Yvan Chiffre
Yvan Chiffre (3 March 1936 – 27 September 2016) was a French director, producer, and stunt coordinator. He is the father of Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre and the grand father of César Chiffre.
He was the stunt coordinator of Thunderball and Triple Cross by Terence Young, Is Paris Burning? by René Clément, Z by Costa Gavras, Hotel Paradiso by Peter Glenville.
He was also the official stunt double of Jean Marais and Alain Delon, was stunt man on the Longest Day, and stunt double of Cary Grant in Charade, Sterling Hayden in Poppies Are Also Flowers, Eddie Constantine in Lucky Jo and many others...
He also contributed to major French films like Zorro by Duccio Tessari, La Grande Vadrouille by Gérard Oury, Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville, and more than 200 others.
In 1992, he published an autobiography A l'ombre des stars, about his stuntman life.
In 2014, he received in Paris the UNESCO prize.
In 2017, the Academy Award, Oscars In Memoriam honors Yvan Chiffre for his life achievement.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.294 |
Birthday | 1936-03-03 |
Place of Birth | Rousson, Gard, France |
Also Known As | Ivan Chiffre, |
1970
Le Cercle Rouge
7.626/622
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a cha...
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Le Cercle Rouge
1974
Borsalino and Co.
6.563/88
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
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Borsalino and Co.
1962
The Iron Mask
5.718/39
The story of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, and the imprisonment in an iron mask of the identical twin of the King of France, Louis XIV.
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The Iron Mask
1962
The Mysteries of Paris
6.5/20
The Marquis Rodolphe de Sombrueil accidentally runs over a working man with his carriage and helps his widow -- unjustly accused of robbery -- to find...
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The Mysteries of Paris
1963
OSS 117 Is Unleashed
6.063/32
An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.
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OSS 117 Is Unleashed
1966
Le solitaire passe à l'attaque
7/2
A powerful bomb is stolen and is set to explode in a populated area in less than 48 hours, unless French S.S. Agente, Roger Hanin can find and defuse...
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Le solitaire passe à l'attaque
1967
Two Weeks in September
4.8/10
Story of a woman torn between her love for two different men.
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Two Weeks in September
1964
License to Kill
5.3/3
Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying appara...
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License to Kill
1962
Clash of Steel
6.7/5
In 16th-century France, the Chevalier de Pardaillan rescues the beautiful gypsy "Violetta", in reality Isabelle, daughter of the Comte d'Entraigues an...
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Clash of Steel
1963
Your Turn, Darling
4.4/5
In this French espionage thriller, Eddie again plays the role that made him a star, Lemmy Caution. Lots of two fisted action.
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Your Turn, Darling
1965
Le Majordome
7.4/8
Léopold, valet de chambre to the avocat général Maître de Royssac, starts studying the penal code and, during his leave, becomes a judge in a "middle"...
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Le Majordome
1966
Sale temps pour les mouches
5.7/11
Renowned atomic scientists are kidnapped on French soil. Inspector San-Antonio and his loyal deputy Bérurier infiltrate a gang suspected of involvemen...
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Sale temps pour les mouches
1971
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
5.2/7
Victor, grocer and tyrannical boss, never stops telling his family about his seafaring past, although they never believe him. When his nephew wins a m...
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The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
1971
Easy Down There!
6.9/10
A priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns.
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Easy Down There!
1973
Défense de savoir
5.5/8
When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does...
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Défense de savoir
1984
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
5.087/69
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.
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Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
1965
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
7.698/53
A secret agent is dispatched to find a rare and valuable drug.
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OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
5.4/7
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a man, Jean-Marc. The film shares the same plot with "Françoise ou...
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1970
Borsalino
6.884/212
In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing...
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Borsalino
1961
Blood on His Sword
5.7/15
Charles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to get her valuable lands in dowry. The King is wise to t...
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Blood on His Sword
1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
5.4/7
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a woman, Francoise. The film shares the same plot with "Jean-Marc...
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1969
The Sicilian Clan
7.614/315
An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commission...
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The Sicilian Clan
1964
Fantomas
6.842/717
Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusio...
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Fantomas
1965
Fantomas Unleashed
6.766/507
In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enab...
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Fantomas Unleashed
1970
Time of the Wolves
5.4/5
Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, the criminal (Robert Hossein) is tracked by the inspector (Charles Aznavour), a former...
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Time of the Wolves
1964
The Gallant Musketeer
5.7/6
Set against the troubled period of the Wars of Religion in France, at a time when the three Henries (Henri III, Henri de Guise and Henri de Béarn) vie...
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The Gallant Musketeer
1984
Le fou du roi
2.3/3
Dieudonné, poet and dreamer, is the opposite of his father, the famous D'Artagnan, as he hates walks and duels.
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Le fou du roi
1964
The Black Tulip
6.248/115
Aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip. The Black Tulip only robs rich aristocrats, so th...
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