What is Pierre Schoendoerffer?
[[File:Pierre Schoendoerffer à la Cinémathèque française 2.jpg|thumb|Pierre Schoendoerffer]] '''Pierre Schoendoerffer''' ({{lang-fr|Pierre Schœndœrffer}}; 5 May 1928&nbsp;– 14 March 2012) was a French [[movie director]], [[screenwriter]], [[war reporter]] and [[educator]]. He was a [[First Indochina War]] veteran. He was president of the [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]] for 2001 and for 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.20minutes.fr/societe/897647-cineaste-romancier-pierre-shoendoerffer-decede |title=Le cinéaste et romancier Pierre Shoendoerffer est décédé |publisher=20minutes.fr |access-date=2012-03-14}}</ref> In 1967, he was the winner of the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]] for ''[[The Anderson Platoon]]''. He was born in [[Chamalières]], France. Schoendoerffer died on 14 March 2012 in [[Clamart]], France, aged 83. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schoendoerffer, Pierre}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:French movie directors]] [[Category:French screenwriters]] [[Category:French academics]] [[Category:War correspondents]] [[Category:French military people]] [[Category:People from Puy-de-Dôme]] [[Category:Writers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] {{bio-stub}}