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Serge Silberman

Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born May 1, 1917Died July 22, 2003 (86 years)
Serge Silberman (1 May 1917 – 22 July 2003) was a French film producer known for his collaborations with several major European and Japanese filmmakers, including Luis Buñuel, Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Pierre Melville, René Clément, Jacques Becker, and Nagisa Oshima.

Silberman was born in Łódź, then a part of the Regency Kingdom of Poland, to a Jewish family.

During World War II, Silberman survived Nazi concentration camps and eventually settled in Paris.

One of his first works as a film producer was Jean-Pierre Melville's 1955 film Bob the Gambler, a precursor to the French New Wave movement.

Silberman's most notable collaborations were with the surrealist film director Luis Buñuel. The pair, along with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, who Silberman introduced to Buñuel, worked together on a number of films, starting with the 1964 film Diary of a Chambermaid. Silberman produced most of Buñuel's late films, including the Academy Award winner The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in 1972 and the director's last film That Obscure Object of Desire in 1977.

Silberman founded his own production company, Greenwich Film Productions, in 1966. The company was responsible for the production of over 15 films. In 1981, Silberman produced his most financially successful film, Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva. The film was not well received in the country of its origin, France, but became a box-office hit abroad. The money gained from the movie enabled Silberman to provide funding for Akira Kurosawa's ambitious 1985 film Ran, which at the time of its making was the most expensive Japanese film ever.

Silberman was awarded an honorary César Award in 1988.

Source: Article "Serge Silberman" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Diary of a Chambermaid
  • The Milky Way
  • Farewell, Friend
  • Rider on the Rain
  • The Diabolical Dr. Z
  • Cartes sur table

Known For

  • Ran
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • That Obscure Object of Desire
  • The Hole
  • Diva
  • Bob le Flambeur
  • Diary of a Chambermaid
  • The Phantom of Liberty
  • Farewell, Friend
  • Rider on the Rain
  • The Milky Way
  • Max My Love
  • A.K.
  • Christine
  • The Diabolical Dr. Z
  • Main Street
  • Cartes sur table
  • The Savage Innocents
  • Exposed
  • ...And Hope to Die
  • Madame
  • Scorching Sands
  • Galia
  • Bad Starters

Serge Silberman Filmography

1974
The Phantom of Liberty · as Un Condamné À Mort

2018
Le Grand Échiquier (TV Series) · as Self
2000
1984
Buñuel · as Self
1982
Cinéma cinémas (TV Series) · as Self (segment 'paris 5h35
1976
César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Winner

1961
The Nina B. Affair · as Delegate Producer

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