Pierre Viot | |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1925 |
Birth Place: | Bordeaux, France |
Nationality: | French |
Office: | Secretary General of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board |
Term Start: | 1971 |
Term End: | 1973 |
Office2: | Secretary General of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée |
Term Start2: | 1973 |
Term End2: | 1984 |
Office3: | President of the Cannes Film Festival |
Term Start3: | 1984 |
Term End3: | 2000 |
Predecessor3: | Robert Favre Le Bret |
Successor3: | Gilles Jacob |
Office4: | President of the Paris Opera |
Term Start4: | 1985 |
Term End4: | 1987 |
Office5: | President of the Opéra Bastille |
Term Start5: | 1985 |
Term End5: | 1990 |
Pierre Viot (9 April 1925 – 6 August 2020) was a French executive. He served as a senior advisor on the French Court of Audit.
Former student of the École nationale d'administration (Jean-Giraudoux promotion, 1950-1952).[1] 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.[2]