Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Born	(1941-04-07)7 April 1941 Chambéry, France
Died	11 February 2003(2003-02-11) (aged 61) Berlin, Germany
Resting place	Père Lachaise
Education	Institut d'Etudes Politiques
Occupation	Film producer
Spouses	Marie-Christine Barrault ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1978)​ Francesca Comencini ​ ​ (m. 1982; div. 1987)​ Sophie Bouniol ​ ​ (m. 1991; died 1996)​ Melita Nikolic ​ (m. 1998)​
Partner	Isabelle Huppert (former)
Children	5

1979 image from the set of City of Women: Renzo Rossellini, Toscan du Plantier, Federico Fellini.

Toscan du Plantier's grave in Père Lachaise.

Daniel Toscan du Plantier (7 April 1941 – 11 February 2003) was a French film producer. Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques he became advertising manager for the France Soir daily newspaper in 1966 and between 1975 and 1985 was director-general of the Gaumont Film Company, and president of Unifrance, an organisation for promoting French films, from 1988 until his death.

Personal life

Toscan du Plantier was married four times and had three sons and two daughters. His first marriage was to French actress Marie-Christine Barrault, with whom he had one son and one daughter. He then lived with actress Isabelle Huppert. His second marriage was with Italian film director and producer Francesca Comencini, with whom he had one son. His third wife was Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was murdered in 1996 (the crime is considered unsolved in Ireland, where it happened, and solved in France, where Ian Bailey was convicted in May 2019). His fourth marriage was with Melita Nikolic in 1998, with whom he had one son and one daughter. Toscan du Plantier died of a heart attack in Berlin, Germany, where he was attending the 2003 Berlin Film Festival.

Filmography

As producer

Year	Title	Notes
1975	Cousin Cousine
1977	The Lacemaker
1977	The Devil Probably
1977	Kung-fu wu-su
1979	Nosferatu the Vampyre	Uncredited
1980	City of Women
1981	Six personnages en quête d'un chanteur	Television film
1982	Fanny and Alexander	Uncredited
1983	L'Argent
1983	Nostalghia
1983	À Nos Amours
1984	Carmen	Executive producer; uncredited
1985	Police
1987	Under the Sun of Satan
1987	Travelling avant
1988	La Bohème
1988	La lumière du lac	Executive producer
1988	Yehudi Menuhin Retour aux Sources
1988	The French as Seen by...	Miniseries; 2 episodes
1989	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	Co-producer
1989	Boris Godunov
1990	Korczak
1990	Branches of the Tree
1990	La voix humaine	Executive producer
1991	Agantuk
1992	In the Country of Juliets
1993	L'écrivain public
1993	The Flood
1994	Dead Tired
1994	Seven Sundays
1995	Madame Butterfly
1996	Désiré
1996	Bambola
1997	Quadrille
1997	Le bassin de J.W.
1997	The Chambermaid on the Titanic
1997	Les Précieuses ridicules	Executive producer; television film
1997	The Comedian
1998	Tartuffe, or The Impostor	Executive producer; television film
1998	Les fourberies de Scapin	Television film
1999	The Dilettante
1999	Civilisées
1999	L'impromptu de Versailles	Television film
1999	Le mariage forcé
2000	Les Savates du bon Dieu
2000	Bellyful
2000	L'avare	Television film
2000	L'affaire Marcorelle
2000	L'Homme qui parlait aux lions
2001	Day Off	Line producer
2001	Karmen Geï
2001	Tosca
2001	Léaud l'unique	Television special
2001	Le bourgeois gentilhomme	Television film
2002	Le malade imaginaire
2003	En territoire indien
2003	Above the Clouds
2003	Les femmes savantes	Executive producer; television film

External links

• Daniel Toscan du Plantier at IMDb