Background
Andréi was born in Bordeaux, France and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Andréi was born in Bordeaux, France and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Andréi began to work in film in 1953 as an assistant director for Jean-Pierre Melville’s film Quand tu liras cette lettre. In 1959 he began to work as a screen writer on Bonjour la chance the French adaptation of Edgar Neville"s Louisiana ironía del dinero. Andréi’s first film as director and screenwriter was Samedi soir in 1961.
During his career he worked most often as a television director
Yannick Andréi is the father of actor and director Frédéric Andréi.