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Pierre Schoendoerffer

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  • Born
    May 5, 1928 · Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France
  • Died
    March 14, 2012 · Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France (undisclosed)

Biography

    • Pierre Schoendoerffer was born on May 5, 1928 in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France. He was a director and writer, known for La 317ème section (1965), Le Crabe-Tambour (1977) and L'honneur d'un capitaine (1982). He was married to Patricia Schoendoerffer. He died on March 14, 2012 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Family

  • Spouse
      Patricia Schoendoerffer(October 4, 1957 - March 14, 2012) (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Amélie Schoendoerffer
      Ludovic Schoendoerffer
      Frédéric Schoendoerffer

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  • French director and screenwriter, adept at shaping modern audience expectations of what authentic war films should look like. He was a former army reporter and photographer in Indo-China and Cambodia, taken prisoner at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Following his release, he became a war correspondent for 'Life', 'Time', 'Look' and 'Paris Match'. He also began making documentary films after meeting the writer and adventurer Joseph Kessel in 1955 in an opium den in Hong Kong. Kessel suggested Schoendoerffer direct his film "Passe du Diable", (set in Afghanistan), thus starting Schoendoerffer's career in films.
  • In 1946, he spent his summer as a fisherman aboard a small fishing trawler in the Bourgneuf-en-Retz bay, near Pornic, Pays de la Loire (close to Brittany).
  • His father was a doctor who ran a hospital in Annecy.
  • Stanley Kubrick held Pierre Schoendoerffer's work in high regards, and eventually managed to contact him personally. The two directors had a lot of discussions before Kubrick started working on Full Metal Jacket (1987).
  • Father of Frédéric Schoendoerffer and Ludovic Schoendoerffer.

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