Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1975) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Samuell was screenwriter and director of a 2011 adaptation of Louis Pergaud's popular novel, La guerre des boutons.

[2][1] An alternate film adaptation of Pergaud's novel was directed by Christophe Barratier as La novelle guerre des boutons (2011), set during World War II in Occupied France.

[2] In the end Yann Samuell's version was a lot more successful and won prizes at international film festvals.

Samuell also directed the film adaption of the Gothic children's novel The Great Ghost Rescue (1975) by Eva Ibbotson.