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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "7 April 1941"
died: "11 February 2003"
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# Daniel Toscan du Plantier

## Identity

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-toscan-du-plantier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-toscan-du-plantier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0869099
- **TMDB ID:** 23508
- **Wikidata ID:** Q325453
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Toscan_du_Plantier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325453, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23508

Producer. Born 7 April 1941 in Chambéry, Savoie, France. Died 11 February 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 7 April 1941, Chambéry, Savoie, France
- **Died:** 11 February 2003
- **Active:** 1982–1989
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $15m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Toscan_du_Plantier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325453, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23508

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fanny and Alexander*](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md) (92)

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## Biography

Daniel Toscan du Plantier was a French film producer. Born in Chambéry in 1941, he studied at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris before working in advertising and the press, including at France Soir.

From 1975 to 1985 he served as director-general of Gaumont, where he oversaw production of numerous auteur films. He later headed Erato Films and, from 1988 until his death, was president of Unifrance, the organisation promoting French cinema abroad. He also presided over the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, which awards the César prizes.

Among the films he produced or co-produced are *Nosferatu the Vampyre* (1979), *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), *L'Argent* (1983), *Nostalghia* (1983), *À nos amours* (1983) and *Under the Sun of Satan* (1987). He died in Berlin in 2003 while attending the Berlinale.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989), Fi1m 78, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-and-her-lover.md)
- *L'Argent* (1983), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/largent.md)
- *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Morceaux de Cannes* (2021), Actor
- *Les Vacances de Noël* (2005), as Daniel Toscan du Plantier (archive footage)
- *The Misanthrope* (2000), Producer
- *Bellyful* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Les Fourberies de Scapin* (1998), Producer
- *L'impromptu de Versailles* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Comedian* (1997), Producer
- *The Hips of J.W.* (1997), Producer
- *Quadrille* (1997), Producer
- *Bambola* (1996), Producer
- *Madame Butterfly* (1995), Producer
- *Time* (1995), Co-Producer
- *The Flood* (1995), Producer
- *Les Miserables* (1995), as Le comte de Villeneuve
- *One Hundred and One Nights* (1995), as The Second Speaker
- *Seven Sundays* (1995), Producer
- *Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy* (1994), as Daniel Toscan du Plantier
- *The Last Writer* (1993), Producer
- *Van Gogh* (1991), Producer
- *The Stranger* (1991), Producer
- *The Branches of the Tree* (1990), Producer
- *Korczak* (1990), Producer
- *Boris Godounov* (1989), Executive Producer
- *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989), Co-Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-and-her-lover.md)
- *La lumière du lac* (1988), Executive Producer
- *The Cowboy and the Frenchman* (1988), Producer
- *The Gauls* (1988), Producer
- *The Last Word* (1988), Producer, Executive Producer
- *La Bohème* (1988), Producer, Presenter
- *Travelling avant* (1987), Producer
- *Under the Sun of Satan* (1987), Producer
- *Police* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Fanny and Alexander* (1984), series, Co-Producer
- *A Nos Amours* (1983), Producer
- *L'Argent* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/largent.md)
- *Nostalgia* (1983), Producer
- *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md)
- *Nosferatu the Vampyre* (1979), Producer
- *The Little Wheedlers* (1978), Producer
- *Spoiled Children* (1977), as Le député
- *The Devil, Probably* (1977), Producer
- *The Lacemaker* (1977), Producer
- *Cousin, Cousine* (1975), Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- César Award for Best Film 1976: César Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Cousin Cousine*

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

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