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Yvan Chiffre
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.
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As actor
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
Le fou du roi
Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre
Borsalino and Co.
Défense de savoir
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Easy Down There!
Le Cercle Rouge
Borsalino
Time of the Wolves
The Sicilian Clan
Two Weeks in September
The Lone One Takes the Offensive
Sale temps pour les mouches
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Le Majordome
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
Fantomas Unleashed
Make Your Bets Ladies
License to Kill
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Fantomas
The Gallant Musketeer
The Black Tulip
A Mouse with the Men
OSS 117 Is Unleashed
Your Turn, Darling
The Iron Mask
The Mysteries of Paris