Serge Silberman

Overview

Serge Silberman (1 May 1917 – 22 July 2003) was a French film producer.

Silberman was born in Łódź, then a part of the Regency Kingdom of Poland in a Jewish family. During World War II, Silberman survived Nazi concentration camps and eventually settled in Paris. One of his first works as a film producer was Jean-Pierre Melville's 1955 film Bob the Gambler, a precursor to the French New Wave movement.

Silberman's most notable collaborations were with the surrealist film director Luis Buñuel. The pair, along with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, who Silberman introduced to Buñuel, worked together on a number of films, starting with the 1964 film Diary of a Chambermaid. Silberman produced most of Buñuel's late films, including the Academy Award winner The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in 1972 and the director's very last film That Obscure Object of Desire in 1977.

Silberman had founded his own production company, Greenwich Film Productions, in 1966. The company was responsible for the production of over 15 films. In 1981, Silberman produced his most financially successful film, Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva. The film was not well received in the country of its origin, France, but became a box-office hit abroad. The money gained from the movie enabled Silberman to provide funding for Akira Kurosawa's ambitious 1985 film Ran, which at the time of its making was the most expensive Japanese film ever.

Silberman was awarded an honorary César Award in 1988. He died in Paris in 2003 at the age of 86.

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Known for

Production
1991	Anna Karamazoff	Production	Producer	58 Average
1986	Max My Love	Production	Producer	59 Average
1985	Ran	Production	Producer	75 Good
1985	A. K.	Production	Producer	59 Average
1983	Exposed	Production	Executive Producer	58 Average
1981	Diva	Production	Producer	61 Fair
1977	That Obscure Object of Desire	Production	Producer	65 Fair
1974	The Phantom of Liberty	Production	Producer	64 Fair
1972	And Hope to Die	Production	Producer	59 Average
1972	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	Production	Producer	68 Fair
1970	Rider on the Rain	Production	Producer	59 Average
1969	The Milky Way	Production	Producer	61 Fair
1968	Farewell, Friend	Production	Producer	59 Average
1967	The Great Gadget	Production	Producer	58 Average
1966	The Diabolical Dr. Z	Production	Producer	58 Average
1966	Attack of the Robots	Production	Producer	58 Average
1964	Diary of a Chambermaid	Production	Producer	62 Fair
1964	The Spy	Production	Producer	59 Average
1962	Bird of Paradise	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
1961	Madame	Production	Producer	58 Average
1960	Le Trou	Production	Producer	70 Good
1958	Christine	Production	Producer	59 Average
1956	Main Street	Production	Producer	59 Average
1956	Bob le Flambeur	Production	Producer	63 Fair