Directing
Claude Pinoteau
Born — Died
1925-05-25 — 2012-10-05
Place of birth
Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Known for
Directing
Credits
43 titles
Claude Pinoteau (25 May 1925 – 5 October 2012) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 87. His sister was the actress Arlette Merry, and his brother was the director Jacques Pinoteau. Source: Article "Claude Pinoteau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
9.5Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.
Spécial cinéma
1974
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Sacrée soirée
1987
6.0A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Midi trente
1972
8.0Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Samedi soir
1971
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
2010s · 5 titles
7.9The fall of 2017 marked the 30th anniversary of Lino Ventura's death. Whether in the role of tough cops or tough guys - in the 1960s, Lino Ventura was one of the most popular French character actors. The new portrait begins with the actor's childhood. He came to Paris from Parma in Italy as a child with his single mother and faced many humiliations in a xenophobic environment. The documentary explores the man behind the rough exterior and the tough characters he embodied, most of whom were courageous but introverted loners.
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
7.7Documentary on the career of Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011
6.0A profile of Jean-Paul Belmondo by his peers. Besides appearing in over eighty films, the actor also delighted audiences with his dangerous stunts, his laughter, his jokes, and his refreshing ease and impertinence. Cultivating the art of the counterpunch, he spanned half a century of French cinema.
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
10.0The documentary "Les Enfants terribles du cinéma" (The Terrible Children of Cinema) tells the little-known story of one of the crossroads of cinephilia, *OBJECTIF 49*, which culminated in the organization of the Biarritz Festival of Cursed Films during the summer of 1949. This festival was initiated by Jean Cocteau, then at the height of his cinematic career. In Biarritz, films deemed "cursed" were screened because they had not yet found an audience or had been banned by censors. This selection offered a radically different vision of cinema from that of other festivals, such as Cannes. An entire generation of active filmmakers was celebrated: René Clément, Robert Bresson, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Eric Rohmer...
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
2011
No synopsis available yet.
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012
2000s · 3 titles
7.7A documentary about writer Michel Audiard (1920-1985). Contemporary interviews are interwoven with archival footage and clips from his films. It offers a deeper understanding of the career of the man whom Jean Gabin swore by from the mid-1950s onward, and whom films such as "Les Tontons Flingueurs" immortalized.
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
Filmmaker Marc Caro interviews Claude Pinoteau, assistant director of Jean Cocteau's 1950 film ORPHEUS, about the special effects used in the film.
Jean Cocteau and His Tricks
2008
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
2001
1970s · 2 titles
5.2Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.
It Only Happens to Others
1971
5.5Charles, Jean and Amidou are workmen at the La Ciotat shipyards and live in the same construction facility. One day, Amidou leaves them to marry Catherine, a salesgirl. The trouble for Charles and Jean is that going to their friend's wedding means buying new clothes, which is problematic given their low income Moreover, they are determined to make this day an unforgettable one, despite their lack of money. Will they be able achieve their aim?
Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971
Series credits
9.5Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.
Spécial cinéma
1974
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Sacrée soirée
1987
6.0A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Midi trente
1972
8.0Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Samedi soir
1971
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Ciné regards
1978
Behind the camera
5.9An ambitious teaching student's finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.
The Student
1988
5.9An ambitious teaching student's finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.
The Student
1988
6.6A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
The Party
1980
6.6A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
The Party
1980
6.4After moving to a new city, a young French teenage girl falls in love with a boy and thinks of having sex with him, since her girl friends have already done it.
The Party 2
1982
6.4After moving to a new city, a young French teenage girl falls in love with a boy and thinks of having sex with him, since her girl friends have already done it.
The Party 2
1982
6.3A composer and a French film star, both of whom are married to others, meet and fall in love while shooting a film in the United States.
Love Is a Funny Thing
1969
7.1A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.
The Crook
1970
6.0Bastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take effect. Bastien's personal relationships give him enough cause for anxiety -- between his new lover Laura and a feisty mother, life provides its own insecurities. When he goes to the police with his problems, Bastien is assigned an off-beat inspector to protect him but is still faced with skepticism about his dilemma.
The Seventh Target
1984
4.6The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire.
The Big Operator
1976
4.8While the Nazis occupied most of France, Jacques (Vincent Perez) has been active in the liberation underground. Now that the Allies have freed a significant portion of their country from German control, he and his buddy Michel (Matthieu Roze) can join the Free French army and fight with them to help bring about the downfall of the German empire. Both of them are quite young men, and their first love turns out to be the same woman, a lovely nurse named Christiane (Geraldine Pailhas). Michel woos her first, and she becomes pregnant by him. However, she is much more interested in Jacques, even though she is considering marrying an American solely for practical reasons.
Snow and Fire
1991
7.3Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?
The Silent One
1973
7.3Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?
The Silent One
1973
5.6Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However, the deceased is not his son, but an individual who was using his passport. Dupree begins a frantic search for his son, who happens to be wanted by the local mob.
Jig-Saw
1979
5.6Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However, the deceased is not his son, but an individual who was using his passport. Dupree begins a frantic search for his son, who happens to be wanted by the local mob.
Jig-Saw
1979
6.6A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.
The Slap
1974
6.6A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.
The Slap
1974
6.0Claude Lelouch presents in his own vision of Iran. Between tradition and modernity, the movie reveals all the country's vision contrasts, under the very precise and aesthetic eye of Lelouch: veil and miniskirt, caviar and oil, ancestral Islamic art and the Shah of Iran.
Iran
1971
6.8A humoristic view of the lives of Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie and their discoveries around radioactivity.
Pierre and Marie
1997
6.8A humoristic view of the lives of Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie and their discoveries around radioactivity.
Pierre and Marie
1997
5.7Antoine, 11, is on holiday with his grandfather. One night he catches thieves hiding their booty in a pond. Antoine seizes the 40 million. But Liza, his new friend, is the daughter of one of the criminals. Both children soon face threats.
Cache Cash
1994
5.7Antoine, 11, is on holiday with his grandfather. One night he catches thieves hiding their booty in a pond. Antoine seizes the 40 million. But Liza, his new friend, is the daughter of one of the criminals. Both children soon face threats.
Cache Cash
1994
9.0A documentary directed by Claude Pinoteau.
Un abbé nommé Pierre, une vie pour les autres
2005
9.0A documentary directed by Claude Pinoteau.
Un abbé nommé Pierre, une vie pour les autres
2005