Biography
Jean-Marie Poiré (born 10 July 1945) is a French film director, and screenwriter. He is the son of the producer Alain Poiré. Source: Article "Jean-Marie Poiré" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021
Screenplay
Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France....

The Visitors: Bastille Day
2016
Director, Writer, Producer
Stuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are projected to a time of profound political and social u...

Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
2011
as Self

Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma
2010
as Self

Les Visiteurs revisités
2005
as Self

Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
2003
Producer, Writer
A young boy from the south of France falls madly in love with a posh Parisian girl and follows her for crazy adventures to the big city.

Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
2003
as Self
Les Bronzés, le Père Noël, Papy et les autres....Discover or rediscover the emblematic scenes of these cult films that have crossed generations withou...

My Wife's Name Is Maurice
2002
Director, Writer
Georges, a wealthy Parisian, has a mistress who wants to marry him, but he has no intention of divorcing his wife, the source of his money. The mistre...

Just Visiting
2001
Director, Screenplay
A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and t...

The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
as Le préfet invité au mariage
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the presen...

The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
Director, Screenplay
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the presen...

Panique au Plazza
1996
Adaptation, Director
During a long night session at the parliament a deputy sneaks to meet his mistress in a nearby hotel.

Guardian Angels
1995
Director, Writer
A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob.

Mixed Nuts
1994
Original Film Writer
The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.

The Visitors
1993
Director, Screenplay
After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with...

L'Opération Corned Beef
1991
Director, Story
The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.

My Best Pals
1989
Director, Writer
They are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies years, the rock and their love for Bernadette. This Bernad...

Twist Again in Moscow
1986
Director, Writer
Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He has a two-hour window to get his ill-got gain out of th...

Pinot simple-flic
1984
as L'homme au walkman dans le métro
The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ordinary as clumsy. One day, he stops a certain Josya...

Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
Director, Writer
It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do ...

Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982
Director, Writer
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfrien...

Men Prefer Fat Girls
1981
Director, Writer
Lydie, a physically unattractive young woman, is brutally dumped by her fiancé when she had just acquired the lease of an apartment to live with him.

Is This Reasonable?
1981
Writer
A young journalist comes from Nice to Paris to meet with the famous judge, Simon, hoping he will help her understand a case. She does not know that, a...

Retour en force
1980
Director
Released after 8 years in prison, Adrien finds his family home. He discovers that his wife Teresa has moved in with Roger, and his children make the 4...

The Little Wheedlers
1978
Director
Sylvie, Corinne and Sophie all live in the same accommodation in Paris. The first sells clothes on the steps. The second works in a factory restaurant...

Monsieur Papa
1977
Dialogue
In this family comedy, Papa has no end of trouble getting his young son to accept his new girlfriend.

The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
Writer
The second part of the Seventh Company adventures.

No Problem!
1975
Screenplay
A man with a gunshot wound in the stomach comes to first house and collapses in Anita's apartment. A minute later he dies and the girl horrified by wh...

Act of Aggression
1975
as Singer of the “Frenchies” (uncredited)
After his wife and daughter are raped and killed by a motorbike gang, a man sets out to take revenge.

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974
Writer
A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and i...

Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
1973
Adaptation
The sleepy little village of Loubressac is well on its way to becoming a ghost town. To save the town, the local citizenry hatch a plan to attract tou...

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972
Writer
Rosemonde, hailed as "the Princess" reign over a slum in the Paris suburbs. Herbert, a reporter who came to investigate on the pollution, ends up in a...

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
Writer
Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the object of interest of two thugs, Kruger and Mister K.

A Golden Widow
1969
Writer
A woman learns that she is sole legatee of her forgotten rich uncle, but there is a small problem: she's got to be a widow to latch onto the dough or ...

The Brain
1969
Assistant Director
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know ...

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968
Writer
Rita is a girl that lives on taking gangsters as lovers. But when the money stops coming, she swears revenge.

The Madman of Lab Four
1967
Second Assistant Director
This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes the users fall in love. He is chased by his boss,...

Oscar
1967
Assistant Director
This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis ...