---
name: "Paul Bonneau"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-bonneau"
fi1m_id: "paul-bonneau"
imdb_id: "nm0094838"
tmdb_id: 1706490
wikidata_id: "Q3370689"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "14 September 1918"
died: "8 July 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:35:45.559322+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Bonneau

## Identity

Paul Bonneau

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-bonneau
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-bonneau
- **IMDb ID:** nm0094838
- **TMDB ID:** 1706490
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3370689
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bonneau, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3370689, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094838/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1706490

Composer. Born 14 September 1918 in Moret-sur-Loing, France. Died 8 July 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 14 September 1918, Moret-sur-Loing, France
- **Died:** 8 July 1995
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bonneau, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3370689, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094838/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1706490

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)

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## Biography

Paul Bonneau was a French composer and conductor. Born in Moret-sur-Loing in 1918, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won first prizes in harmony (1937), fugue (1942) and composition (1945). He served as deputy chief of music in the French Army from 1939 and later as director of music for the Republican Guard.

Bonneau conducted light orchestral music for French national radio for thirty years and founded the vocal group Les Djinns in 1960. He composed or co-composed scores for numerous French films and contributed library music tracks, including several used in the television series *The Prisoner* (1967). He also wrote concert works such as a concerto for saxophone and orchestra. Bonneau died in 1995.

*Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Music — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *Two Men in Manhattan* (1959), Conductor
- *Visa to Hell* (1959), Music
- *A Legitimate Defense* (1958), Music
- *Fire in the Flesh* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Adorables démons* (1957), Music
- *The Sparrows of Paris* (1953), Music
- *Fantomas Against Fantomas* (1949), Conductor

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