Persian Realm

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):

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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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