---
name: "Serge Silberman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/serge-silberman"
fi1m_id: "serge-silberman"
imdb_id: "nm0797889"
tmdb_id: 37456
wikidata_id: "Q573352"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 May 1917"
died: "22 July 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-25T09:06:17.643074+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."
---

# Serge Silberman

## Identity

Serge Silberman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/serge-silberman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** serge-silberman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0797889
- **TMDB ID:** 37456
- **Wikidata ID:** Q573352
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Silberman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0797889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37456

Producer. Born 1 May 1917 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. Died 22 July 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 May 1917, Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland
- **Died:** 22 July 2003
- **Active:** 1956–1985
- **Also known as:** Serge Silverman, Szaja Towjané Silberman
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 76 (1), 1960s 88 (1), 1970s 83 (1), 1980s 86 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 81 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 3, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $26m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Silberman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0797889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37456

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92), [*The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie*](https://film.one/film/the-discreet-charm-of-the-bourgeoisie.md) (83)

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## Biography

Serge Silberman (also credited as Serge Silverman or Szaja Towjané Silberman) was a French film producer. Born in Łódź, Poland, in 1917 to a Jewish family, he survived Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War and settled in Paris.

He began producing in the 1950s, with early credits including Jean-Pierre Melville's *Bob le Flambeur* (1955) and Jacques Becker's *Le Trou* (1960). In 1966 he founded Greenwich Film Productions. Silberman collaborated extensively with Luis Buñuel on films including *Diary of a Chambermaid* (1964), *The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie* (1972) and *That Obscure Object of Desire* (1977). He also produced Jean-Jacques Beineix's *Diva* (1981) and Akira Kurosawa's *Ran* (1985). He received an honorary César Award in 1988.

Silberman died in Paris in 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, Producer, Presenter — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)
- *Diva* (1981), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/diva.md)
- *The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie* (1972), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-discreet-charm-of-the-bourgeoisie.md)
- *Le Trou* (1960), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/le-trou.md)
- *Bob le Flambeur* (1956), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bob-le-flambeur.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Les paradoxes de Buñuel* (1998), Screenplay, Producer
- *Anna Karamazoff* (1991), Producer
- *Max My Love* (1986), Producer
- *Ran* (1985), Producer, Presenter — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)
- *A. K.* (1985), Producer
- *Exposed* (1983), Executive Producer
- *Diva* (1981), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/diva.md)
- *That Obscure Object of Desire* (1977), Producer
- *The Phantom of Liberty* (1974), Producer
- *The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie* (1972), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-discreet-charm-of-the-bourgeoisie.md)
- *And Hope to Die* (1972), Producer
- *Rider on the Rain* (1970), Producer
- *The Milky Way* (1969), Producer
- *Farewell, Friend* (1968), Producer
- *The Great Gadget* (1967), Producer
- *The Diabolical Dr. Z* (1966), Producer
- *Attack of the Robots* (1966), Producer
- *Diary of a Chambermaid* (1964), Producer
- *The Spy* (1964), Producer
- *Bird of Paradise* (1962), Producer
- *Madame* (1961), Producer
- *Le Trou* (1960), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/le-trou.md)
- *Christine* (1958), Producer
- *Main Street* (1956), Producer
- *Bob le Flambeur* (1956), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/bob-le-flambeur.md)

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