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Alain Poiré

Alain Poiré

Biography

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. His final film, released after his death, was La Vache et le President.

Poiré and his wife Yvette had two sons, Phillipe and Jean-Marie Poiré. He died of cancer at age 82.

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Personal Info

Known For

Production

Known Credits

120

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-02-13

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Alain Poire

Known For

The Party 2 Hothead The Married Couple of the Year Two The Iron Mask The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe Dracula and Son The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe My Father's Glory My Mother's Castle Crooks in Clover The Dinner Game Le Guignolo The One Man Band A Man Escaped The Taste of Violence There Once Was a Cop The Bottom Line L'Hôtel de la plage Pasha The Rebels of Lomanach Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese The Big Grasshopper No Problem! A Woman in White Revolts The French, They Are a Funny Race Service Entrance Heat of Desire Till the End of the World Nathalie Speaking of Murder Green Harvest Vice and Virtue Double Agents Rum Runners We Will All Meet in Paradise La Vouivre Skies Above Jaguar The Menace Levy & Goliath The Seventh Company Has Been Found To Commit a Murder Snow and Fire Like a Pot of Strawberries Ghost with Driver Signed, Arsène Lupin Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques Act of Aggression Les Victimes Tuesday's Guest The Seventh Target Monsieur Papa Some Too Quiet Gentlemen Equator Le Bal des casse-pieds Petit Con Le temps des vacances The Slap The Silent One Back to the Wall Witness in the City Repeated Absences Et ta sœur… The Unfrocked One Fantomas Fantomas Unleashed Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard Ace of Aces Promised... sworn! Cache Cash Pardon Mon Affaire The Brain Out of It Les Truands Quai Notre-Dame Carom Shots We're Not Angels... Neither Are They Roselyne and the Lions The Case Against X Troubleshooters Kitchen with Apartment Ivory Coast Adventure Clara and the Why Not Fanfan Let's Not Get Angry The Little Wheedlers The Thirst for Gold
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