French director Claude Pinoteau, who revealed Isabelle Adjani, with The Slap (1974) and Sophie Marceau with La Boum (1980), died Friday, October 5 at the age of 87 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, following a long illness, said his agent on Saturday, “Claude Pinoteau died, his wife has just told me the news,” he told AFP, Elizabeth Tanner, agency Artmedia, confirming a report in the Sunday Journal.
Claude Pinoteau was assistant director on a Claude Lelouche documentary made in 1971 which highlighted Iran’s impressive transformation into a modern nation yet proud of it’s ancient heritage. (Source: persianrealm.com)
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ON CLAUDE LELOUCH’s
DOCUMENATARY l’IRAN 1971
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Claude Lelouch and Claude Pinoteau -Iran (1971):
Description: This little-known film won six international awards shortly after its release. Claude Lelouch is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch’s Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) won the Palme d’Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, as well as two Oscars including Best Foreign Language Film. Claude Pinoteau was an assistant director to Jean Cocteau in 1948. Sophie Marceau got her first role in La Boum, directed by Claude Pinoteau. The movie was a huge success in France at the time.
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DREAMS WERE HIS REALITY
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Trailer to “La Boum” (1980) starring Sophie Marceau, Claude Brasseur and Brigitte Fossey:
Richard Sanderson – dreams are my reality Music Score to the 1980 film « La Boum » :
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FILMOGRAPHY TRIBUTE
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The Young Sophie Marceau Screen Test on « La Boum » :
La Gifle Starring Isabelle Adjani, Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot :
Le Silencieux Starring Lino Ventura :
The Guns of San Sebastian ( As assistent director) starring Anthony Quinn and Charles Bronson:
L’Etudiante Starring Vincent Lindon and Sophie Marceau:
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CLAUDE PINOTEAU (1925-2012)
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Claude Pinoteau Interview :
PINOTEAU, Claude (Claude Lucien Pinoteau)
Born: 5/25/1925, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France
Died: 10/5/2012, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France
French director Claude Pinoteau, which revealed Isabelle Adjani, with The Slap (1974) and Sophie Marceau with La Boum (1980), died Friday, October 5 at the age of 87 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, following a long illness, said his agent on Saturday, “Claude Pinoteau died, his wife has just told me the news,” he told AFP, Elizabeth Tanner, agency Artmedia, confirming a report in the Sunday Journal.
Son of manager Lucien Pinoteau, Claude Pinoteau was born on May 25, 1925 and began his career as a stage and props manager, including working as an assistant with Jean Cocteau, Henri Verneuil and Claude Lelouch. Claude was the brother director, screenwriter Jack Pinoteau [1923- ] and actress Arlette Merry [1918- ]
He made his directorial debut with “The Silencer” (1972), with Lino Ventura. In 1974 again with Lino Ventura he directed “La gifle” with Annie Girardot and a young aspiring actress Isabelle Adjani. The film was awarded the Prix Louis-Delluc. Another debutante and another popular success in 1980 with Sophie Marceau in “La Boum”, which was followed by a sequel in 1982, before a new partnership in 1987 with “L’étudiante”. His only Euro-western was a s an assistant director on “Guns for San Sebastian” directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Anthony Quinn and Charles Bronson.
Director, adapter, screenwriter or producer, Claude Pinoteau had practiced all aspects of filmmaking during a distinguished career that began in 1939.
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