Thomas Langmann

Thomas Langmann
Langmann at the 2009 Césars
Born	24 May 1972(1972-05-24) Paris, France
Occupation	Film producer Actor Screenwriter Film director
Years active	1980- present

Thomas Langmann (born May 24, 1972) is a French film producer and actor, known for producing The Artist (2011).

Life and career

Langmann was born in Paris, France, the son of Anne-Marie Rassam and film director Claude Berri. His uncle was the late producer Jean-Pierre Rassam and his brother was the late French actor Julien Rassam. Both his mother and his brother committed suicide, in 1997 and in 2002, respectively, while his father died of a stroke in 2009. He has a younger half-brother from his father's later relationship, Darius Langmann. His father was Jewish and his mother, who was born in Lebanon, was Catholic.

Langmann began his career as an actor in his father's films when he was a teenager, earning Cesar Award nominations for Most Promising Newcomer for Les années sandwiches in 1988 and Paris s'éveille in 1991, as well as a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for Le nombril du monde. He became a film producer in the early 2000s. During the filming of Asterix at the Olympic Games he was arrested for employing prostitutes and purchasing narcotics. In 2011, Langmann produced the black and white, silent film The Artist with director Michel Hazanavicius. He was unable to attract investors to the risky project and self-financed the film, using his own money and also selling his home and borrowing money from relatives. He received an Academy Award nomination for the film at the 2012 Oscars and won the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture.

Filmography

As producer

• 2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
• 2002 Dead Weight
• 2004 Renegade
• 2004 Double zéro
• 2005 Foon
• 2006 Those Happy Days
• 2007 Steak
• 2008 Asterix at the Olympic Games (also director)
• 2008 Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
• 2008 Mesrine: Killer Instinct
• 2010 Le mac
• 2011 Mon père est femme de ménage
• 2011 The Artist
• 2011 War of the Buttons
• 2012 The Suicide Shop
• 2012 Stars des années 80
• 2012 Colt 45 (pre-production)

as Actor

• 1980 Je vous aime
• 1988 Les années sandwiches
• 1989 Jour après jour
• 1989 Bille en tête
• 1990 Déminage (short)
• 1990 Alberto Express
• 1991 Nuit et jour
• 1991 Paris s'éveille
• 1992 Tous les garçons (short)
• 1992 Les paroles invisibles (short)
• 1992 Lover
• 1994 Le nombril du monde
• 1995 Court toujours: Joséphine et les gitans (short)
• 1995 La musique de l'amour: Robert et Clara
• 1997 Une femme très très très amoureuse
• 1998 Foul Play
• 2002 Dead Weight
• 2006 Days of Glory

External links

• Thomas Langmann at the Internet Movie Database