Claude Carliez

Claude Carliez January 10 1925 May 17 2015 was a French master at arms in classical fencing who became a period and fencing advisor for French films He then became a stunt performer stunt coordinator special effects person and film director He worked with figures of the French cinema such as Jean Marais JeanPaul Belmondo Louis de Funès Gérard Oury and André Hunebelle He was President of the Academie dArmes de France and the first President of the French Stuntmans Union The son of a dancing expert Carliez was born in Nancy France in 1925 He first began fencing in JoinvillelePont at the age of 18 He became a Master at Fencing at the age of 21 Due to the proximity of the school to film studios Claude became a technical advisor on historical weapons and costumes for several films In 1959 Claude appeared in the swashbuckler film Le Bossu starring Jean Marais and directed by André Hunebelle Hunebelle placed him in charge of all the stunts for his next film Le Capitan and he advanced to doing stunts for The Battle of Austerlitz Carliez worked on contemporary films such as Hunebelles Fantômas series He became the stunt arranger to André Hunebelles OSS 117 film series When the James Bond film Moonraker was produced in France and Brazil Claude choreographed numerous stunts for the film In 1969 Jean Marais suggested that Claude directs him in Le Paria He died on 17 May 2015 at the age of 90 Source Article Claude Carliez from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA