Yvan Chiffre
| Yvan Chiffre | |
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| Born |
Yvan Lucien Chiffre 3 March 1936 Rousson, Gard, France |
| Died |
27 September 2016 (aged 80) Adissan (Hérault, France) |
| Nationality |
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| Occupation | Film director, film producer, screenwriter, stunt coordinator |
| Children | Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre |
Yvan Chiffre (3 March 1936 – 27 September 2016)[1] was a French director, producer, and stunt coordinator. He is the father of Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre and the grand father of Cesar Chiffre.[2]
Biography
He was the stunt coordinator of Thunderball and Triple Cross by Terence Young, Is Paris Burning? by René Clément, Z by Costa Gavras, Hotel Paradiso by Peter Glenville.
He was also the official stunt double of Jean Marais and Alain Delon, was stunt man on the Longest Day, and stunt double of Cary Grant in Charade, Sterling Hayden in Poppies Are Also Flowers, Eddie Constantine in Lucky Jo and many others...
He also contributed to major French films like Zorro by Duccio Tessari, La Grande Vadrouille by Gérard Oury, Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville, and more than 200 others.
In 1992, he published an autobiography A l'ombre des stars, about his stuntman life.[3]
In 2017, the Academy Award, Oscars In Memoriam honors Yvan Chiffre for his life achievement. [4]
Filmography
Stunt
- 1961 : The Three Musketeers by Bernard Borderie
- 1961 : Le Miracle des loups by André Hunebelle
- 1962 : The Longest Day by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald and Darryl F. Zanuck
- 1962 : The Mysteries of Paris by André Hunebelle
- 1962 : Le Chevalier de Pardaillan by Bernard Borderie
- 1963 : OSS 117 Is Unleashed by André Hunebelle
- 1963 : Your Turn, Darling by Bernard Borderie
- 1964 : Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc by André Cayatte
- 1964 : The Black Tulip by Christian-Jaque
- 1964 : Fantômas by André Hunebelle
- 1964 : Lucky Jo by Michel Deville
- 1964 : Une souris chez les hommes by Jacques Poitrenaud
- 1964 : Nick Carter va tout casser by Henri Decoin
- 1964 : Hardi Pardaillan! by Bernard Borderie
- 1965 : Le Majordome by Jean Delannoy
- 1965 : Ces dames s'en mêlent by Raoul André
- 1965 : Coplan FX 18 casse tout by Riccardo Freda
- 1965 : Fantômas se déchaîne by André Hunebelle
- 1965 : Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 by André Hunebelle
- 1966 : The Poppy Is Also a Flower by Terence Young
- 1966 : Sale temps pour les mouches by Guy Lefranc
- 1966 : La Grande Vadrouille by Gérard Oury
- 1966 : Le Solitaire passe à l'attaque by Ralph Habib
- 1967 : Two Weeks in September by Serge Bourguignon
- 1968 : À tout casser by John Berry
- 1968 : Les Cracks by Alex Joffé
- 1969 : Le Clan des Siciliens by Henri Verneuil
- 1969 : Le Temps des loups by Sergio Gobbi
- 1969 : Z by Costa-Gavras
- 1969 : Borsalino by Jacques Deray
- 1970 : Le Cercle rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville
- 1971 : Doucement les basses by Jacques Deray
- 1974 : Les Quatre Charlots mousquetaires by André Hunebelle
- 1974 : Les Charlots en folie : À nous quatre Cardinal ! by André Hunebelle
- 1974 : Borsalino & Co by Jacques Deray
- 1974 : La moutarde me monte au nez by Claude Zidi
- 1974 : Lancelot du lac by Robert Bresson
- 1975 : Zorro by Duccio Tessari
- 1980 : Du blues plein la tête by Hervé Palud
- 1984 : Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
Television
- 1966 : Le Chevalier d'Harmental (feuilleton TV) by Jean-Pierre Decourt
- 1966 : Thierry la Fronde (série TV) by Pierre Goutas
Director
- 1975 : Bons Baisers de Hong Kong
- 1984 : Le Fou du roi
- 1989 : President's target
References
- ↑ « Décès de l'ancien cascadeur Yvan Chiffre », sur lefigaro.fr, 27 septembre 2016
- ↑ « Mort d'Yvan Chiffre, réalisateur, cascadeur et doublure d'Alain Delon», sur purepeople.com, 27 septembre 2016
- ↑ « A l'ombre des star», sur amazon.com, 1992
- ↑ « Oscars In Memoriam honors Yvan Chiffre», sur oscar.go.com, 2017
- Yvan Chiffre on IMDb
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