Pierre Schoendoerffer
Directing · Director · Novel · Writer
Born May 5, 1928 · Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Active 1955–2012 · Awards: Commander of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Officer of Arts and Letters, Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, Médaille militaire, Best Screenplay Award, Prix Interallié
Pierre Schoendoerffer (5 May 1928 – 14 March 2012) was a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician.
Filmography
Above the Clouds (2003) — Writer · DirectorDien Bien Phu (1992) — Director · Producer · ScreenplayFarewell to the King (1989) — NovelA Captain's Honor (1982) — DirectorDrummer-Crab (1977) — Director · Novel · ScreenplaySept jours en mer (1972) — DirectorThe Anderson Platoon (1967) — narrator · Director · Producer · WriterObjective: 500 Million (1966) — Director · Dialogue · ScreenplayThe 317th Platoon (1965) — Director · Novel · ScreenplayAttention hélicoptères (1961) — DirectorIsland Fisherman (1959) — DirectorThe Devil's Pass (1959) — DirectorRamuntcho (1958) — Screenplay · DirectorVietnam (1955) — Camera Operator