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.
Alain Poiré is the father of Jean-Marie Poiré.
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Personal Info
Known For
Production
Known Credits
115
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-02-13 (108 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Crew
2001
The Closet Executive Producer1998
The Dinner Game Producer1996
Jaguar Producer1996
Ghost with Driver Producer1996
Les Victimes Producer1994
Why Is Mother in My Bed? Delegated Producer1994
Cache Cash Producer1993
Kitchen with Apartment Producer1992
Le bal des Casse-pieds Producer1991
Snow and Fire Producer1990
My Mother's Castle Producer1990
My Father's Glory Producer1989
La Vouivre Producer1988
The Student Executive Producer1988
Roselyne and the Lions Producer1987
Levy & Goliath Producer1987
Promised... sworn! Producer1986
I Hate Actors Associate Producer1986
Jean de Florette Associate Producer1986
Manon of the Spring Associate Producer1985
Love on the Quiet Executive Producer1984
The Seventh Target Producer1984
Petit Con Producer1983
My Other Husband Delegated Producer1983
Equator Producer1982
The Party 2 Producer1982
Ace of Aces Producer1981
Heat of Desire Producer1981
La Chèvre Delegated Producer1981
We're Not Angels... Neither Are They Producer1980
Le Guignolo Producer1980
The Party Delegated Producer1979
Hothead Producer1979
Cop or Hood Delegated Producer1979
Le temps des vacances Producer1978
L'Hôtel de la plage Producer1978
Out of It Producer1977
We Will All Meet in Paradise Producer1977
Monsieur Papa Producer1976
Dracula and Son Producer1976
The Bottom Line Producer1976
Pardon Mon Affaire Producer1975
No Problem! Producer1975
The Pink Telephone Delegated Producer1975
The Seventh Company Has Been Found Producer1975
Act of Aggression Producer1974
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe Producer1974
Like a Pot of Strawberries Producer1974
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby Executive Producer1974
The Slap Producer1973
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? Producer1973
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen Producer1973
The Silent One Producer1973
The Right of the Maddest Executive Producer1972
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe Producer1972
There Once Was a Cop Producer1972
Repeated Absences Producer1971
The Married Couple of the Year Two Producer1971
Rum Runners Producer1971
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques Producer1971
Delusions of Grandeur Delegated Producer1971
Troubleshooters Producer1970
The One Man Band Producer1969
The Brain Producer1968
Pasha Producer1968
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese Producer1967
The Big Grasshopper Producer1967
Oscar Executive Producer1967
To Commit a Murder Producer1967
The Madman of Lab Four Delegated Producer1967
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard Producer1966
A Woman in White Revolts Producer1965
Skies Above Producer1965
Fantomas Unleashed Producer1965
Ivory Coast Adventure Producer1964
Fantomas Producer1964
Greed in the Sun Executive Producer1963
Crooks in Clover Producer1963
Till the End of the World Producer1963
Vice and Virtue Producer1963
Carom Shots Producer1962
The Iron Mask Producer1961
The Taste of Violence Producer1961
The Count of Monte Cristo Production Director1961
The Menace Producer1961
The Menace Screenplay1961
Quai Notre-Dame Producer1959
Green Harvest Adaptation1959
Green Harvest Producer1959
Double Agents Producer1959
Double Agents Writer1959
Signed, Arsène Lupin Producer1959
Witness in the City Screenplay1959
Witness in the City Producer1958
Back to the Wall Producer1958
Et ta sœur... Producer1957
Nathalie Producer1957
Speaking of Murder Producer1957
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Delegated Producer1957
To Catch a Spy Executive Producer1956
A Man Escaped Producer1956
Les Truands Producer1956
If Paris Were Told to Us Line Producer1955
The French, They Are a Funny Race Producer1955
Razzia Line Producer1955
The Aristocrats Line Producer1954
The Rebels of Lomanach Producer1954
Service Entrance Producer1954
The Unfrocked One Producer1953
Captain Slipper Line Producer1952
The Case Against X Producer1951
Poison Executive Producer1950
Tuesday's Guest Producer