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name: "Philippe Arthuys"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philippe-arthuys"
fi1m_id: "philippe-arthuys"
imdb_id: "nm0037870"
tmdb_id: 103396
wikidata_id: "Q3379247"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "22 November 1928"
died: "6 January 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T09:12:35.362716+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."
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# Philippe Arthuys

## Identity

Philippe Arthuys

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philippe-arthuys
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philippe-arthuys
- **IMDb ID:** nm0037870
- **TMDB ID:** 103396
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3379247
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Arthuys, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3379247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103396

Composer. Born 22 November 1928 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. Died 6 January 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 22 November 1928, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- **Died:** 6 January 2010
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Arthuys, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3379247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103396

## Biography

Philippe Arthuys (1928–2010) was a French composer, film director and writer. Born in Paris, he trained in music and worked at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales with Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, where he became familiar with musique concrète.

He composed scores for films including *Le Trou* (1960), *Paris nous appartient* (1961), *Les Carabiniers* (1963), *Les Camisards* (1972) and several films directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina such as *Chronique des années de braise* (1975). He also directed features including *La Cage de verre* (1965, co-directed) and *Des Christs par milliers* (1969). He was the son of the politician and resistance fighter Jacques Arthuys and the father of the director Bertrand Arthuys.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Le Trou* (1960), Fi1m 88, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/le-trou.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *The Desert Ark* (1998), Music
- *The Unloved* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Last Image* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Sandstorm* (1982), Music
- *Breakdown* (1982), Music
- *A Wife for My Son* (1982), Music
- *Noces de Sève* (1979), as Le vieux Lucien · Writer, Delegated Producer, Music, Director
- *Chronicle of the Years of Fire* (1975), Music
- *Hassan Terro's Escape* (1974), Music
- *Rude journée pour la reine* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *December* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *The French Calvinists* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Opium and the Stick* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *God Chose Paris* (1969), Director
- *Christs in the Thousands* (1969), Director
- *Wonderen van het Afrikaanse Woud* (1968), Music
- *The Winds of the Aures* (1967), Music
- *The Good Lady* (1966), Music
- *The Glass Cage* (1965), Writer, Music, Director
- *La prima donna* (1964), Actor
- *The Carabineers* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *La Demoiselle de Coeur* (1963), Music, Writer, Director
- *Le Temps des assassins* (1962), Sound Mixer
- *Paris Belongs to Us* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Vanina Vanini* (1961), Assistant Director
- *Viva l'Italia!* (1961), as Alexandre Dumas · Sound Effects
- *Two Women* (1960), Special Sound Effects
- *Escape by Night* (1960), Sound Effects
- *Le Trou* (1960), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/le-trou.md)
- *India: Matri Bhumi* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *General Della Rovere* (1959), First Assistant Director
- *Monsieur Tête* (1959), Music
- *Le voyageur* (1956), Music

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