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Andréi, Yannick (1927-1987)Other forms
La Gironda (departamento, Francia) 1927-02-18 - Paris 1987-12-28
Yannick Andréi was a French film director and scriptwriter. His real name was Jean Antione Andréi.
He started working on cinema in 1953 as director assistant. But when he fully entered in the cinema business was in 1959 as scriptwriter with pieces like "Bonjour la chance". His first movie as director was "Samedi soir" in 1961. He did not focused entirley on cinema, but on television. Some of his most famous movies were "Deux hommes dans Manhattan" (1959) and "Au-delà de la peur" (1975).
He died the 28th December 1978 in Neuilly-Sur-Seine at the age of 60.