Michel Boisrond

1921-2002

Biography: life and films

Michel Boisrond was a French screenwriter and film director. He was born in Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais, Eure-et-Loir, France on 9th October 1921 and died in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Yvelines, France on 10th November 2002, aged 81.

His best films as a film director include Faibles femmes (1959), Un soir sur la plage (1961), Les Parisiennes (1962), Cherchez l'idole (1963) and La Leçon particulière (1968), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Faibles femmes (1959), Les Parisiennes (1962) and La Leçon particulière (1968).

Michel Boisrond directed 24 films, scripted 13 films and appeared in 3 films.

His most frequent genres include: comedy (14 films), drama (7), Thriller (5), crime-thriller (4), comedy-romance (4), comedy-drama (4) and romance (3).

Our average rating for Michel Boisrond over all films is: 2.4

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

C'est arrivé à Aden (1956) [d,w]

Cette sacrée gamine (1956) [d,w]

Lorsque l'enfant paraît (1956) [d]

Une parisienne (1957) [d,w]

Faibles femmes (1959) [d,w]

Le Chemin des écoliers (1959) [d]

Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (1959) [d]

La Française et l'amour (1960) [d]

Amours célèbres (1961) [d]

Un soir sur la plage (1961) [d,w]

Comment réussir en amour (1962) [d]

Dossier 1413 (1962) [d,w]

Les Parisiennes (1962) [d]

Cherchez l'idole (1963) [d]

Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur? (1963) [d]

Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964) [d]

Atout coeur à Tokyo pour O.S.S. 117 (1966) [d]

L'Homme qui valait des milliards (1967) [d,w]

Le Samouraï (1967) [a]

La Leçon particulière (1968) [a,d,w]

Du soleil plein les yeux (1969) [d,w]

On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes (1971) [d]

Le Petit poucet (1972) [d]

Dis-moi que tu m'aimes (1974) [d,w]

Catherine et Cie (1975) [d]

Le Bon plaisir (1984) [a]



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