---
name: "Anatole Dauman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anatole-dauman"
fi1m_id: "anatole-dauman"
imdb_id: "nm0202367"
tmdb_id: 2304
wikidata_id: "Q2845576"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "7 February 1925"
died: "8 April 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-09-26T17:42:55.134772+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anatole Dauman

## Identity

Anatole Dauman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anatole-dauman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anatole-dauman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0202367
- **TMDB ID:** 2304
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2845576
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_Dauman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2845576, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2304

Producer. Born 7 February 1925 in Warsaw, Poland. Died 8 April 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 7 February 1925, Warsaw, Poland
- **Died:** 8 April 1998
- **Active:** 1956–1987
- **Frequently works with:** [Alain Resnais](https://film.one/person/alain-resnais.md), [Chris Marker](https://film.one/person/chris-marker.md), [Jean-Luc Godard](https://film.one/person/jean-luc-godard.md), [Philippe Lifchitz](https://film.one/person/philippe-lifchitz.md), [Samy Halfon](https://film.one/person/samy-halfon.md), [Wim Wenders](https://film.one/person/wim-wenders.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 12 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 89 (2), 1960s 79 (4), 1970s 77 (3), 1980s 86 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 78 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 8 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Romance 5, Documentary 3, History 3, Animation 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 20 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $30m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_Dauman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2845576, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2304

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Night and Fog*](https://film.one/film/night-and-fog.md) (91), [*Wings of Desire*](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md) (88), [*Paris, Texas*](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md) (88), [*Fantastic Planet*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-planet.md) (80), [*The Tin Drum*](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md) (78), [*Masculin Féminin*](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md) (76), [*2 or 3 Things I Know About Her*](https://film.one/film/2-or-3-things-i-know-about-her.md) (73)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Chronicle of a Summer*](https://film.one/film/chronicle-of-a-summer.md) (86)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Last Year at Marienbad*](https://film.one/film/last-year-at-marienbad.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Anatole Dauman (7 February 1925 – 8 April 1998) was a French film producer. Born in Warsaw, he emigrated to France and in 1951 co-founded the production company Argos Films with Philippe Lifchitz.

Through Argos Films he produced many works associated with the Left Bank filmmakers of the French New Wave and later international projects. His credits include Alain Resnais’s *Night and Fog* (1956) and *Hiroshima Mon Amour* (1959), Chris Marker’s *La Jetée* (1962), Jean-Luc Godard’s *Masculin Féminin* (1966), Volker Schlöndorff’s *The Tin Drum* (1979), Wim Wenders’s *Paris, Texas* (1984) and *Wings of Desire* (1987), and Nagisa Ōshima’s *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976).

Dauman also produced Andrei Tarkovsky’s *The Sacrifice* (1986) and Chris Marker’s *Level Five* (1997). He received several awards and nominations, including a European Cinema Society Special Award in 1989.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (12)

- *Wings of Desire* (1987), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md)
- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)
- *Sans Soleil* (1983), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sans-soleil.md)
- *The Tin Drum* (1979), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md)
- *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-realm-of-the-senses.md)
- *Fantastic Planet* (1973), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-planet.md)
- *2 or 3 Things I Know About Her* (1967), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/2-or-3-things-i-know-about-her.md)
- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)
- *Chronicle of a Summer* (1961), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle-of-a-summer.md)
- *Last Year at Marienbad* (1961), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/last-year-at-marienbad.md)
- *Hiroshima Mon Amour* (1959), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hiroshima-mon-amour.md)
- *Night and Fog* (1956), Fi1m 91, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/night-and-fog.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Level Five* (1997), Producer
- *Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave* (1992), Thanks
- *Until the End of the World* (1991), Producer
- *Wings of Desire* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md)
- *Infernal Symphony* (1987), Producer
- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)
- *Sans Soleil* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/sans-soleil.md)
- *The Beautiful Prisoner* (1983), Producer
- *Circle of Deceit* (1981), Co-Producer
- *Fruits of Passion* (1981), Producer
- *The Tin Drum* (1979), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md)
- *Tomorrow, The Little Girl Will Be Late For School* (1979), Executive Producer
- *Flames* (1978), Production Manager
- *Empire of Passion* (1978), Producer
- *The Greatest Love of All Time* (1977), Producer
- *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-realm-of-the-senses.md)
- *The Beast* (1975), Producer
- *Venus on the Half-Shell* (1975), Producer
- *Immoral Tales* (1974), Producer
- *Fantastic Planet* (1973), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-planet.md)
- *Meetings in the Forest* (1972), Producer
- *Hundertwasser's Rainy Day* (1971), Producer
- *Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad* (1971), Producer
- *Trap* (1970), Production Manager
- *Take Care France* (1970), Producer
- *Chaval* (1970), Producer
- *Jeanne et la Moto* (1969), Producer
- *Imagine Robinson Crusoe* (1968), Producer
- *A Woman Kills* (1968), Producer, Thanks
- *Mouchette* (1967), Producer
- *2 or 3 Things I Know About Her* (1967), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/2-or-3-things-i-know-about-her.md)
- *Eden miseria* (1967), Producer
- *The War Is Over* (1966), Producer
- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)
- *Algeria, Year Zero* (1965), Executive Producer
- *Valparaiso* (1964), Producer
- *Èves futures* (1964), Producer
- *Muriel, or the Time of Return* (1963), Producer
- *Midnight Meeting* (1962), Producer
- *La Jetée* (1962), Producer
- *Captive Feast* (1962), Producer
- *Strangers of the Earth* (1961), Producer
- *Chronicle of a Summer* (1961), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle-of-a-summer.md)
- *Last Year at Marienbad* (1961), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/last-year-at-marienbad.md)
- *Paris la belle* (1960), Producer
- *Hiroshima Mon Amour* (1959), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/hiroshima-mon-amour.md)
- *The Astronauts* (1959), as The Chauffeur · Producer
- *Along the Coast* (1958), Presenter, Producer
- *Broadway by Light* (1958), Executive Producer
- *Les hommes de la baleine* (1958), Producer
- *Letter from Siberia* (1957), Producer
- *Night and Fog* (1956), Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/night-and-fog.md)
- *Symphonie mécanique* (1956), Producer
- *Le voyageur* (1956), Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Officer of the National Order of Merit 1993: Officer of the National Order of Merit (won)
- European Cinema Society Special Award 1989: European Cinema Society Special Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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