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. Source: Article "Yvan Chiffre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
The Longest Day
1962 · Paratrooper (uncredite...
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · Policeman
The Black Tulip
1964
The Sicilian Clan
1969 · Un inspecteur de Le Go...
Fantomas Unleashed
1965 · Homme de main de Fantô...
Fantomas
1964 · Homme de main de Fantô...
Borsalino
1970
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966 · (uncredited)
Borsalino and Co.
1974
A Mouse with the Men
1964 · Un patineur
The Gallant Musketeer
1964 · Yvon
Blood on His Sword
1961 · Un baladin (uncredited...
The Mysteries of Paris
1962 · A sea buckthorn (uncre...
Time of the Wolves
1970 · Fence's henchman (uncr...
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
1984 · Tax Collector
The Iron Mask
1962 · (uncredited)
Easy Down There!
1971
Two Weeks in September
1967 · Man on the Motorcycle...
The Lone One Takes the Offensive
1966
Défense de savoir
1973 · The team
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
1965 · Un homme de main
OSS 117 Is Unleashed
1963 · Agent Thibaud
The Majordomo
1965 · Paulo
Clash of Steel
1962 · Guard (uncredited)
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1964 · Christian
Sale temps pour les mouches
1966
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
1971 · (uncredited)
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1964 · Christian
Your Turn, Darling
1963
Le fou du roi
1984 · Taillevent
License to Kill
1964 · Un homme de main de Li...
Make Your Bets Ladies
1965 · Un homme de main (uncr...