About

Known credits:
42
Birthday:
1941-04-07
Place of birth:
Chambéry, Savoie, France
Website:
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Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2010 Toscan Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2005 Les Vacances de Noël Actor Daniel Toscan du Plantier (archive footage) N/A
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2003 Fellini: I'm a Born Liar Actor Self - Producteur 59
Average
2002 A Day in the Life of French Cinema Actor Self N/A
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1999 One 4 All Actor Self 58
Average
1997 Cream and Punishment Actor self N/A
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1995 Les Miserables Actor Le comte de Villeneuve 59
Average
1995 One Hundred and One Nights Actor The Second Speaker 59
Average
1994 Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy Actor Daniel Toscan du Plantier 70
Good
1977 Spoiled Children Actor Le député 59
Average

Production
2000 Bellyful Production Producer N/A
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1998 Les Fourberies de Scapin Production Producer 59
Average
1998 L'impromptu de Versailles Production Executive Producer N/A
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1997 The Hips of J.W. Production Producer 58
Average
1996 Bambola Production Producer 57
Average
1995 Madame Butterfly Production Producer 58
Average
1995 The Flood Production Producer 58
Average
1995 Seven Sundays Production Producer 59
Average
1993 The Last Writer Production Producer 59
Average
1991 Van Gogh Production Producer 60
Fair
1991 The Stranger Production Producer 60
Fair
1991 The Stranger Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1990 The Branches of the Tree Production Producer 59
Average
1990 Korczak Production Producer 59
Average
1989 Boris Godounov Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1989 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Production Co-Producer 66
Fair
1988 La lumière du lac Production Executive Producer N/A
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1988 The Gauls Production Producer 59
Average
1988 The Cowboy and the Frenchman Production Producer 59
Average
1988 La Bohème Production Producer 58
Average
1987 Travelling avant Production Producer 58
Average
1987 Under the Sun of Satan Production Producer 59
Average
1985 Police Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1983 A Nos Amours Production Producer 61
Fair
1983 Nostalgia Production Producer 68
Fair
1983 L'Argent Production Producer 62
Fair
1982 Fanny and Alexander Production Producer 70
Good
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre Production Producer 68
Fair
1977 The Devil, Probably Production Producer 60
Fair
1977 The Lacemaker Production Producer 59
Average
1975 Cousin, Cousine Production Producer 59
Average

Crew
1988 La Bohème Crew Presenter 58
Average