Jacques Boigelot

{{short description|Belgian film director and screenwriter (1929–2023)}}

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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

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Jacques Boigelot (23 August 1929 – 4 March 2023) was a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He was for many years the head of the French Belgian television film department. His film Paix sur les champs (1970) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971 |title=The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-11-26 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}

Boigelot died on 4 March 2023, at the age of 93.{{cite news |title=Décès de Jacques Boigelot, réalisateur du premier film belge nominé aux Oscars |url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id635724/article/2023-03-18/deces-de-jacques-boigelot-realisateur-du-premier-film-belge-nomine-aux-oscars |access-date=19 March 2023 |publisher=Sudinfo |date=18 March 2023}}

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