Jacques Planté (film producer)

Jacques Marie Henri Planté (born October 4, 1924 in Pau , † November 21, 1989 in Ecquevilly ) was a French chess player and film producer .

Life

Planté, who volunteered for the French army in 1944, studied law and literature after the Second World War and initially worked as a lawyer . However, he gave up the job to work as a film producer.

Planté was also a strong chess player. He played in the friendship match against the Soviet Union in the French team in 1954 and reached one of the two draws in the 1:15 defeat of his team against Isaak Boleslawski . In 1969 he won the French championship in Pau .

In addition to chess, his hobbies were bridge , table tennis and billiards , and he also won the French championship in bridge.

Filmography

• 1949: A saint among sinners (Au royaume des cieux) assistant director
• 1951: Les mousquetaires du roi production manager
• 1951: Messalina production manager
• 1952: It started on the street (Wanda, la peccatrice) production manager
• 1955: The great maneuver (Les Grandes Manœuvres) production manager
• 1957: Die Mausefalle (Porte de Lilas) production manager
• 1958: The Vikings (The Vikings) Production Manager
• 1958: Cette nuit là ... production manager
• 1959: Rififi for women (Du rififi chez les femmes) production manager
• 1960: The panther is chased (Classe tous risques) Production manager
• 1960: Fortunat production manager
• 1961: All the gold in the world (Tout l'or du monde) Executive Producer
• 1962: Sundays with Sybill (Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray) production manager
• 1963: Le Voyage à Biarritz Executive Producer
• 1973: Le Fils Associate Producer
• 1973: The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob) Associate Producer

Web links

• Biography on heritageechecsfra.free.fr (French)
• Jacques Plante in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Replayable chess games by Jacques Planté on 365Chess.com