---
name: "Robert Benmussa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-benmussa"
fi1m_id: "robert-benmussa"
imdb_id: "nm0071452"
tmdb_id: 3559
wikidata_id: "Q3434554"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:46:25.019292+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."
---

# Robert Benmussa

## Identity

Robert Benmussa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-benmussa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-benmussa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0071452
- **TMDB ID:** 3559
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3434554
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3559

Producer. Born 1 January 1953 in France.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, France
- **Active:** 1984–2002
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 2000s 87 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3559

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Pianist*](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Robert Benmussa is a French film producer. His company RB Production is based in Paris. He has frequently collaborated with director Roman Polanski and producer Alain Sarde.

He produced *The Pianist* (2002), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Other credits include *High Tension* (2003), *Oliver Twist* (2005), *The Ghost Writer* (2010) and *Venus in Fur* (2013). He earlier worked as executive producer on films including *Bitter Moon* (1992) and several directed by Diane Kurys.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Pianist* (2002), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Fi1m 81, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Venus in Fur* (2013), Producer
- *The Ghost Writer* (2010), Producer
- *To Each His Own Cinema* (2007), Producer
- *Oliver Twist* (2005), Producer
- *Mixed Marriage* (2004), as Un notaire
- *High Tension* (2003), Producer
- *The Pianist* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)
- *Break of Dawn* (2002), Producer
- *The Children of the Century* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Furia* (1999), Executive Producer
- *K* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Liars* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Tell Me Yes...* (1995), Executive Producer
- *The Groundhogs* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Bitter Moon* (1992), as Flight Dispatcher · Executive Producer
- *For Sasha* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Brothers in Arms* (1989), as Passenger · Executive Producer
- *Man on Fire* (1987), Associate Producer
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Consulting Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2003: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Pianist*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2010: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *The Ghost Writer*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2010: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Ghost Writer*

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

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/robert-benmussa