biography

Jacques Poitrenaud (22 May 1922, Lille – died 2 April 2005, Paris) was a French film director and actor. He was a director and assistant director, known for Stranger from Hong-Kong (1963), Le canard en fer blanc (1967) and Mendiants et Orgueilleux (1972). He died on April 2, 2005 in Poissy, Yvelines, France.