Pierre Schoendoerffer

French film director (1928–2012)

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Works: 14

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Heyeh shalom ha-melekh
Farewell to the King
La guerre dans les yeux
Diên Biên Phu
La 317e [i.e. trois cent dix-septième] section

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Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Pierre Schoendoerffer (5 May 1928 – 14 March 2012) was a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician. He was president of the Académie des Beaux-Arts for 2001 and for 2007. In 1967, he was the winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for The Anderson Platoon. The film followed a…

Known for

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory — Self2011
Nulle part ailleurs — Self1987
30 millions d'amis — Self1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
Apostrophes — Self1975
Spécial cinéma — Self1974
The Anderson Platoon — narrator1967
Cinépanorama — Self1956

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Instance of: human
Given name: Pierre
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Chamalières
Place of death: Clamart
Occupation: director
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Image: Pierre Schoendoerffer à la Cinémathèque française 2.jpg
Number of children: 3
Work location: France

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date of birth: 1928-05-05
date of death: 2012-03-14
name in native language: Pierre Schœndœrffer
Commons category: Pierre Schoendoerffer
related category: Category:Films directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer
member of: Yacht Club de France
different from: Frédéric Schoendoerffer
place of burial: Montparnasse Cemetery

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