Yves Coppens(1934-2022)

Writer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Additional Crew

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Yves Coppens was born on 9 August 1934 in Vannes, Morbihan, France. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Une femme ou deux (1985), Le peuple singe (1989) and Les derniers secrets de l'humanité (2024). He died on 22 June 2022 in Paris, France.

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Known for

Une femme ou deux (1985)

Une femme ou deux

4.9

Additional Crew

1985

Le peuple singe (1989)

Le peuple singe

7.1

Writer

1989

Les derniers secrets de l'humanité (2024)

Les derniers secrets de l'humanité

7.8

Writer

2024

Du côté de la côte (1958)

Du côté de la côte

7.4

Short

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1958

Credits

Writer

Les derniers secrets de l'humanité
7.8
- Writer
- 2024
Le sacre de l'homme
7.2
TV Movie
- Writer
- 2007
Homo sapiens
7.3
TV Movie
- Writer
- 2005
L'odyssée de l'espèce
7.2
TV Movie
- Writer
- 2003
Le peuple singe
7.1
- commentary
- 1989
Yves, Lucy et les autres (ou les origines de l'Homme)
TV Movie
- contributing writer
- 1982

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Additional Crew

Personal details

Official sites
- Collège de France
- Discogs
Born
- August 9, 1934
- Vannes, Morbihan, France
Died
- June 22, 2022
- Paris, France

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Trivia
French prehistorian, he is one of the co-discoverers in 1974 of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) in along with Donald Carl Johanson and Maurice Taieb.

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