What is Jean-Yves Bilien?
{{Infobox person | image = Jean Yves Bilien.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1958|11|23}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | nationality = French | birth_name = | spouse = | children = | occupation = Film director, film producer | notable_works = | education = | alma_mater = | networth = | years_active = 1984–present }} '''Jean-Yves Bilien''' is a French [[actor]], [[director]] and [[producer]] of films, mainly [[documentaries]] born on November 23, 1958 in Paris. == Career == Jean-Yves Bilien was born in Paris on 23 november 1958 in the Parisian suburbs. He left school at the age of fifteen. He works as a courier, waiter, archivist or seller in the markets<ref>[https://www.capuseen.com/portail/jean_yves_bilien.html] Biography on capuseen.com</ref> then works in a travel agency and meets [[:en:Michel_Jobert|Michel Jobert]] who invites him to a gala organized by the professor [[Luc Montagnier]], he meets [[Charles Pasqua]] who will become his faithful friend and help him to the production of his first documentary. In [[1984]], he made his first professional [[actor]] debut then directed in [[1986]], his first [[short film]]. On the set of the film ''[[:en:The_Transporter|The Transporter]]''<ref>[https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-38825/casting/] casting profile The Transporter on Allociné</ref> in [[2001]] , he met the actor [[Jason Statham]] then unknown at the time, who passed on his passion for cinema to him and pushed him to continue writing [[plays]] , script for [[television]] and [[cinema]]. He then worked for more than 15 years as an [[actor]], [[author]], [[director]] and [[director]] and dedicated his work to research in the health field.<ref>http://www.lentrepot.fr/ent_entreprises.asp?iid=1316{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In [[2011]], he was crowned officer of [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]. A year later, he directed ''Les sacrifiés des ondes'' with