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Yann Le Masson
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27 Jun 1930
† 20 Jan 2012
Brest, Finistère, France
Biography
Yann Le Masson is a French documentary filmmaker and director of photography, born on June 27, 1930 in Brest (Finistère), died on January 20, 2012 in Avignon (Vaucluse). Yann Le Masson, born into a traditionalist Catholic family of six children, a Basque mother and a Breton father, grew up in Brest, Vannes, Toulon and then Dakar. After solid studies in mathematics and then electrical engineering, he entered the Ecole de cinéma de la rue de Vaugirard, before IDHEC where he belonged to the cell o...
Also Known As
Jean Le Masson, Yan Le Masson, Yann Lemasson
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