Pierre Braunberger (29 July 1905, Paris – 16 November 1990, Aubervilliers) was a French producer, executive producer, and actor.
Biography
Born into a family of physicians, Braunberger at the age of seven was already determined not have the same life as his father, and not to take up medicine as a career. He saw a screening of ''
Fantômas
Fantômas () is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914).
One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appear ...
'' at the Gaumont Théâtre, the first cinema to open in Paris, and decided to work in the cinema.
After the First World War, at the age of 15, he produced and directed his first film: ''
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
'' in Germany. He left for successive adventures in Berlin, London at
Brocklis establishments, where he worked.
In 1923, he left for New York, where he worked for a few weeks at
Fox Film Corporation
The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film C ...
, and became a director of production along with
Ferdinand H. Adam where he also worked on films with
Frank Merrill
Frank Dow Merrill (December 4, 1903 – December 11, 1955) was a United States Army general and is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II ...
.
In the course of his films in Los Angeles, he came to know
Irving Thalberg
Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts, choose actors, gather productio ...
who employed him at
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o ...
as one of his assistants. He stayed there for eighteen months, and established contacts with one of the greatest directors of the time.
Wanting to direct and produce in France, he returned to Paris and got to know
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent film, silent era to the end of the 1960s. ...
, with whom he worked on ''Avec qui il va tourner'', ''
The Whirlpool of Fate
''The Whirlpool of Fate'' or ''The Girl of the Water'' (French: ''La Fille de l'eau'') is a 1925 French silent drama film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Catherine Hessling as its heroine.
All of the French copies of this film have been lo ...
'', ''
Nana
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'' and ''
Tire-au-flanc''.
In 1929, Braunberger created
Productions Pierre Braunberger and
Néofilms for the production of his first French-speaking film (''La route est belle'' by Robert Florey).
In 1930, Braunberger became head of the Pantheon Cinema and continued there for sixty years. He renovated the lobby, created 450 seats, and installed
Western Electric
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projectors and sound equipment. Although subtitles were yet to be invented, he was the first to show foreign films in their original versions.
One year later, he met with
Roger Richebé
Roger Richebé (3 December 1897, Marseille - 10 July 1989 in Ville-d'Avray), born Roger Gustave Richebé, was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Selected filmography
* ' (1930) (producer)
* '' La donna di una notte'' (1930) (pr ...
to produce under the name of Établissements Braunberger-Richebé. A few films were produced, such as ''
le Blanc et le noir'' by
Robert Florey
Robert Florey (14 September 1900 – 16 May 1979) was a French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor.
Born as Robert Fuchs in Paris, he became an orphan at an early age and was then raised in Switzerland. In 1920 he worked a ...
, ''
Isn't Life a Bitch?'' by
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent film, silent era to the end of the 1960s. ...
, and ''
Chocolatière et Fanny'' by
Marc Allégret. In 1933, still only 28, he decided to continue alone, and formed
studios de Billancourt, which became
Paris-Studio-Cinéma. During World War two he was not able to produce a film because he was
Jewish
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.
At the end of the Second World War, Braunberger transformed a local Gestapo office into the Cinema Studio "
Studio Lhmond", which he used to discover new talents of the "nouvelle vague", including
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Melville (; born Jean-Pierre Grumbach; 20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973) was a French filmmaker and actor. Among his films are ''Le Silence de la mer'' (1949), ''Bob le flambeur'' (1956), '' Le Doulos'' (1962), ''Le Samouraï'' (196 ...
,
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...
and
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included ...
.
In 1966 he was the head of the jury at the
16th Berlin International Film Festival.
Braunberger had a close relationship with philosopher
Gilles Deleuze.
In the late 1970s, Braunberger produced two films for Polish filmmaker
Walerian Borowczyk
Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was an internationally known Polish film director described by film critics as a 'genius who also happened to be a pornographer'. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk set ...
.
Braunberger died in 1990.
Filmography
* 1929 : ''
La Malemort du Canard'' (''La Ballade du canard'')
* 1930 : ''
La Route est belle''
* 1930 : '
* 1930 : ''
El Amor solfeando''
* 1930 : ''
La Femme d'une nuit
''La Femme d'une nuit'' ("The woman of one night") is a 1931 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. It was made simultaneously with Italian and German versions of the same story, which were however not only in different languages but i ...
''
* 1931 : ''
La donna di una notte
''Queen of the Night'' (Italian:''La donna di una notte'') is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Marcel L'Herbier, assisted by Amleto Palermi and Guido Brignone, and starring Francesca Bertini, Ruggero Ruggeri and Romano Calò.Masia & Lancia ...
''
* 1931 : ''
On purge bébé
''On purge bébé'' (''Baby's Laxative'') is Jean Renoir's first sound film, based upon the play by Georges Feydeau. It is a 1931 comedy about a supposedly unbreakable chamberpot and a constipated baby. It is known for mocking the French bourgeo ...
''
* 1931 : ''
La Chienne
''La Chienne'' ( en, italic=yes, The Bitch) is a 1931 French film by director Jean Renoir. It is the second sound film by the director and the twelfth film of his career. The film is based on the eponymous story "La Chienne" by Georges de La Fo ...
''
* 1931 : ''
Salto Mortale''
* 1931 : ''
American Love
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Reception
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewi ...
''
* 1933 : ''
Tire au flanc''
* 1934 : ''
Sans famille''
* 1936 : ''
Partie de campagne
''Partie de campagne'' (; English: ''A Day in the Country'') is a 1946 French featurette written and directed by Jean Renoir. The film is based on the short story "Une partie de campagne" (1881) by Guy de Maupassant, who was a friend of Renoir's f ...
''
* 1937 : ''
The Cheat''
* 1947 : ''
Van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...
''
* 1947 : ''
Paris 1900''
* 1948 : ''
Van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...
''
* 1949 : ''
Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés''
* 1950 : ''
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the ...
''
* 1950 : ''
Histoire des pin-up girls''
* 1950 : ''
Guernica
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''
* 1950 : ''Gauguin''
* 1950 : ''
Le Tampon du capiston''
* 1951 : ''
Station mondaine''
* 1951 : ''
Palais royal
The Palais-Royal () is a former royal palace located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre. Originally called the Palais-Cardinal, it was built for Cardinal R ...
''
* 1951 : ''
Le Dictionnaire des pin-up girls''
* 1951 : ''
L'Art du haut-rhénan''
* 1951 : ''The Bullfight'' documentary
[Lúcia Nagib -World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism 2011-1441154655 Page 178 "He further expounds on this issue in his remarkable essay 'Death Every Afternoon', apropos of Pierre and Myriam Braunberger's "]
* 1951 : ''
Bernard and the Lion''
* 1952 : ''
En quête de Marie''
* 1952 : ''
Avec André Gide''
* 1952 : ''
Le Crime du Bouif''
* 1952 : ''
Jocelyn
Jocelyn is a surname and first name. It is a unisex (male/female) name. Variants include Jocelin, Jocelyne, Jocelynn, Jocelynne, Joscelin, Josceline, Joscelyn, Joscelynn, Joscelynne, Joseline, Joselyn, Joselyne, Joslin, Joslyn, Josselin, Josselyn, ...
''
* 1953 : ''Marc Chagall''
* 1953 : ''Julietta''
* 1954 : ''
Croissance de Paris''
* 1954 : ''
Ballade parisienne''
* 1955 : ''
Visages de Paris''
* 1955 : ''
Une lettre pour vous''
* 1955 : ''
New York ballade''
* 1955 : ''
Impressions de New York''
* 1956 : ''
Toute la mémoire du monde''
* 1956 : ''
Houston, Texas
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
''
* 1956 : ''
Le Grand sud''
* 1956 : ''
Le Coup du berger''
* 1956 : ''
Les Abeilles''
* 1958 : ''
Moi un noir''
* 1958 : ''
Elèves-maîtres''
* 1958 : ''
Le Chant du styrène'' by
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included ...
(short)
* 1958 : ''
Ces gens de Paris''
* 1958 : ''
Bonjour, Monsieur La Bruyère''
* 1958 : ''
Au bon coin''
* 1958 : ''
L'Américain se détend''
* 1959 : ''Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick'' (''
All the Boys Are Called Patrick'')
* 1960 : ''
L'Amour existe'' by
Maurice Pialat
Maurice Pialat (; 31 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as " realist", (short)
* 1960 : ''
L'Eau à la bouche''
* 1960 : ''
L'Amérique insolite''
* 1960 : ''Tirez sur le pianiste'' (''
Shoot the Piano Player
''Shoot the Piano Player'' (french: Tirez sur le pianiste; UK title: ''Shoot the Pianist'') is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film directed by François Truffaut that stars Charles Aznavour as the titular pianist with Marie Dubois, Nicole Ber ...
'')
* 1960 : ''
Charlotte et son Jules
''Charlotte and Her Boyfriend'' (french: Charlotte et son Jules) is a 13-minute 1958 film by Franco-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard. It is shot entirely in or from a hotel room, in which Jules (Jean-Paul Belmondo) gives Charlotte (Anne Collette) a ...
''
* 1961 : ''
Une histoire d'eau''
* 1962 : ''
Un cœur gros comme ça''
* 1962 : ''
La Dénonciation''
* 1962 : ''
Virginie
''Virginie'' was a French-language Canadian television series that aired Monday through Thursday on Radio-Canada (the French-language CBC television network). It debuted in 1996. The show examined the public and private lives of teachers, stud ...
''
* 1962 : ''
Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux''
* 1963 : ''
Delphica''
* 1964 : ''
La Femme spectacle
''La Femme spectacle'' is a film directed by Claude Lelouch in 1964.
Synopsis
The film is an essay regarding the "female object".
Details
*Director: Claude Lelouch
*Music:
*Length : 100 minutes
*Release date: 1964
Starring
*Jean Yanne
Jean may ...
''
* 1964 : ''
La Fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes''
* 1964 : ''
De l'amour
''All About Loving'' (french: De l'amour) is a 1964 French comedy film directed by Jean Aurel and starring Anna Karina.
Cast
* Anna Karina as Hélène
* Elsa Martinelli as Mathilde
* Michel Piccoli as Raoul
* Jean Sorel as Antoine
* Philippe ...
''
* 1965 : ''
Le Bestiaire d'amour''
* 1965 : ''
L'Affaire de poissons''
* 1966 : ''
Lumière''
* 1966 : ''
Martin soldat
''Kiss Me General'' (original title: ''Martin Soldat'') is a 1966 French comedy film directed by Michel Deville and starring Robert Hirsch, Véronique Vendell, Walter Rilla, Marlène Jobert and Anthony Sharp. An actor disguises himself as a so ...
'' by
Michel Deville
Michel Deville (born 13 April 1931) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and in ...
with
Robert Hirsch
* 1967 : ''
L'Affaire de la rue de Chantilly'' (''Le Crime de la rue de Chantilly'') (TV)
* 1968 : ''
Erotissimo
''Erotissimo'' is a 1969 French-Italian comedy film directed by Gérard Pirès. It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.
Cast
* Annie Girardot as Annie
* Jean Yanne as Philippe
* Francis Blanche as Le polyvalent (Tax co ...
'' by ''
Gérard Pirès
Gérard Pirès (born 31 August 1942) is a French film director and writer.
Filmography
* '' Guo bao zong dong yuan'' (''Adventures in the NPM'') (2007)
* '' Les Chevaliers du ciel'' (''Sky Fighters'') (2005)
* '' Double zéro'' (2004)
* ''Steal' ...
'' with
Annie Girardot
Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women und ...
* 1969 : ''
L'Astragale''
* 1969 : ''
Libre de ne pas l'être''
* 1969 : ''
Le Droit d'asile''
* 1969 : ''
Cinéma-cinéma''
* 1970 : ''
Trois Hommes sur un cheval'' by
Marcel Moussy Marcel Moussy (7 May 1924 – 10 August 1995) was a French screenwriter and television director.
Moussy was born in Algiers. He was co-nominated with François Truffaut for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''The ...
with
Robert Dhéry
Robert Dhéry (27 April 1921 – 3 December 2004) (born Robert Léon Henri Fourrey or Robert Foullcy) was a French comedian, actor, director and screenwriter.
He was married to actor Colette Brosset, with whom he appeared onstage in ''La Plume d ...
* 1970 : ''
Les Voisins n'aiment pas la musique''
* 1970 : ''
La Fin des Pyrénées''
* 1970 : ''
En attendant l'auto...''
* 1970 : ''
Chambres de bonne''
* 1970 : ''
Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne ?'' by ''
Jean Aurel
Jean Aurel (6 November 1925 in Rastolita, Romania – 24 August 1996 in Paris) was a Romanian-born French film director and scriptwriter. Notably, he co-wrote ''La Femme d'à côté'' (''The Woman Next Door'') with François Truffaut and Suzann ...
'' with ''
Jean Yanne
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* Jea ...
''
* 1971 : ''
Les Doigts croisés'' (''
To Catch a Spy
''To Catch a Spy'' is a 1971 comedy spy film directed by Dick Clement and starring Kirk Douglas, Marlène Jobert, Trevor Howard, Richard Pearson, Garfield Morgan, Angharad Rees and Robert Raglan. It was written by Clement and Ian La Frenai ...
'') by ''
Dick Clement
Dick Clement (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer, director and producer. He became known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais for television series including '' The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?' ...
'' with ''
Kirk Douglas''
* 1971 : ''
Le Laboratoire de l'angoisse''
* 1971 : ''
La Cavale''
* 1971 : ''
Fantasia chez les ploucs'' by
Gérard Pirès
Gérard Pirès (born 31 August 1942) is a French film director and writer.
Filmography
* '' Guo bao zong dong yuan'' (''Adventures in the NPM'') (2007)
* '' Les Chevaliers du ciel'' (''Sky Fighters'') (2005)
* '' Double zéro'' (2004)
* ''Steal' ...
with ''
Lino Ventura''
* 1971 : ''
Petit à petit
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*Petit four
* Petit Gâteau
*P ...
''
* 1972 : ''
Je, tu, elles...''
* 1972 : ''
On n'arrête pas le printemps''
* 1972 : ''
Elle court, elle court la banlieue'' by
Gérard Pirès
Gérard Pirès (born 31 August 1942) is a French film director and writer.
Filmography
* '' Guo bao zong dong yuan'' (''Adventures in the NPM'') (2007)
* '' Les Chevaliers du ciel'' (''Sky Fighters'') (2005)
* '' Double zéro'' (2004)
* ''Steal' ...
with ''
Marthe Keller
Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945) is a Swiss actress and opera director. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film '' Marathon Man'' (1976), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Career
Early years
Keller studied ba ...
''
* 1974 : ''
Défense d'aimer''
* 1974 : ''
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard''
* 1974 : ''
Comme un pot de fraises
''Like a Pot of Strawberries'' (French: ''Comme un pot de fraises'') is a 1974 French comedy film by Jean Aurel.
Starring
* Jean-Claude Brialy (Norbert)
* Nathalie Courval (Joëlle)
* Marcha Grant (Olivia)
* Marianne Eggerickx (Amandine)
* Jea ...
'' by ''
Jean Aurel
Jean Aurel (6 November 1925 in Rastolita, Romania – 24 August 1996 in Paris) was a Romanian-born French film director and scriptwriter. Notably, he co-wrote ''La Femme d'à côté'' (''The Woman Next Door'') with François Truffaut and Suzann ...
'' with ''
Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director.
Early life
Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland ...
''
* 1975 : ''
Emilienne''
* 1975 : ' by ''
Gérard Pirès
Gérard Pirès (born 31 August 1942) is a French film director and writer.
Filmography
* '' Guo bao zong dong yuan'' (''Adventures in the NPM'') (2007)
* '' Les Chevaliers du ciel'' (''Sky Fighters'') (2005)
* '' Double zéro'' (2004)
* ''Steal' ...
'' with ''
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic fi ...
''
* 1975 : ''
Attention les yeux !'' by
Gérard Pirès
Gérard Pirès (born 31 August 1942) is a French film director and writer.
Filmography
* '' Guo bao zong dong yuan'' (''Adventures in the NPM'') (2007)
* '' Les Chevaliers du ciel'' (''Sky Fighters'') (2005)
* '' Double zéro'' (2004)
* ''Steal' ...
with ''
Claude Brasseur
Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor.
Life and career
Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of E ...
''
* 1977 : ''
Le Risque de vivre'' by
Gérald Calderon with ''
Michael Lonsdale''
* 1979 : ''
L'Armoire''
* 1979 : ''
Collections privées''
* 1983 : ''
Kusa-meikyu''
* 1986 : ''
Dionysus
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...
''
* 1989 : ''
Aller à Dieppe sans voir la mer''
See also
*
1929 in film
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Braunberger, Pierre
1905 births
1990 deaths
20th-century French male actors
Male actors from Paris
French male film actors
French male television actors
French film producers
20th-century French Jews
César Honorary Award recipients