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Yves Boisset

French film director (1939–2025)

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Born
March 14, 1939
Died
March 31, 2025
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1939

About Yves Boisset

Yves Félix Claude Boisset was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed fiction films like The Assassination, Le prix du danger, as well as investigative documentaries. Boisset was known for his left wing political views and the controversial releases of his films. He was labeled "the most censored man in France", and declared himself the most censored filmmaker of the Fifth Republic. His 1972 film The Assassination entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. Boisset's first job was as a crime reporter for Paris-Jour in the late 1950s. Boisset directed his first film in 1968, Coplan Saves His Skin.

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Yves Boisset timeline

  1. Boisset directed his first film in 1968, Coplan Saves His Skin.
  2. His 1972 film The Assassination entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.

The world when Yves Boisset was born

Yves Boisset was born in 1939. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1939

  • #1 song"Over the Rainbow" – Judy Garland
  • Top movieGone with the Wind
  • Best-selling bookThe Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentLou Gehrig delivers his "Luckiest Man" farewell speech
  • Top headlineGermany invades Poland — World War II begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular television broadcasts in the US (NBC)
  • Defining fadThe Wizard of Oz mania
  • Notable inventionNylon stockings
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population130.9M

1939 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Yves Boisset's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19392026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,200$435,000
Average income$2,900$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population130.9M341 million

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