Margaret Ménégoz

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Margaret Ménégoz (born Margaret Katarina Baranyai on April 21, 1941 ) is a French film producer and distributor.

biography

Ménégoz has since 1975 with the in 1962 by Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer founded company you Les Films Losange produced numerous films, including films by German authors such as The American Friend by Wim Wenders (co-produced by Road Movies - Germany, in 1977 in competition at the Festival de Cannes ), Chinese Roulette by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (coproduction with Albatros - Germany, 1977), Un amour de Swann by Volker Schlöndorff (coproduction with Bioskop, 1983), wings and fetters by Helma Sanders (coproduction with the Literary Colloquium Berlin, 1984 ).

For the Austrian director Michael Haneke she produced Le temps du Loup (2003 out of competition at the Festival de Cannes), Caché (2005 in the competition at the Festival de Cannes), Liebe (won the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 2012) and Happy End (2017 in the competition around the Golden Palm in Cannes).

Many of her productions have received awards. In 1975 she received the Prix spécial from the jury at the Festival de Cannes for The Marquise of O. by Éric Rohmer , in 1982 a Golden Bear for Pauline on the beach by Éric Rohmer at the Berlinale , and in 1986 a Golden Lion at the Venice Festival for The Green Shine of Éric Rohmer, 1990 a Golden Globe for best film for Hitler Youth Salomon by Agnieszka Holland . In 1990 she was a member of the jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival and in 1991 at the Cannes Festival.

Margaret Ménégoz was President of Unifrance from 2003 to 2009 . Since 2003 she has been president of the German-French film meeting . She is a member of the Franco-German Film Academy , the Association des exportateurs de films, the Conseil d'Administration de la Cinémathèque française and a member of the Haut Conseil Culturel franco-allemand. In October 2012 she was appointed officer of the French Legion of Honor together with Haneke .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the Filmgalerie Berlin with filmography
  2. ↑ Berlinale jury , according berlinale.de
  3. ^ Film Festival in Cannes according to IMDb
  4. ↑ Michael Haneke received the order of the French Legion of Honor at derstandard.at, October 15, 2012 (accessed on October 16, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Ménégoz, Margaret
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baranyai, Margaret Katarina (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-German film producer and distributor
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1941