Death:Death, Cause unspecified 14 March 2012 (Age 83) chart Placidus Equal_H.
French film director, screenwriter, writer, war reporter, war cameraman, renowned First Indochina War veteran, and cinema academician. He was president of the Académie des Beaux-Arts for 2001 and for 2007. In 1967, he was the winner of the Academy Award for 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. He died on 14 March 2012. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Sat May 05 1928 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Chamalieres, France