pinoteau.
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1923
Jack Pinoteau born at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines.
2017
Jack Pinoteau died on 6 April 2017.
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Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines.
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Le Chesnay.
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Film director
• 1952: They Were Five with Jean Carmet, Jean Gaven • 1954: The Big Flag with Jean Chevrier, Nicole Courcel • 1956: A Friend of the Family with Darry Cowl • 1957: The Tricyclist with Darry Cowl • 1958: Chéri, fais-moi peur with Darry Cowl • 1960: Robinson et le triporteur with Darry Cowl • 1963: People in Luck • 1964: Les Durs à cuire with Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault and Roger Pierre • 1965: Me and the Forty Year Old Man with Dany Saval, Paul Meurisse and Michel Serrault
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