Daniel Toscan du Plantier
- Production
- April 7, 1941 · Chambéry, Savoie, France
- February 11, 2003
Biography
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. 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. 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. Source: Article "Daniel Toscan du Plantier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Filmography
- Morceaux de Cannes
- Toscan · Self
- Les Vacances de Noël · Daniel Toscan du Plantier (archive footage)
- Fellini: I'm a Born Liar · Self
- A Day in the Life of French Cinema · Self
- The Misanthrope · Producer
- Bellyful · Executive producer
- One 4 All · Self
- L'impromptu de Versailles · Executive producer
- Les Fourberies de Scapin · Producer
- The Comedian · Producer
- The Hips of J.W. · Producer
- Quadrille · Producer
- Cream and Punishment · Self
- Bambola · Producer
- Madame Butterfly · Producer
- Time · Co-producer
- The Flood · Producer
- Les Miserables · Le comte de Villeneuve
- One Hundred and One Nights · The Second Speaker
- Seven Sundays · Producer
- Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy · Daniel Toscan du Plantier
- The Last Writer · Producer
- Van Gogh · Producer
- The Stranger · Producer
- The Branches of the Tree · Producer
- Korczak · Producer
- Boris Godounov · Executive producer
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover · Co-producer
- La lumière du lac · Executive producer
- The Cowboy and the Frenchman · Producer
- The Gauls · Producer
- The Last Word · Producer, Executive producer
- La Bohème · Producer, Presenter
- Sacrée soirée · Self
- Travelling avant · Producer
- Under the Sun of Satan · Producer
- Victoires de la musique · Self
- Police · Executive producer
- Fanny and Alexander · Co-producer
- A Nos Amours · Producer
- L'Argent · Producer
- Nostalgia · Producer
- Nosferatu the Vampyre · Producer
- The Little Wheedlers · Producer
- Ciné regards · Self
- Spoiled Children · Le député
- The Devil, Probably · Producer
- The Lacemaker · Producer
- Cousin, Cousine · Producer
- Spécial cinéma · Self
- Le Grand Échiquier · Self
- Samedi soir · Self
- Cinématon n°1948 : Daniel Toscan du Plantier · Self