Boissol, Claude

(June 15, 1920, Paris, France - )

   He abandoned his business studies at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce to become an assistant director (1945 Falbalas / USA: Paris Frills, Jacques Becker; 1949 L'Héroïque Monsieur Boniface, Maurice Labro; 1950 Prélude à la Gloire, Georges Lacombe; Le Tampon du Capiston, Maurice Labro; 1951 Le Roi du Bla Bla Bla, also co-adapter, co-dialogist, Maurice Labro; Pas de Vacances pour Monsieur le Maire, also co-adapter, co-dialogist, Maurice Labro; 1954 Raspoutine / UK: Rasputin, also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Georges Combret, France / Italy), then a screenwriter (1951 Musique en Tête, as co-dialogist, Claude Orval, Georges Combret; 1952 Monsieur Leguignon Lampiste, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Maurice Labro; 1953 Deux de l'Escadrille, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor; La Pocharde, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Georges Combret; J'y suis ... j'y reste, as co-adapter, Maurice Labro; La Castiglione / La contessa di Castiglione / USA: The Contessa's Secret, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor, Georges Combret), and finally a director

 Filmography

        ◘ Toute la Ville accuse (also screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Peau de l'Ours (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Chaque Jour a son Secret (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Julie la Rousse / USA: Julie the Redhead (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ El cerco (also screenwriter; Spain)

1960 ◘ Les Trois etc. du Colonel / Le tre ecceterra del colonello / USA: Three Etc.'s and the Colonel (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

1961 ◘ Napoléon II, l'Aiglon

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Poly et le Secret des Sept Etoiles (13 X 13')

        ◘ Histoires d'Hommes (6 X 52'; co-director with Jean Dréville, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Louis Grospierre)

        ◘ Loly au Portugal (13 X 13')

1966 ◘ Les Globe-Trotters (39 X 30'; co-director with Jack Pinoteau)

1969 ◘ S.O.S. Fréquence 17 (episodes "Alerte gé­nérale", "Numéro de l'Espion")

        ◘ Aux Frontières du Possible / Es geschah ubermor-gen / Grenzfàlle—Es geschah ubermorgen (ep­isode "Protection spéciale Ultra-Sons U"; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode "Maigret en Meublé")

        ◘ Loly en Espagne (13 X 13')

1973 ◘ Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episodes "Mon Ami Maigret", "Maigret et la jeune Morte")

        ◘ Loly en Tunisie (13 X 13')

1974 ◘ A Dossiers ouverts (25 X 13')

        ◘ Aux Frontières du Possible / Es geschah ubermor-gen / Grezenfàlle—Es geschah Ubermorgen (episodes "Le Dernier Rempart", "Meurtres à Distance"; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episodes "La Folle de Maigret", "Maigret hésite")

        ◘ Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la Tour Eiffel (5 X 52')

        ◘ Les Diamants du Président / The Pawn (6 X 52'; France / West Germany / USA)

        ◘ Le Temps des As (6 X 55'; France / West Germany / Switzerland / Belgium / Morocco)

        ◘ Commissaire Moulin (episode Les Brebis égarées)

        ◘ Lour tout l'Or du Transvaal (6 X 52'; France / Switzerland)

        ◘ Commissaire Moulin (episode "Le Transfuge")

        ◘ Les Fils de la Liberté (6 X 52')

        ◘ Commissaire Moulin (episodes "Le Patron", "Un Hanneton sur le Dos")

1984 ◘ Marie Pervenche (episodes "Tirez les Pre­miers", "Messieurs les Martiens", "La Filière argentine", "Le Mystère de la Malle sanglante", "Un Hérisson dans la Tête", "Une Sauterelle dans un Magasin de Porcelaines", "Le Secret de mon incroyable Réussite")

        ◘ Espionne et tais-toi (episodes "On se fait la Malle", "L'Omelette norvégienne", "Fantasma-goria", "Le Conteur tourne", "Les Vacances du pouvoir", "Opération 'Soupe à l'Oseille'")

        ◘ Marie Pervenche (episodes "Le Jour de Gloire n'est pas près d'arriver", "Salade russe", "Une Tigresse dans le Moteur", "Il faut tout faire par soi-même", "La Dernière Patrouille", "Le Vernis craque")

        ◘ Coup de Foudre (27 X 26'; co-director only; France / Italy / UK / Spain / Portugal / Swit­zerland)

        ◘ Espionne et tais-toi (also co-screenwriter; episodes "Sosie et Ciseaux", "Bédouin-Bédouine", "Les Poubelles de la Gloire", "La Métaphysique de l'œuf", "Flamiche en Bar-zac", "Papa Pie et pas Papa", "L'Homme qui n'en savait rien")

1989 ◘ V comme Vengeance (episode "L'Etrange Histoire d'Emilie")

        ◘ Marie Pervenche (episode "Les Travailleurs de la Terre", "Le Nabab Ventouse")

1990 ◘ Encontro em Lisboa / Rendezvous in Lisbon (short; Spain / Italy / France / UK / Portugal / Belgium / Switzerland)

        ◘ Marie Pervenche (episode "L'Amnésique est bon Enfant")

1991 ◘ Le Squale

        ◘ Marie Pervenche (episode "La Folle Journée du Général Despeck")

1993 ◘ Printemps de Feu

        ◘ L'Homme dans la Nuit