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Alain Poiré (1917-2000)

Alias:
Alain Poire

Birthplace:
Paris, France

Born:
February 13, 1917

Died:
January 14, 2000

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Alain Poiré (13 February 1917 – 14 January 2000) was a French film producer and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, and died in Neuilly-Sur-Seine.  Alain Poiré graduated from law school and worked for advertising group Havas. In 1938, he moved to working for the film company Société Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont (SNEG) as assistant general manager in order to save the company from financial disaster. SNEG was renamed Gaumont Film Company in 1975. Always passionate about cinema, he didn't leave Gaumont until his death in 2000, becoming one of the most prolific producers in French cinema, particularly from the 1950s on.  As producer at Gaumont and manager of Gaumont International, Alain Poiré produced more than 200 films.  Alain Poiré is the father of Jean-Marie Poiré.  Source: Article "Alain Poiré" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Film Production

Adaptation:
1959  Green Harvest

Associate Producer:
1959  Green Harvest
1986  I Hate Actors
1986  Jean de Florette
1986  Manon of the Spring

Delegated Producer:
1957  The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1959  Green Harvest
1967  The Madman of Lab Four
1971  Delusions of Grandeur
1975  The Pink Telephone
1979  Cop or Hood
1980  The Party
1981  La Chèvre
1983  My Other Husband
1986  I Hate Actors
1986  Jean de Florette
1986  Manon of the Spring
1994  Why Is Mother in My Bed?

Executive Producer:
1951  Poison
1957  The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957  To Catch a Spy
1959  Green Harvest
1964  Greed in the Sun
1967  Oscar
1967  The Madman of Lab Four
1971  Delusions of Grandeur
1973  The Right of the Maddest
1974  How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1975  The Pink Telephone
1979  Cop or Hood
1980  The Party
1981  La Chèvre
1983  My Other Husband
1985  Love on the Quiet
1986  I Hate Actors
1986  Jean de Florette
1986  Manon of the Spring
1988  The Student
1994  Why Is Mother in My Bed?
2001  The Closet

Line Producer:
1951  Poison
1953  Captain Slipper
1955  Razzia
1955  The Aristocrats
1956  If Paris Were Told to Us
1957  The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957  To Catch a Spy
1959  Green Harvest
1964  Greed in the Sun
1967  Oscar
1967  The Madman of Lab Four
1971  Delusions of Grandeur
1973  The Right of the Maddest
1974  How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1975  The Pink Telephone
1979  Cop or Hood
1980  The Party
1981  La Chèvre
1983  My Other Husband
1985  Love on the Quiet
1986  I Hate Actors
1986  Jean de Florette
1986  Manon of the Spring
1988  The Student
1994  Why Is Mother in My Bed?
2001  The Closet

Producer:
1950  Tuesday's Guest
1951  Poison
1953  Captain Slipper
1954  Service Entrance
1954  The Rebels of Lomanach
1954  The Unfrocked One
1955  Razzia
1955  The Aristocrats
1955  The French, They Are a Funny Race
1956  A Man Escaped
1956  If Paris Were Told to Us
1956  Les Truands
1957  Nathalie
1957  Speaking of Murder
1957  The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957  To Catch a Spy
1958  Back to the Wall
1958  Et ta sœur...
1959  Double Agents
1959  Green Harvest
1959  Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959  Witness in the City
1961  Quai Notre-Dame
1961  The Menace
1961  The Taste of Violence
1962  The Iron Mask
1963  Carom Shots
1963  Crooks in Clover
1963  Till the End of the World
1963  Vice and Virtue
1964  Fantomas
1964  Greed in the Sun
1965  Fantomas Unleashed
1965  Skies Above
1966  Une femme en blanc se révolte
1967  Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967  Oscar
1967  The Big Grasshopper
1967  The Madman of Lab Four
1967  To Commit a Murder
1968  Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968  Pasha
1969  The Brain
1970  The One Man Band
1971  Delusions of Grandeur
1971  Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971  Rum Runners
1971  The Married Couple of the Year Two
1972  Repeated Absences
1972  The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972  There Once Was a Cop
1973  Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973  Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
1973  The Right of the Maddest
1973  The Silent One
1974  How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974  Like a Pot of Strawberries
1974  The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974  The Slap
1975  Act of Aggression
1975  No Problem!
1975  The Pink Telephone
1975  The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1976  Dracula and Son
1976  Pardon Mon Affaire
1976  The Bottom Line
1977  Monsieur Papa
1977  We Will All Meet in Paradise
1978  L'Hôtel de la plage
1978  Out of It
1979  Cop or Hood
1979  Hothead
1979  Le temps des vacances
1980  Le Guignolo
1980  The Party
1981  Heat of Desire
1981  La Chèvre
1981  We're Not Angels... Neither Are They
1982  Ace of Aces
1982  The Party 2
1983  Equator
1983  My Other Husband
1984  Petit Con
1984  The Seventh Target
1985  Love on the Quiet
1986  I Hate Actors
1986  Jean de Florette
1986  Manon of the Spring
1987  Levy & Goliath
1987  Promised... sworn!
1988  Roselyne and the Lions
1988  The Student
1989  La Vouivre
1990  My Father's Glory
1990  My Mother's Castle
1991  Snow and Fire
1992  Le bal des Casse-pieds
1994  Cache Cash
1994  Why Is Mother in My Bed?
1996  Ghost with Driver
1996  Jaguar
1996  Les Victimes
1998  The Dinner Game
2001  The Closet

Production Director:
1950  Tuesday's Guest
1951  Poison
1953  Captain Slipper
1954  Service Entrance
1954  The Rebels of Lomanach
1954  The Unfrocked One
1955  Razzia
1955  The Aristocrats
1955  The French, They Are a Funny Race
1956  A Man Escaped
1956  If Paris Were Told to Us
1956  Les Truands
1957  Nathalie
1957  Speaking of Murder
1957  The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957  To Catch a Spy
1958  Back to the Wall
1958  Et ta sœur...
1959  Double Agents
1959  Green Harvest
1959  Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959  Witness in the City
1961  Quai Notre-Dame
1961  The Count of Monte Cristo
1961  The Menace
1961  The Taste of Violence
1962  The Iron Mask
1963  Carom Shots
1963  Crooks in Clover
1963  Till the End of the World
1963  Vice and Virtue
1964  Fantomas
1964  Greed in the Sun
1965  Fantomas Unleashed
1965  Skies Above
1966  Une femme en blanc se révolte
1967  Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967  Oscar
1967  The Big Grasshopper
1967  The Madman of Lab Four
1967  To Commit a Murder
1968  Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968  Pasha
1969  The Brain
1970  The One Man Band
1971  Delusions of Grandeur
1971  Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971  Rum Runners
1971  The Married Couple of the Year Two
1972  Repeated Absences
1972  The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972  There Once Was a Cop
1973  Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973  Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
1973  The Right of the Maddest
1973  The Silent One
1974  How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974  Like a Pot of Strawberries
1974  The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974  The Slap
1975  Act of Aggression
1975  No Problem!
1975  The Pink Telephone
1975  The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1976  Dracula and Son
1976  Pardon Mon Affaire
1976  The Bottom Line
1977  Monsieur Papa
1977  We Will All Meet in Paradise
1978  L'Hôtel de la plage
1978  Out of It
1979  Cop or Hood
1979  Hothead
1979  Le temps des vacances
1980  Le Guignolo
1980  The Party
1981  Heat of Desire
1981  La Chèvre
1981  We're Not Angels... Neither Are They
1982  Ace of Aces
1982  The Party 2
1983  Equator
1983  My Other Husband
1984  Petit Con
1984  The Seventh Target
1985  Love on the Quiet
1986  I Hate Actors
1986  Jean de Florette
1986  Manon of the Spring
1987  Levy & Goliath
1987  Promised... sworn!
1988  Roselyne and the Lions
1988  The Student
1989  La Vouivre
1990  My Father's Glory
1990  My Mother's Castle
1991  Snow and Fire
1992  Le bal des Casse-pieds
1994  Cache Cash
1994  Why Is Mother in My Bed?
1996  Ghost with Driver
1996  Jaguar
1996  Les Victimes
1998  The Dinner Game
2001  The Closet

Screenplay:
1950  Tuesday's Guest
1951  Poison
1953  Captain Slipper
1954  Service Entrance
1954  The Rebels of Lomanach
1954  The Unfrocked One
1955  Razzia
1955  The Aristocrats
1955  The French, They Are a Funny Race
1956  A Man Escaped
1956  If Paris Were Told to Us
1956  Les Truands
1957  Nathalie
1957  Speaking of Murder
1957  The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957  To Catch a Spy
1958  Back to the Wall
1958  Et ta sœur...
1959  Double Agents
1959  Green Harvest
1959  Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959  Witness in the City
1961  Quai Notre-Dame
1961  The Count of Monte Cristo
1961  The Menace
1961  The Taste of Violence
1962  The Iron Mask
1963  Carom Shots
1963  Crooks in Clover
1963  Till the End of the World
1963  Vice and Virtue
1964  Fantomas
1964  Greed in the Sun
1965  Fantomas Unleashed
1965  Skies Above
1966  Une femme en blanc se révolte
1967  Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967  Oscar
1967  The Big Grasshopper
1967  The Madman of Lab Four
1967  To Commit a Murder
1968  Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968  Pasha
1969  The Brain
1970  The One Man Band
1971  Delusions of Grandeur
1971  Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971  Rum Runners
1971  The Married Couple of the Year Two
1972  Repeated Absences
1972  The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972  There Once Was a Cop
1973  Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973  Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
1973  The Right of the Maddest
1973  The Silent One
1974  How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974  Like a Pot of Strawberries
1974  The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974  The Slap
1975  Act of Aggression
1975  No Problem!
1975  The Pink Telephone
1975  The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1976  Dracula and Son
1976  Pardon Mon Affaire
1976  The Bottom Line
1977  Monsieur Papa
1977  We Will All Meet in Paradise
1978  L'Hôtel de la plage
1978  Out of It
1979  Cop or Hood
1979  Hothead
1979  Le temps des vacances
1980  Le Guignolo
1980  The Party
1981  Heat of Desire
1981  La Chèvre
1981  We're Not Angels... Neither Are They
1982  Ace of Aces
1982  The Party 2
1983  Equator
1983  My Other Husband
1984  Petit Con
1984  The Seventh Target
1985  Love on the Quiet
1986  I Hate Actors
1986  Jean de Florette
1986  Manon of the Spring
1987  Levy & Goliath
1987  Promised... sworn!
1988  Roselyne and the Lions
1988  The Student
1989  La Vouivre
1990  My Father's Glory
1990  My Mother's Castle
1991  Snow and Fire
1992  Le bal des Casse-pieds
1994  Cache Cash
1994  Why Is Mother in My Bed?
1996  Ghost with Driver
1996  Jaguar
1996  Les Victimes
1998  The Dinner Game
2001  The Closet

Writer:
1950  Tuesday's Guest
1951  Poison
1953  Captain Slipper
1954  Service Entrance
1954  The Rebels of Lomanach
1954  The Unfrocked One
1955  Razzia
1955  The Aristocrats
1955  The French, They Are a Funny Race
1956  A Man Escaped
1956  If Paris Were Told to Us
1956  Les Truands
1957  Nathalie
1957  Speaking of Murder
1957  The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957  To Catch a Spy
1958  Back to the Wall
1958  Et ta sœur...
1959  Double Agents
1959  Green Harvest
1959  Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959  Witness in the City
1961  Quai Notre-Dame
1961  The Count of Monte Cristo
1961  The Menace
1961  The Taste of Violence
1962  The Iron Mask
1963  Carom Shots
1963  Crooks in Clover
1963  Till the End of the World
1963  Vice and Virtue
1964  Fantomas
1964  Greed in the Sun
1965  Fantomas Unleashed
1965  Skies Above
1966  Une femme en blanc se révolte
1967  Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967  Oscar
1967  The Big Grasshopper
1967  The Madman of Lab Four
1967  To Commit a Murder
1968  Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968  Pasha
1969  The Brain
1970  The One Man Band
1971  Delusions of Grandeur
1971  Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971  Rum Runners
1971  The Married Couple of the Year Two
1972  Repeated Absences
1972  The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972  There Once Was a Cop
1973  Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973  Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
1973  The Right of the Maddest
1973  The Silent One
1974  How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974  Like a Pot of Strawberries
1974  The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974  The Slap
1975  Act of Aggression
1975  No Problem!
1975  The Pink Telephone
1975  The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1976  Dracula and Son
1976  Pardon Mon Affaire
1976  The Bottom Line
1977  Monsieur Papa
1977  We Will All Meet in Paradise
1978  L'Hôtel de la plage
1978  Out of It
1979  Cop or Hood
1979  Hothead
1979  Le temps des vacances
1980  Le Guignolo
1980  The Party
1981  Heat of Desire
1981  La Chèvre
1981  We're Not Angels... Neither Are They
1982  Ace of Aces
1982  The Party 2
1983  Equator
1983  My Other Husband
1984  Petit Con
1984  The Seventh Target
1985  Love on the Quiet
1986  I Hate Actors
1986  Jean de Florette
1986  Manon of the Spring
1987  Levy & Goliath
1987  Promised... sworn!
1988  Roselyne and the Lions
1988  The Student
1989  La Vouivre
1990  My Father's Glory
1990  My Mother's Castle
1991  Snow and Fire
1992  Le bal des Casse-pieds
1994  Cache Cash
1994  Why Is Mother in My Bed?
1996  Ghost with Driver
1996  Jaguar
1996  Les Victimes
1998  The Dinner Game
2001  The Closet

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