Alexandre Mnouchkine

Alexandre Mnouchkine
Born	Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine (1908-02-10)10 February 1908 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	3 April 1993(1993-04-03) (aged 85) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Occupation	Film producer
Spouse(s)	Jane Hannen Simone Renant ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	1

Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine (Template:Lang-ru; 10 February 1908, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire – 3 April 1993, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a French film producer.

He moved to Paris in 1925. After his entry into cinema in 1932, he created Ariane Films in 1945. Alexandre Mnouchkine married twice, the second time to the comedian Simone Renant. He is the father of Ariane Mnouchkine. In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

He was the producer on 50 films, including:

• The Emigrant (1940)
• L'Aigle à deux têtes by Jean Cocteau (1948),
• The Cupid Club (1949)
• Julie de Carneilhan (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

• 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

• Honorary César award in 1982

External links

• Alexandre Mnouchkine at IMDb