Serge Silberman


Producer

About

Birth Place
Poland
Born
May 13, 1917

Biography

A significant force in French feature production since 1966, when he founded the Greenwich Film Production company, Silberman backed all of Luis Bunuel's late films, including the Oscar-winning "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972). Other notable credits include Jean-Jacques Beineix's "Diva" (1981), Akira Kurosawa's epic "Ran" (1985) and Nagisa Oshima's "Max, mon amour" (1986)....

Biography

A significant force in French feature production since 1966, when he founded the Greenwich Film Production company, Silberman backed all of Luis Bunuel's late films, including the Oscar-winning "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972). Other notable credits include Jean-Jacques Beineix's "Diva" (1981), Akira Kurosawa's epic "Ran" (1985) and Nagisa Oshima's "Max, mon amour" (1986).

Life Events

1963

First collaboration with Luis Bunuel, "Journal d'une femme de chambre/Diary of a Chambermaid"

1966

Founded Greenwich Film Production

Videos

Movie Clip

Bob Le Flambeur -- (Movie Clip) Legend Of The Recent Past The opening with the director's narration and credits, the Montmartre district of Paris and the loose introduction of the protagonist, Roger Duchesne, in New Wave forerunner Jean-Pierre Melville's, Bob Le Flambeur, 1955.
Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Play Innocent Following director Luis Bunuel's opening sequence over French countryside, Parisian domestic Celestine (Jeanne Moreau) meets grumpy driver Joseph (Georges Geret), then elderly Rabour (Jean Ozenne) and son-in-law Monteil (Michel Piccoli) are introduced, in Diary Of A Chambermaid, 1964.
Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Fancy People Father Rabour (Jean Ozenne) doing garden wackiness with son-in-law Monteil (Michel Piccoli), who soon meets the new maid from Paris Celestine (Jeanne Moreau), summoned away by stern Madame Monteil (Francoise Lugagne), early in Luis Bunuel's Diary Of A Chambermaid, 1964
Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964) -- (Movie Clip) I Have Diseases Some technique from director Luis Bunuel exiting the previous scene, the master Monteil (Michel Piccoli) grows more aggressive first with the new maid Celestine (Jeanne Moreau), then with the testy neighbor Mauger (Daniel Ivernel), in Diary Of A Chambermaid, 1964.
Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Call You Marie Rabour (Jean Ozenne), father of the mistress of the house (Francoise Dugagne), reveals kindness and eccentricity in his first meeting with the pretty new maid Celestine (Jeanne Moreau), in Luis Bunuel's Diary Of A Chambermaid, 1964.

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