Serge Silberman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Serge Silberman

French film producer

Date of Birth: 01-May-1917

Place of Birth: Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 22-Jul-2003

Profession: film producer

Nationality: Poland, France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Serge Silberman

  • Serge Silberman (1 May 1917 – 22 July 2003) was a French film producer.
  • Silberman was born in Lódz, then a part of the Regency Kingdom of Poland in 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 very last film That Obscure Object of Desire in 1977. Silberman had 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.
  • He died in Paris in 2003 at the age of 86.

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