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Occupation
  
Film producer

Name
  
Alexandre Mnouchkine


Role
  
Film producer

Awards
  
Honorary Cesar

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Full Name
  
Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine

Born
  
10 February 1908 (
1908-02-10
)
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

Died
  
April 3, 1993, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Spouse
  
Simone Renant (m. 1975–1993)

Children
  
Ariane Mnouchkine, Joelle Mnouchkine

Movies
  
That Man from Rio, La Revolution francaise, Le Magnifique, Fanfan la Tulipe, Up to His Ears

Similar People
  
Ariane Mnouchkine, Philippe de Broca, Simone Renant, Daniel Boulanger, Pierre Uytterhoeven

Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Мну́шкин; 10 February 1908, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire – 3 April 1993, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a French film producer.

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He moved to Paris in 1925. After his entry into cinema in 1932, he created Ariane Films in 1945. Alexandre Mnouchkine married twice, the second time to the comedian Simone Renant. He is the father of Ariane Mnouchkine. In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

He was the producer on 50 films, including:

  • The Emigrant (1940)
  • L'Aigle à deux têtes by Jean Cocteau (1948),
  • Fanfan la Tulipe by Christian-Jaque (1952),
  • Women's Club (1956)
  • Les Gauloises bleues by Michel Cournot (1968),
  • The Name of the Rose by Jean-Jacques Annaud (1986),
  • 6 films directed by Claude Lelouch,
  • 10 films directed by Philippe de Broca, including L'Homme de Rio and Dear Louise
  • La Révolution française - episode "Les Années Lumière" by Robert Enrico.

    • Awards

  • Honorary César award in 1982

    • References

    Alexandre Mnouchkine Wikipedia
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