Yves Boisset

1939–2025 (age 86)

Biography

Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed fiction films like The Assassination, Le prix du danger, as well as investigative documentaries. Boisset was known for his left wing political views and the controversial releases of his films. He was labeled "the most censored man in France", and declared himself the most censored filmmaker of the Fifth Republic.

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