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Daniel Toscan de Plantier
Born(1941-04-07)7 April 1941
Chambéry, France
Died11 February 2003(2003-02-11) (aged 61)
Berlin, Germany
EducationInstitut d'Etudes Politiques
OccupationFilm producer
Spouses
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(m. 1965; div. 1978)​
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(m. 1982; div. 1987)​
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(m. 1991; died 1996)​
Melita Nikolic
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(m. 1998)​
PartnerIsabelle Huppert (former)[1]
Children5

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.[2] 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.[3][4] 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).[4] His fourth marriage was with Melita Nikolic in 1998, with whom he had one son and one daughter.[4]

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

References

  1. ^ Chalmers, Robert (3 July 2010). "Isabelle Huppert: 'I don't have a reputation for being difficult'". The Independent.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Daniel Toscan du Plantier". the Guardian. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ^ "A life cut short". The Irish Times. 11 December 1999.
  4. ^ a b c Baxter, John (14 February 2003). "Obituaries: Daniel Toscan du Plantier; Champion of genuinely European cinema". The Independent. Retrieved 14 January 2015.


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