Jacques Poitrenaud
Jacques Poitrenaud (22 May 1922, Lille – died 2 April 2005, Paris) was a French film director and actor.
Jacques Poitrenaud
- Full name
- Jacques Léon Alfred Désiré Poitrenaud.
- Born
- 1922 · Lille.
- Died
- 2005 · Poissy.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter · actor · film editor
- Honours
- Officer of the National Order of Merit
- Languages
- French
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Jacques Poitrenaud (22 May 1922, Lille – died 2 April 2005, Paris) was a French film director and actor.
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• 1956: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, cité royale (Short) • 1957: Enfants, Touraine (Short) • 1960: La revenante (Short) • 1960: Les portes claquent (co-réalisé avec Michel Fermaud) • 1961: Les Amours de Paris • 1962: Les Parisiennes (pour le sketch: Ella) • 1963: Strip Tease (Sweet Skin, 1965 U.S. release title) • 1963: L'Inconnue de Hong Kong • 1964: Du grabuge chez les veuves • 1964: Une souris chez les hommes (or Un drôle de caïd) • 1965: La Tête du client • 1966: Four Queens for an Ace (French title: Carré de dames pour un as) • 1967: Le Canard en fer blanc • 1968: Ce sacré grand-père (English title: The Marriage Came Tumbling Down) • 1969: Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles? • 1971: Mendiants et orgueilleux (according to the novel of Albert Cossery)
Actor
Actor
• In cinema • 1981: Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed (of Laurent Heynemann) • 1982: Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux! (of Coline Serreau) - Le directeur de production • 1984: Un dimanche à la campagne (of Bertrand Tavernier) - Hector • 1985: Trois hommes et un couffin (of Coline Serreau) - Le premier flic • 1985: Cinématon n° 619 (of Gérard Courant) • 1986: Autour de minuit (Round Midnight) (of Bertrand Tavernier) • 1987: Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers (of Laurent Heynemann) - Le patron du bistrot • 1989: Romuald et Juliette (of Coline Serreau) - Fonctionnaire 1 • 1996: La Belle Verte (of Coline Serreau) - Un passant • 2001: Chaos (of Coline Serreau) - Le collègue de Paul #2 (final film role) • In TV • 1990: Six Crimes sans assassins (of Bernard Stora) - Le commissaire du 12ème
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- 1.Lieux de naissance et décès trouvés dans la base MatchId des fichiers de décès en ligne du Ministère de l'Intérieur avec les données INSEE (consultation 10 janvier 2020)
- 2.Cahiers du cinéma, mai 2005, n° 671, p. 74
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