Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

1941-04-07 – 2003-02-11 (age 61) Chambéry, Savoie, France
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Biography

Daniel Toscan du Plantier (7 April 1941 – 11 February 2003) was a French film producer. Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques he became advertising manager for the France Soir daily newspaper in 1966 and between 1975 and 1985 was director-general of the Gaumont Film Company, and president of Unifrance, an organisation for promoting French films, from 1988 until his death.

Toscan du Plantier was married four times and had three sons and two daughters. His first marriage was to French actress Marie-Christine Barrault, with whom he had one son and one daughter. His second marriage was with Italian film director and producer Francesca Comencini, with whom he had one son. His third wife was Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was murdered in 1996 (the crime is considered unsolved in Ireland, where it happened, and solved in France, where Ian Bailey was convicted in May 2019). His fourth marriage was with Melita Nikolic in 1998, with whom he had one son and one daughter.

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Known For

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

1994

as Daniel Toscan du Plantier

One Hundred and One Nights
One Hundred and One Nights

1995

as The Second Speaker

Les Miserables
Les Miserables

1995

as Le comte de Villeneuve

Les Vacances de Noël
Les Vacances de Noël

2005

as Daniel Toscan du Plantier (archive footage)

Morceaux de Cannes
Spoiled Children
Spoiled Children

1977

as Le député

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

2003

as Self - Producteur

One 4 All
One 4 All

1999

as Self

Toscan
Toscan

2010

as Self (archive footage)

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