Yvan Chiffre
Yvan Chiffre (3 March 1936 – 27 September 2016) was a French director, producer, and stunt coordinator. He is the father of Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre and the grand father of César Chiffre. Biography. He was the stunt coordinator of "Thunderball" and "Triple Cross" by Terence Young, "Is Paris Burning?" by René Clément, "Z" by Costa Gavras, "Hotel Paradiso" by Peter Glenville. He was also the official stunt double of Jean Marais and Alain Delon, was stunt man on the "Longest Day", and stunt double of Cary Grant in "Charade", Sterling Hayden in "Poppies Are Also Flowers", Eddie Constantine  in "Lucky Jo" and many others... He also contributed to major French films like "Zorro" by Duccio Tessari, "La Grande Vadrouille" by Gérard Oury, "Le Cercle Rouge" by Jean-Pierre Melville, and more than 200 others. In 1992, he published an autobiography "A l'ombre des stars", about his stuntman life. In 2014, he received in Paris the UNESCO prize. In 2017, the Academy Award, Oscars In Memoriam honors Yvan Chiffre for his life achievement.