Daniel Toscan du Plantier (7 April 1941 – 11 February 2003) was a French film producer. Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques he became advertising manager for the France Soir daily newspaper in 1966 and between 1975 and 1985 was director-general of Gaumont, and president of Unifrance, an organisation for promoting French films, from 1988 until his death.
Personal life Toscan du Plantier was married four times and had three sons and two daughters. His first marriage was to French actress Marie-Christine Barrault, with whom he had one son and one daughter. He then lived with actress Isabelle Huppert. His second marriage was with Italian film director and producer Francesca Comencini, with whom he had one son. His third wife was Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was murdered in 1996 (the crime is considered unsolved in Ireland, where it happened, and solved in France, where Ian Bailey was convicted in May 2019). His fourth marriage was with Melita Nikolic in 1998, with whom he had one son and one daughter. Toscan du Plantier died of a heart attack in Berlin, Germany, where he was attending the 2003 Berlin Film Festival.
Filmography
As producer +YearTitleNotes1975Cousin Cousine1977The Lacemaker1977The Devil Probably1977Kung-fu wu-su1979Nosferatu the VampyreUncredited1980City of Women1981Six personnages en quête d'un chanteurTelevision film1982Fanny and AlexanderUncredited1983L'Argent1983Nostalghia1983À Nos Amours1984CarmenExecutive producer; uncredited1985Police1987Under the Sun of Satan1987Travelling avant1988La Bohème1988La lumière du lacExecutive producer1988Yehudi Menuhin Retour aux Sources1988The French as Seen by...Miniseries; 2 episodes1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverCo-producer1989Boris Godunov1990Korczak1990Branches of the Tree1990La voix humaineExecutive producer1991Agantuk1992In the Country of Juliets1993L'écrivain public1993The Flood1994Dead Tired1994Seven Sundays1995Madame Butterfly1996Désiré1996Bambola1997Quadrille1997Le bassin de J.W.1997The Chambermaid on the Titanic1997Les Précieuses ridiculesExecutive producer; television film1997The Comedian1998Tartuffe, or The Impostor Executive producer; television film1998Les fourberies de ScapinTelevision film1999The Dilettante1999Civilisées 1999L'impromptu de VersaillesTelevision film1999Le mariage forcé2000Les Savates du bon Dieu2000Bellyful2000L'avareTelevision film2000L'affaire Marcorelle2000L'Homme qui parlait aux lions2001Day OffLine producer2001Karmen Geï2001Tosca2001Léaud l'uniqueTelevision special2001Le bourgeois gentilhomme Television film2002Le malade imaginaire2003En territoire indien2003Above the Clouds2003Les femmes savantesExecutive producer; television film
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