---
name: "Fred Orain"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-orain"
fi1m_id: "fred-orain"
imdb_id: "nm0649296"
tmdb_id: 5781
wikidata_id: "Q3086919"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 January 1909"
died: "11 February 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T08:27:20.940754+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."
---

# Fred Orain

## Identity

Fred Orain

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-orain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fred-orain
- **IMDb ID:** nm0649296
- **TMDB ID:** 5781
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3086919
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086919, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5781

Producer. Born 2 January 1909 in Bonnemain, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Died 11 February 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 January 1909, Bonnemain, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
- **Died:** 11 February 1999
- **Active:** 1953–1958
- **Frequently works with:** [Jacques Lagrange](https://film.one/person/jacques-lagrange.md), [Jacques Tati](https://film.one/person/jacques-tati.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086919, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5781

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Monsieur Hulot's Holiday*](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md) (86), [*Mon Oncle*](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md) (82)

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## Biography

Fred Orain was a French film producer and production manager. Born Alfred Anthème Jean Orain on 2 January 1909 in Bonnemain, Ille-et-Vilaine, he trained as an engineer at ESIEE Paris and began his career in radio before entering the film industry in 1931 at Paramount studios. He rose to technical director of the Studios de Saint-Maurice and later served as president of the Commission Supérieure Technique (CST) from its founding in 1944 until 1974.

Orain produced or managed production on several notable French films, including *Children of Paradise* (1945), *Jour de Fête* (1949), *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953) and *Mon Oncle* (1958), the latter three in association with Jacques Tati through his companies Cady-Films and Armor-Films. He also produced numerous short films. Orain retired to the south of France in 1974 and died on 11 February 1999 in Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mon Oncle* (1958), Fi1m 82, Producer, Technical Advisor — [page](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md)
- *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *La parole est au témoin* (1963), Producer
- *Bon pour le service* (1963), Producer
- *The Nightingale of Kabylia* (1962), Producer
- *C'Est Pour Demain* (1961), Producer
- *Le Rendez-vous de Noël* (1960), Producer
- *Mon Oncle* (1958), Producer, Technical Advisor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md)
- *The Invitation to the Waltz* (1954), Producer
- *Images d'un été* (1953), Producer
- *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md)
- *Le Grand Méliès* (1952), Producer
- *Terre Adélie* (1952), Producer
- *Paris Is Always Paris* (1951), Delegated Producer
- *Unusual Tales* (1949), Production Director
- *Jour de Fête* (1949), Producer
- *Terre de Glaces* (1949), Producer
- *The Charterhouse of Parma* (1948), Executive Producer, Production Manager
- *Sylvia and the Ghost* (1946), Production Manager
- *School for Postmen* (1946), Producer
- *Children of Paradise* (1945), Producer, Production Manager
- *Watch Your Left* (1936), Producer

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