The Most Famous

PRODUCERS from France

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This page contains a list of the greatest French Producers. The pantheon dataset contains 140 Producers, 1 of which were born in France. This makes France the birth place of the 14th most number of Producers behind Japan, and Croatia.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary French Producers of all time. This list of famous French Producers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Claude Berri (1934 - 2009)

With an HPI of 62.47, Claude Berri is the most famous French Producer.  His biography has been translated into 35 different languages on wikipedia.

Claude Berri (French: [bɛʁi]; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, producer, screenwriter, distributor and actor. Berri was a leading figure of the French film industry both a director and as a producer. Following a short film that won an Academy Award, Berri found success with his first feature film, The Two of Us (1967). He then had a varied career, producing and distributing both mainstream and avant-garde films. During the 1970s, Berri's films as a director were mostly comedies but he later found increased success with several high-profile literary adaptations. In 1986, his two-part film Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring won public and critical acclaim, becoming his best-known work. He next directed Uranus (1990) and most notably Germinal (1993). In 1997, he directed the historical biopic Lucie Aubrac. Directors whose films were produced by Berri include Roman Polanski, Jacques Demy, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Miloš Forman, Claude Zidi, Jacques Rivette, Patrice Chéreau, Alain Chabat, Abdellatif Kechiche and Dany Boon.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as French producers born between 1934 and 1934. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased French producers include Claude Berri. As of April 2024, 1 new French producers have been added to Pantheon including Claude Berri.

Deceased French Producers

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Newly Added French Producers (2024)

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