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name: "Philippe Lifchitz"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 March 1919"
died: "6 March 2012"
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# Philippe Lifchitz

Producer. Born 25 March 1919 in 8th arrondissement of Paris. Died 6 March 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 March 1919, 8th arrondissement of Paris
- **Died:** 6 March 2012
- **Active:** 1956–1961
- **Works often with:** Anatole Dauman

## Biography

Philippe Lifchitz (1919–2012) was a French film producer and director. He was born in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and died in Ivry-sur-Seine.

In the late 1940s or early 1950s he co-founded the production company Argos Films with Anatole Dauman, with whom he collaborated until around 1970. The company specialised in short documentaries and experimental films.

Lifchitz produced Alain Resnais’s *Night and Fog* (1956) and Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin’s *Chronicle of a Summer* (1961), as well as Agnès Varda’s *Along the Coast* (1958) and Joris Ivens’s *Valparaiso* (1963). He also directed several short films and later worked in television. In 1960 he received the International Critics’ Prize at the Tours International Short Film Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Chronicle of a Summer* (1961), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle-of-a-summer.md)
- *Night and Fog* (1956), Fi1m 91, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/night-and-fog.md)

## Also known for

- *Along the Coast* (1958), Producer
- *Valparaiso* (1964), Producer

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