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Known credits:
93
Birthday:
1905-07-29
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Pierre Braunberger

Overview

Pierre Braunberger (29 July 1905, Paris – 16 November 1990, Aubervilliers) was a French producer, executive producer, and actor.

Born into a family of physicians, Braunberger at the age of seven was already determined not have the same life as his father, and not to take up medicine as a career. He saw a screening of Fantômas at the Gaumont Théâtre, the first cinema to open in Paris, and decided to work in the cinema.

After the First World War, at the age of 15, he produced and directed his first film: Frankfurt in Germany. He left for successive adventures in Berlin, London at Brocklis establishments, where he worked.

In 1923, he left for New York, where he worked for a few weeks at Fox Film Corporation, and became a director of production along with Ferdinand H. Adam where he also worked on films with Frank Merrill.

In the course of his films in Los Angeles, he came to know Irving Thalberg who employed him at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as one of his assistants. He stayed there for eighteen months, and established contacts with one of the greatest directors of the time.

Wanting to direct and produce in France, he returned to Paris and got to know Jean Renoir, with whom he worked on Avec qui il va tourner, The Whirlpool of Fate, Nana and Tire-au-flanc.

In 1929, Braunberger created Productions Pierre Braunberger and Néofilms for the production of his first French-speaking film (La route est belle by Robert Florey).

In 1930, Braunberger became head of the Pantheon Cinema and continued there for sixty years. He renovated the lobby, created 450 seats, and installed Western Electric projectors and sound equipment. Although subtitles were yet to be invented, he was the first to show foreign films in their original versions.

One year later, he met with Roger Richebé to produce under the name of Établissements Braunberger-Richebé. A few films were produced, such as le Blanc et le noir by Robert Florey, Isn't Life a Bitch? by Jean Renoir, and Chocolatière et Fanny by Marc Allégret. In 1933, still only 28, he decided to continue alone, and formed studios de Billancourt, which became Paris-Studio-Cinéma. During World War two he was not able to produce a film because he was Jewish.

At the end of the Second World War, Braunberger transformed a local Gestapo office into the Cinema Studio "Studio Lhmond", which he used to discover new talents of the "nouvelle vague", including Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais.

In 1966 he was the head of the jury at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival.

Braunberger had a close relationship with philosopher Gilles Deleuze.

In the late 1970s, Braunberger produced two films for Polish filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk.

Braunberger died in 1990.

Source: Article "Pierre Braunberger" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
1967 Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception Actor Self N/A
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1967 Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif Actor Self 59
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1927 Charleston Parade Actor Angel 58
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Directing
1951 Bullfight Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1951 Bullfight Writing Writer N/A
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1948 Paris Nineteen Hundred Writing Scenario Writer 58
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Production
1979 L'armoire Production Producer N/A
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1979 Private Collections Production Executive Producer 58
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1979 Immoral Women Production Executive Producer 58
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1976 Let's Make a Dirty Movie Production Production Manager 58
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1976 Let's Make a Dirty Movie Production Producer 58
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1975 Act of Aggression Production Executive Producer 58
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1974 Like a Pot of Strawberries Production Producer 58
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1974 How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby Production Executive Producer 58
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1973 I. You. They. Production Producer 58
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1972 On n'arrête pas le printemps Production Producer 58
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1971 On the Lam Production Producer 59
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1971 Catch Me a Spy Production Producer 58
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1971 Rabbit's Moon Production Production Coordinator 59
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1971 The Laboratory of Fear Production Producer 58
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1971 Rabbit's Moon Production Production Office Coordinator 59
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1970 Little by Little Production Producer 59
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1970 La Fin des Pyrénées Production Producer N/A
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1969 Directing Actors by Jean Renoir Production Producer 58
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1969 Erotissimo Production Producer 59
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1969 Cinéma-Cinéma Production Producer N/A
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1969 L'art de la turlute Production Executive Producer N/A
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1968 Ankle Bone Production Producer 58
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1968 The Sixth Side of the Pentagon Production Producer 59
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1967 Jaguar Production Executive Producer 59
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1966 The Lion Hunters Production Producer 59
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1966 Soldier Martin Production Producer N/A
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1966 Chanson de gestes Production Producer 59
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1966 The Goumbé of the Young Revelers Production Executive Producer N/A
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1965 Bestiary of Love Production Producer N/A
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1965 To Be a Crook Production Producer 58
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1965 The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora Production Producer 59
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1964 All About Loving Production Producer 58
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1964 The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows Production Producer 59
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1964 Village Sweetness Production Producer 59
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1964 In the Affirmative Production Producer 58
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1963 Le Paris des mannequins Production Producer 59
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1963 Muriel, or the Time of Return Production Co-Producer 60
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1963 L'Amérique lunaire Production Associate Producer N/A
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1963 The Little Café Production Executive Producer N/A
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1963 À la mémoire du rock Production Producer 59
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1963 Nadia Production Producer N/A
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1962 Vivre Sa Vie Production Producer 69
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1962 The Denunciation Production Producer 58
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1962 The Punishment Production Producer 59
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1962 Paris, A Winter's Day Production Producer N/A
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1962 Janine Production Executive Producer 59
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1961 ¡Cuba Sí! Production Producer 59
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1961 The Witnesses Production Producer 59
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1961 A Story of Water Production Producer 59
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1961 La Machine à parler d'amour Production Producer N/A
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1960 Shoot the Piano Player Production Producer 64
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1960 America as Seen by a Frenchman Production Producer 58
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1960 Love Exists Production Producer 59
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1960 A Game for Six Lovers Production Production Manager 58
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1959 All the Boys Are Called Patrick Production Producer 59
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1959 Moi, un Noir Production Executive Producer 59
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1958 Charlotte and Her Boyfriend Production Producer 59
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1958 O Seasons, O Castles Production Producer 58
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1957 The Song of Styrene Production Producer 59
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1956 All the World's Memory Production Producer 59
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1956 Impressions de New York Production Executive Producer N/A
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1956 Fool’s Mate Production Producer 59
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1956 Houston, Texas Production Producer 59
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1955 Croissance de Paris Production Producer N/A
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1953 Julietta Production Producer 59
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1952 Le crime du Bouif Production Producer N/A
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1952 Jocelyn Production Producer N/A
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1951 Guernica Production Producer 58
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1950 Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés Production Producer 58
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1948 Van Gogh Production Producer 59
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1948 Paris Nineteen Hundred Production Executive Producer 58
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1946 A Day in the Country Production Producer 62
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1937 Forfaiture Production Producer 58
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1932 Fantômas Production Producer 58
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1931 La Chienne Production Producer 61
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1931 Baby's Laxative Production Producer 58
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1931 Black and White Production Producer 58
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1931 The Lovers of Midnight Production Producer 58
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1930 Le tampon du capiston Production Producer N/A
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1930 La Femme d'une nuit Production Producer N/A
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1929 The Road Is Fine Production Producer N/A
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1929 Montparnasse Production Producer 59
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1928 The Sad Sack Production Producer 58
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1927 Backbiters Production Producer 59
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1927 Charleston Parade Production Producer 58
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Sound
1933 Land Without Bread Sound Sound Designer 61
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Crew
1937 Forfaiture Crew Presenter 58
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