Stéphane Tchalgadjieff is an Armenian film producer and director who worked mostly in France, who was born on 9 August 1942 in Bulgaria. He founded several motion picture companies: Sunchild productions (1971–1981), Sunshine (1995) and the Solaris (2002–present).
[1.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300580. 2.http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/1558386/Stephane_Tchalgadjieff/]
He studied anthropology at
Columbia University
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and
New York University
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. He produced movies for, among others,
Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson made a notable contribution to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, Ellipsis (narrative device), ellipses, an ...
,
Michelangelo Antonioni
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,
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including '' L'Amour fo ...
and
Marguerite Duras
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. He worked with a line producer:
Danièle Gégauff, former actress for
Claude Chabrol
Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...
.
Filmography
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Eros
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He is usually presented as a handsome young ma ...
'' by
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni ( ; ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", ''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and '' ...
,
Steven Soderbergh
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,
Wong Kar-Wai
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(2004)
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Le Chien, le Général et les Oiseaux'' by Francis Nielsen (animated film) (2003)
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Par-delà les nuages'' by
Michelangelo Antonioni
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and
Wim Wenders
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(1995)
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Merry-Go-Round
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'' by
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including '' L'Amour fo ...
(1981)
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Deux lions au soleil'' by Claude Faraldo (1980)
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Le Soleil en face'' by
Pierre Kast
Pierre Kast (; 22 September 192020 October 1984) was a French people, French screenwriter, film and television director, and freedom fighter.
Biography
Prior to his work in film, Kast was a resistance activist in World War II, opposing the Vichy F ...
(1980)
*''Une femme au bout de la nuit'' by Daniel Daërt (1980)
*''Le maître-nageur'' by
Jean-Louis Trintignant
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(1979)
*''Fidelio'' by Pierre Jourdan (1979)
*''
Le Diable probablement'' by
Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson made a notable contribution to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, Ellipsis (narrative device), ellipses, an ...
(1977)
*''Aïda'' by Pierre Jourdan (1977)
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Baxter, Vera Baxter'' by
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
(1977)
*''
Duelle'' (une quarantaine) by
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including '' L'Amour fo ...
(1976)
*''L'assassin musicien'' by
Benoît Jacquot
Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema.
In July 2024, Jacquot was charged with rape, including of a minor, and was barred from directing and having cont ...
(1976)
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Noroît'' by
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including '' L'Amour fo ...
(1976)
*''
India Song'' by
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
(1975)
*''
La Femme du Gange'' by
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
(1974)
*''
Out 1 (noli me tangere)'' by
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including '' L'Amour fo ...
(1971)
*''
Paris vu par...'' by Claude Chabrol, Jean Rouch, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet (1965) (production assistant)
References
External links
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1942 births
Living people
French film producers
French film directors
People from Plovdiv
Bulgarian emigrants to France