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Claude Othnin-Girard(1932-2025)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Writer
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Claude Othnin-Girard was born on 6 December 1932 in Talence, Gironde, France. He was an assistant director and director, known for Instinct de femme (1981), Aux frontières du possible (1971) and Coplan sauve sa peau (1968). He was married to Hélène Sébillotte. He died on 21 March 2025 in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.
BornDecember 6, 1932
DiedMarch 21, 2025(92)
BornDecember 6, 1932
DiedMarch 21, 2025(92)
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Known for

Dominique Laffin in Instinct de femme (1981)
Instinct de femme
  • Director
  • 1981
Aux frontières du possible (1971)
Aux frontières du possible
6.7
TV Series
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
Claudio Brook, Margaret Lee, Roger Lumont, Hans Meyer, Nanna Michael, and Jean Topart in Coplan sauve sa peau (1968)
Coplan sauve sa peau
5.3
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1968
Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, and Claude Brasseur in Someone Is Bleeding (1974)
Someone Is Bleeding
5.8
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1974

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Charlotte Gainsbourg in L'effrontée (1985)
    L'effrontée
    6.8
    • assistant director
    • 1985
  • Isabelle Huppert and Josiane Balasko in Sac de noeuds (1985)
    Sac de noeuds
    5.3
    • first assistant director: second unit
    • 1985
  • Jean-Luc Bideau, Tonie Marshall, Christine Murillo, Micheline Presle, and Jean-Pierre Sentier in Tout dépend des filles... (1980)
    Tout dépend des filles...
    4.4
    • first assistant director
    • 1980
  • Le mors aux dents (1979)
    Le mors aux dents
    5.9
    • first assistant director
    • 1979
  • Le divorcement (1979)
    Le divorcement
    5.2
    • first assistant director
    • 1979
  • Klaus Kinski in The Song of Roland (1978)
    The Song of Roland
    5.3
    • first assistant director (as Claude Othnin Girard)
    • 1978
  • Spoiled Children (1977)
    Spoiled Children
    6.4
    • first assistant director
    • 1977
  • La question (1977)
    La question
    6.9
    • assistant director
    • 1977
  • The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
    The Judge and the Assassin
    7.3
    • first assistant director (as Claude Othin Girard)
    • 1976
  • Mad Enough to Kill (1975)
    Mad Enough to Kill
    6.7
    • first assistant director
    • 1975
  • Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
    Let Joy Reign Supreme
    7.0
    • assistant director
    • 1975
  • Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, and Claude Brasseur in Someone Is Bleeding (1974)
    Someone Is Bleeding
    5.8
    • assistant director
    • 1974
  • Christine Pascal and Christian Rist in Black Thursday (1974)
    Black Thursday
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1974
  • The Clockmaker (1974)
    The Clockmaker
    7.1
    • first assistant director
    • 1974
  • Nothing to Report (1973)
    Nothing to Report
    6.9
    • assistant director
    • 1973

Director

  • Les fiancés du Rhône
    TV Movie
    • directed by
    • 1984
  • Un manteau de chinchilla
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Dominique Laffin in Instinct de femme (1981)
    Instinct de femme
    • Director
    • 1981

Writer

  • Dominique Laffin in Instinct de femme (1981)
    Instinct de femme
    • adaptation
    • screenplay
    • 1981

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Claude Othin Girard
  • Born
    • December 6, 1932
    • Talence, Gironde, France
  • Died
    • March 21, 2025
    • Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
  • Spouse
    • Hélène Sébillotte? - March 21, 2025 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Valérie Othnin-Girard

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