Alexandre Mnouchkine
Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine was a Russian-born French film producer.
He moved to Paris in 1925. After his entry into cinema in 1932, he created Ariane Films in 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
- Convicted
- L'Aigle [à deux têtes] by Jean Cocteau
- The [Cupid Club]
- Julie de Carneilhan
- The Happy Man
- Fanfan la Tulipe by Christian-Jaque,
- Madame du Barry
- Madelon
- Women's Club
- Les Gauloises bleues by Michel Cournot,
- The [Name of the Rose (film)|The Name of the Rose] by Jean-Jacques Annaud,
- 6 films directed by Claude Lelouch,
- 10 films directed by Philippe de Broca, including L'Homme de Rio and Dear Louise
- La [Révolution française (film)|La Révolution française - episode "Les Années Lumière"] by Robert Enrico.
Actor
- Le Voyou
- Touch and Go - L'homme en vélo-taxi
- L'aventure, c'est l'aventure - Davis
- Le Magnifique - Paramedic at the Back of Ambulance
- Illustrious Corpses - Pattos
- If I Had to Do It All Over Again
- Jupiter's Thigh - Hermann Von Blankenberg
- I Hate Actors - Zupelman
- Spirale - Gustav Stadler
- The African Woman - Andrej
Awards
- Honorary César award in 1982