Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Daniel Toscan du Plantier (born April 7, 1941 in Chambéry , † February 11, 2003 in Berlin ) was a French film producer .
Life
Daniel Toscan du Plantier began producing films in the mid- 1970s . These included collaborations with Werner Herzog , Federico Fellini , Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Ingmar Bergman , Peter Greenaway and João César Monteiro . He appeared as a performer in 101 Nights - The Dreams of M. Cinema ( Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma , 1996, directed by Agnès Varda )
Plantier was a professor at the IDHEC film school , president of the Gaumont studios between 1975 and 1985 , president of Unifrance and producer for Erato Films. Since 1992 he has also been president of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma , which awards the César film prize. In 1995, he donated to the American journalist Edward Behr the Prix Lumières . Plantier died in Berlin when he was at the film festival there. His third wife, Sophie Bouniol, was murdered in Cork in 1996 . The crime was never solved.
Filmography (selection)
- 1979: Nosferatu - Phantom of the Night (Director: Werner Herzog )
- 1980: Fellini's City of Women ( La Città delle donne , director: Federico Fellini )
- 1982: Escape to Varennes ( La Nuit de Varennes , director: Ettore Scola )
- 1982: Querelle (Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder )
- 1982: Fanny and Alexander ( Fanny och Alexander , directed by Ingmar Bergman )
- 1983: On what we love (À nos amours) , directed by Maurice Pialat
- 1989: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ( The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover , directed by Peter Greenaway )
- 1990: Korczak (Director: Andrzej Wajda )
- 1991: Van Gogh (Director: Maurice Pialat)
- 1995: Les Misérables (Direction: Claude Lelouch )
- 1996: Désiré (Director: Bernard Murat)
Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier
The Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier directing award has been presented since 2008 . Prize winners were:
- 2008: Claude Berri for butterfly and diving bell by Julian Schnabel
- 2009:
- Pascal Caucheteux for A Christmas Tale by Arnaud Desplechin
- Thomas Langmann for the films Mesrine and Astérix at the Olympic Games
- 2010: Pascal Caucheteux and Grégoire Sorlat for A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
- 2011: Yael Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzalez for Tournée by Mathieu Amalric
Web links
- Daniel Toscan du Plantier in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toscan du Plantier, Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plantier, Daniel Toscan you; DuPlantier, Daniel Toscan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chambéry , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 2003 |
| Place of death | Berlin , Germany |