Daniel Toscan du Plantier
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.
Daniel Toscan de Plantier | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 7 April 1941 Chambéry, France |
| Died | 11 February 2003 (aged 61) Berlin, Germany |
| Education | Institut d'Etudes Politiques |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Spouses | Melita Nikolic (m. 1998) |
| Partner | Isabelle Huppert (former)[1] |
| Children | 5 |
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
- Chalmers, Robert (3 July 2010). "Isabelle Huppert: 'I don't have a reputation for being difficult'". The Independent.
- "Obituary: Daniel Toscan du Plantier". the Guardian. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- "A life cut short". The Irish Times. 11 December 1999.
- Baxter, John (14 February 2003). "Obituaries: Daniel Toscan du Plantier; Champion of genuinely European cinema". The Independent. Retrieved 14 January 2015.