Jean-Marie Pallardy (1940 – 12 December 2024) was a French film director.

Life and career

Pallardy first worked as a

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in the 1960s, before opting for a career change and directing softcore

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pictures. He also tried his hand at crime fiction and adventure films, with mixed results. His most ambitious project to date is '' White Fire'' (1984), starring

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and

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, a film which has proved to be quite popular among

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aficionados. Pallardy's career dwindled in the 1980s, with the decline of France's exploitation cinema, and his films became few and far between. One of his last films, ''The Donor'', guest-starring

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, was released straight to

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in 2004. Pallardy died on 12 December 2024, at the age of 84.Décès de Jean-Marie Pallardy, Nanarland en deuil

References

External links

Nanarland Biography of Jean-Marie Pallardy, his recurrent actors, reviews of his films and other media (in french)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pallardy, Jean-Marie 1940 births 2024 deaths French film directors