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.
Acted in 32
1980s
- 1984
Le fou du roi
Taillevent
1970s
- 1974
- 1973
Défense de savoir
The team
- 1971
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
(uncredited)
Easy Down There!
Movie
- 1970
Time of the Wolves
Fence's henchman (uncredited)
1960s
- 1969
- 1967
Two Weeks in September
Man on the Motorcycle (uncredited)
- 1966
Sale temps pour les mouches
Movie
The Lone One Takes the Offensive
Movie
- 1965
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
Un homme de main
Make Your Bets Ladies
Un homme de main (uncredited)
The Majordomo
Paulo
- 1964
A Mouse with the Men
Un patineur
License to Kill
Un homme de main de Li-Hang
The Gallant Musketeer
Yvon
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Christian
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Christian
- 1963
Your Turn, Darling
Movie
- 1962
Clash of Steel
Guard (uncredited)
The Mysteries of Paris
A sea buckthorn (uncredited)
- 1961
Blood on His Sword
Un baladin (uncredited)
Other crew 6
1970s
- 1975
1960s
- 1969
- 1967
The Killing Game
Stunts
- 1962
Directed 4
1980s
- 1989
President's Target
Director
- 1984
Le fou du roi
Director
1970s
- 1975
From Hong Kong with Love
Director
1960s
- 1965
Under Your Hat
Action Director
Wrote 2
1980s
- 1989
President's Target
Screenplay
1970s
- 1975
From Hong Kong with Love
Writer
Produced 1
1980s
- 1989
President's Target
Producer
