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name: "Samy Halfon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samy-halfon"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 September 1905"
died: "1 December 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:38:49.813679+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."
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# Samy Halfon

Producer. Born 1 September 1905 in Edirne, Turkey. Died 1 December 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 September 1905, Edirne, Turkey
- **Died:** 1 December 1986
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95855953, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11986

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Night and Fog*](https://film.one/film/night-and-fog.md) (91)

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## Biography

Samy Halfon was a French film producer of Turkish origin. He co-produced Alain Resnais's documentary short *Night and Fog* (1956) with Anatole Dauman and Philippe Lifchitz, and later served as delegate producer on Resnais's *Hiroshima Mon Amour* (1959).

Halfon joined Argos Films in the early 1950s before founding his own company, Como Films. Through Como Films he produced or co-produced several films by Alain Robbe-Grillet, including *Trans-Europ-Express* (1966), *The Man Who Lies* (1968) and *Eden and After* (1970). He was also involved in international co-productions across Europe and beyond.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Night and Fog* (1956), Fi1m 91, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/night-and-fog.md)

## Also known for

- *Hiroshima Mon Amour* (1959), Producer
- *Trans-Europ-Express* (1966), Producer
- *Eden and After* (1970), Producer
- *The Man Who Lies* (1968), Producer

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