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Pierre Schoendoerffer
French film director (1928–2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Schoendoerffer (French: Pierre Schœndœrffer; 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. He was president of the Académie des Beaux-Arts for 2001 and for 2007.[1]
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Born | Pierre Schœndœrffer (1928-05-05)5 May 1928 Chamalières, France |
Died | 14 March 2012(2012-03-14) (aged 83) Clamart, France |
Spouse | Patricia Schoendoerffer (1958–2012) |
Awards | Best Documentary Feature Won: 1968 The Anderson Platoon IATAS Outstanding Made for Television Documentary 1967 The Anderson Platoon |
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In 1967, he was the winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for The Anderson Platoon. The film followed a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam during 1966.