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Ariane Films
Ariane Films (French - ''Les Films Ariane'') was a French film company, founded by Alexandre Mnouchkine and named after his daughter Ariane Mnouchkine Ariane Mnouchkine (; born 3 March 1939) is a French stage director. She founded the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble ''Théâtre du Soleil'' in 1964. She wrote and directed ''1789'' (1974) and ''Molière'' (1978), and directed ''La Nuit Mirac .... In 2000, the company ceased operations, and all of its films were acquired by TF1 International, the film division of French broadcaster TF1. References Film production companies of France {{film-studio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Мну́шкин; 10 February 1908, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire – 3 April 1993, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a French film producer. He moved to Paris in 1925. After his entry into cinema in 1932 in film, 1932, he created Ariane Films in 1945 in film, 1945. Alexandre Mnouchkine married twice, the second time to the comedian Simone Renant. He is the father of Ariane Mnouchkine. In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography He was the producer on 50 films, including: * ''The Emigrant (1940 film), The Emigrant'' (1940) * ''L'Aigle à deux têtes'' by Jean Cocteau (1948), * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * ''Julie de Carneilhan (film), Julie de Carneilhan'' (1950) * ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' by Christian-Jaque (1952), * ''Madame du Barry (1954 film), Madame du Barry'' (1954) * ''Madelon (film), Madelon'' (1955) * ''Women's Club (1956 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariane Mnouchkine
Ariane Mnouchkine (; born 3 March 1939) is a French stage director. She founded the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble ''Théâtre du Soleil'' in 1964. She wrote and directed ''1789'' (1974) and ''Molière'' (1978), and directed ''La Nuit Miraculeuse'' (1989). She holds a Chair of Artistic Creation at the Collège de France, an Honorary Degree in Performing Arts from the University of Rome III, awarded in 2005 and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Oxford University, awarded 18 June 2008. Biography Ariane Mnouchkine is the daughter of Jewish Russian film producer Alexandre Mnouchkine and June Hannen (daughter of Nicholas Hannen). Mnouchkine's paternal grandparents, Alexandre and Bronislawa Mnouchkine, were both deported from Drancy to Auschwitz on 17 December 1943, where they were both murdered. Ariane is the namesake of the production company "Ariane Films" that was founded by her father. Mnouchkine attended Sorbonne University in Paris, France, where she studied Literature. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |