Jack Pinoteau

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{{Short description|French film director}}

Jack Pinoteau (20 September 1923 – 6 April 2017) or Jacques Pinoteau was a French film director born at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. A brother of Claude Pinoteau and Arlette Merry, he is mostly known for his direction of the film {{Interlanguage link multi|Le Triporteur|fr}}, after a novel by René Fallet which made Darry Cowl famous.

Pinoteau died on 6 April 2017, aged 93.{{Cite news|url=http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/cinema/stars/le-realisateur-jacques-pinoteau-est-mort-a-93-ans-254621|title=Le réalisateur Jacques Pinoteau est mort à 93 ans|date=April 6, 2017|work=Culturebox|access-date=2017-04-08|language=Fr}}{{Cite news|url=https://toutlecine.challenges.fr/actualite-cinema/il-a-realise-le-triporteur-avec-darry-cowl-le-realisateur-jacques-pinoteau-est-mort_360400|title=Il a réalisé "Le Triporteur" avec Darry Cowl. Le réalisateur Jacques Pinoteau est mort|last=Croiset|first=Laure|date=April 6, 2017|work=Tout le ciné|access-date=2017-04-08|language=fr}}