Jack Pinoteau

French film director

Jack Pinoteau (20 September 1923 – 6 April 2017) or Jacques Pinoteau was a French film director born at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. A brother of Claude Pinoteau and Arlette Merry, he is mostly known for his direction of the film Le Triporteur [fr], after a novel by René Fallet which made Darry Cowl famous.

Pinoteau died on 6 April 2017, aged 93.^[1]^[2]

Filmography

Cinema

Film director

1952 : They Were Five with Jean Carmet, Jean Gaven
1954 : The Big Flag with Jean Chevrier, Nicole Courcel
1956 : A Friend of the Family with Darry Cowl
1957 : The Tricyclist with Darry Cowl
1958 : Chéri, fais-moi peur with Darry Cowl
1960 : Robinson et le triporteur with Darry Cowl
1963 : People in Luck
1964 : Les Durs à cuire with Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault and Roger Pierre
1965 : Me and the Forty Year Old Man with Dany Saval, Paul Meurisse and Michel Serrault

Assistant director

1948 : Rapide de nuit by Marcel Blistène
1949 : Five Red Tulips by Jean Stelli
1949 : On n'aime qu'une fois by Jean Stelli
1949 : Dernier Amour by Jean Stelli
1950 : Minne, l'ingénue libertine [fr] by Jacqueline Audry
1950 : Les Maîtres nageurs by Henri Lepage
1950 : Quai de Grenelle by Emil-Edwin Reinert
1951 : The Red Needle by Emil-Edwin Reinert
1952 : Plume au vent by Louis Cuny

Actor

1943 : Le Carrefour des enfants perdus by Léo Joannon

Television

1966 : Les Globe-trotters [fr], TV serial with Yves Rénier
1967 : S.O.S. Fernand, with Fernandel

References

^ "Le réalisateur Jacques Pinoteau est mort à 93 ans". Culturebox (in French). April 6, 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
^ Croiset, Laure (April 6, 2017). "Il a réalisé "Le Triporteur" avec Darry Cowl. Le réalisateur Jacques Pinoteau est mort". Tout le ciné (in French). Retrieved 2017-04-08.