Alexandre Kamenka (1888–1969) was a Russian-born French

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

. He was born the son of Boris Kamenka in

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

, now in

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. At that time the city was part of the

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. He fled following the

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and went to France where he established the production company

Films Albatros Films Albatros was a French film production company established in 1922. It was formed by a group of White émigré, White Russian exiles who had been forced to flee following the 1917 Russian Revolution and subsequent Russian Civil War. Initially ...

.Andrew p.291 A number of other Russian exiles were involved with the company.

Selected filmography

* ''

Kean Kean may refer to: * Kean (name) * Kean (play), ''Kean'' (play), 1838 play by Alexandre Dumas père based on the life of the actor Edmund Kean, and its adaptations: ** Kean (1921 film), ''Kean'' (1921 film), a German silent historical film ** Kean ...

'' (1924) * ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'' (1926) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1927) * '' The Italian Straw Hat'' (1928) * ''

Two Timid Souls ''Two Timid Souls'' (french: Les Deux Timides) is a 1928 French silent film comedy directed by René Clair, and based on the 1860 play ''Les Deux Timides'' by Eugène Labiche. It was made by the Films Albatros production company.McGerr p.224 Th ...

'' (1928) * ''

Cagliostro Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (, ; 2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795) was the alias of the Italian occultist Giuseppe Balsamo (; in French usually referred to as Joseph Balsamo). Cagliostro was an Italian adventurer and self-styled magician. ...

'' (1929) * ''

Antoinette Antoinette is a given name, that is a diminutive feminine form of Antoine and Antonia (from Latin ''Antonius''). People with the name include: Nobles * Antoinette de Maignelais, Baroness of Villequier by marriage (1434–1474), mistress of Ch ...

'' (1932) * '' The Messenger'' (1937) * ''

The Bouquinquant Brothers ''The Bouquinquant Brothers'' (French: ''Les frères Bouquinquant'') is a 1947 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Albert Préjean, Madeleine Robinson and Roger Pigaut. It is based on the 1930 novel ''The Bouquinquant Brothers' ...

'' (1947) * '' The Barton Mystery'' (1949) * '' Guilty?'' (1951)

References

Bibliography

* Andrew, Dudley. ''Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film''. Princeton University Press, 1995.

External links

* 1888 births 1969 deaths Russian film producers French film producers Ukrainian film producers Film people from Odesa Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France People who emigrated to escape Bolshevism {{France-film-bio-stub