Alexandre Mnouchkine
Alexandre Mnouchkine | |
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| Born | Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine 10 February 1908 |
| Died | 3 April 1993 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Film producer |
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| Children | 1 |
Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Мну́шкин; 10 February 1908, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire – 3 April 1993, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a French film producer.[1]
He moved to Paris in 1925. After his entry into cinema in 1932, he created Ariane Films in 1945.[2] Alexandre Mnouchkine married twice, the second time to the comedian Simone Renant. He is the father of Ariane Mnouchkine.[3] In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.[4]
Selected filmography
[edit]He was the producer on 50 films, including:
- The Emigrant (1940)
- Convicted (1948)
- L'Aigle à deux têtes by Jean Cocteau (1948)
- The Cupid Club (1949)
- Julie de Carneilhan (1950)
- The Happy Man (1950)
- Fanfan la Tulipe by Christian-Jaque (1952),
- Madame du Barry (1954)
- Madelon (1955)
- Women's Club (1956)
- Les Gauloises bleues by Michel Cournot (1968),
- The Name of the Rose by Jean-Jacques Annaud (1986),
- 6 films directed by Claude Lelouch,
- 10 films directed by Philippe de Broca, including L'Homme de Rio and Dear Louise
- La Révolution française - episode "Les Années Lumière" by Robert Enrico.
Actor
[edit]- Le Voyou (1970)
- Touch and Go (1971) - L'homme en vélo-taxi (uncredited)
- L'aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972) - Davis (uncredited)
- Le Magnifique (1973) - Paramedic at the Back of Ambulance (uncredited)
- Illustrious Corpses (1976) - Pattos (uncredited)
- If I Had to Do It All Over Again (1976)
- Jupiter's Thigh (1980) - Hermann Von Blankenberg (uncredited)
- I Hate Actors (1986) - Zupelman
- Spirale (1987) - Gustav Stadler
- The African Woman (1990) - Andrej (final film role)
Awards
[edit]- Honorary César award in 1982
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexandre Mnouchkine". BFI. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017.
- ^ "Les Films Ariane". BFI. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017.
- ^ Dickson, Andrew (August 10, 2012). "Ariane Mnouchkine and the Théâtre du Soleil: a life in theatre". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
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