About Pierre Viot
Lived 1925 – 2020 (aged 95). Pierre Viot was a French official.
Pierre Viot (9 April 1925 – 6 August 2020) was a French executive. He served as a senior advisor on the French Court of Audit.
Biography Former student of the École nationale d'administration (Jean-Giraudoux promotion, 1950-1952). Viot headed the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée from 1973 to 1984. He was elected as President of the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, replacing Robert Favre Le Bret until 2000. He presided over the Opéra Bastille from 1985 to 1990, and the Paris Opera from 1985 to 1987.
Viot died on 6 August 2020 at the age of 95.
Distinctions Commander of the Legion of Honour (1999) Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite (2013)
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Who was Pierre Viot?
French official (1925-2020)
When was Pierre Viot born?
Pierre Viot was born on 9 April 1925 in Bordeaux.
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Pierre Viot died on 6 August 2020 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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Pierre Viot was an official.
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Pierre Viot was French.
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