André Nessim Hakim (December 5, 1915 in
Alexandria,
Egypt – October 19, 1980 in
Los Angelesbr>
was a
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 ...
.
André and his brothers were in the film industry from the time they were teenagers. His brothers
Robert and Raymond Hakim worked at
Paramount Pictures
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before founding their own production company in France. André worked at
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...
. He produced such films as ''
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
''Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell'' is a 1951 American comedy film, the third and final one starring Clifton Webb as Lynn Belvedere. It follows on from '' Sitting Pretty'' (1948) and ''Mr. Belvedere Goes to College'' (1949).
Plot
Mr. Belvedere is ...
'' (1951), the anthology film, ''
O. Henry's Full House'' (1952) and ''
The Man Who Never Was'' (1956).
He was married to Susan Marie Zanuck, one of
Darryl F. Zanuck's two daughters. They had a son named Andre Hakim Jr, who became a musician who played with Sly Stone. The couple divorced in 1967, after which Zanuck married Pierre-Francois Savineau.
Egyptian film producers
People from Alexandria
1915 births
1980 deaths
Egyptian emigrants to the United States
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