Biography
Yann Dedet is a French film editor born on 25 January 1946 in Paris. He began working professionally in the early 1970s and has contributed to more than 80 film and television productions.
Dedet edited several films for François Truffaut, including Day for Night (1973) and Two English Girls (1971), and for Maurice Pialat, including Loulou (1980), À nos amours (1983), Police (1985), Sous le soleil de Satan (1987) and Van Gogh (1991). He has also worked with directors such as Nicole Garcia and Maïwenn. In 2012 he shared the César Award for Best Editing with Laure Gardette for Polisse (2011); he had previously received two nominations in the category.
He has occasionally acted in small roles and directed the feature Le Pays du chien qui chante (2002).
