Yvan Chiffre
Biography
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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Movies (37)
President's Target
Director (Directing)
1989
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
as Tax Collector
1984
Le fou du roi
as Taillevent
1984
Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre
as Self
1976
From Hong Kong with Love
Director (Directing)
1975
Zorro
Master at Arms (Crew)
1975
Borsalino and Co.
1974
Défense de savoir
as The team
1973
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
as (uncredited)
1971
Easy Down There!
1971
Le Cercle Rouge
as Policeman
1970
Borsalino
1970
Time of the Wolves
as Fence's henchman (uncredited)
1970
The Sicilian Clan
as Un inspecteur de Le Goff (uncredited)
1969
Z
Stunt Coordinator (Crew)
1969
Two Weeks in September
as Man on the Motorcycle (uncredited)
1967
The Killing Game
Stunts (Crew)
1967
Sale temps pour les mouches
1966
The Lone One Takes the Offensive
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as (uncredited)
1966
Fantomas Unleashed
as Homme de main de Fantômas
1965
Under Your Hat
Action Director (Directing)
1965
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
as Un homme de main
1965
Le Majordome
as Paulo
1965
Fantomas
as Homme de main de Fantômas
1964
License to Kill
as Un homme de main de Li-Hang
1964
The Black Tulip
1964
The Gallant Musketeer
as Yvon
1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
as Christian
1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Christian
1964
OSS 117 Is Unleashed
as Agent Thibaud
1963
Your Turn, Darling
1963
The Iron Mask
as (uncredited)
1962
Clash of Steel
as Guard (uncredited)
1962
The Mysteries of Paris
as A sea buckthorn (uncredited)
1962
The Longest Day
Stunts (Crew)
1962
Blood on His Sword
as Un baladin (uncredited)
1961
