Anatole Dauman

Producer

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Birth Place

Poland

Born

February 07, 1925

Died

April 08, 1998

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Although born in Poland, producer Anatole Dauman spent most of his life in his adopted homeland of France. After distinguishing himself in the French Resistance during WWII, he went on to become a pioneer in the French New Wave, producing several important films through his company Argos Films. During the 1950s, Dauman and Argos oversaw numerous short films by such esteemed filmmakers as...

Filmography

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Level Five (1997)

Until the End of the World (1991)

Until the End of the World (1991)

Executive Producer

Treasure Island (1991)

Wings of Desire (1987)

The Sacrifice (1986)

Photos & Videos

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Mouchette (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Feel A Fit Coming On

Mouchette (1967) -- (Movie Clip) He'll Spend The Night Outside

Family & Companions

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Pascale Dauman

Wife

Producer. Divorced.

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Named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor

Named Commander of Arts and Letters by the French government

Biography

Although born in Poland, producer Anatole Dauman spent most of his life in his adopted homeland of France. After distinguishing himself in the French Resistance during WWII, he went on to become a pioneer in the French New Wave, producing several important films through his company Argos Films. During the 1950s, Dauman and Argos oversaw numerous short films by such esteemed filmmakers as Jean Aurel, Alexandre Ausruc and Agnes Varda. Among the groundbreaking films he produced were Alain Resnais' powerful documentary "Night and Fog" (1956) as well as that director's complex debut feature "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" (1959) and "Last Year at Marienbad" (1961), In 1962, Dauman was the producer of Chris Marker's "The Pier/La Jetee," which consisted of still photographs reconstructing a man's remembrance of a pier in Orly, a woman and a death. Following fruitful collaborations with Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard in the 60s and Walerian Borowczyk in the 70s, he teamed with Japanese director Nagisa Oshima for the critically-praised but highly controversial "In the Realm of the Senses" (1976), which focused on an obsessive love affair and contained sexually explicit set pieces. 1979's "The Tin Drum," directed by Volker Schlondorff became the first German film to win a Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award. The 80s found Dauman working in collaboration with Andrei Tarchovsky on that director's last film, "The Sacrifice" (1986) and with Wim Wenders on the English-language "Paris, Texas" (1984) and the brilliant "Wings of Desire" (1987). His final film as producer was Chris Marker's documentary about the Battle of Okinawa, "Level Five" (1996).

Filmography

Producer (Feature Film)

Level Five (1997)

Until the End of the World (1991)

Until the End of the World (1991)

Executive Producer

Treasure Island (1991)

Wings of Desire (1987)

The Sacrifice (1986)

Paris, Texas (1984)

Executive Producer

The Beautiful Prisoner (1982)

Circle Of Deceit (1982)

Les Fruits de la Passion (1981)

Producer (France)

The Tin Drum (1979)

Executive Producer

Empire of Passion (1978)

Coup De Grace (1976)

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

The Beast (1975)

Contes Immoraux (1974)

Les Rendezvous en Foret (1971)

Mouchette (1970)

Chronicle of a Summer (1965)

Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1960)

Letter from Siberia (1957)

Night and Fog (1955)

Producer (Short)

La Jetee (1962)

La Jetee (1962)

Hommes de la baleine, Les (1958)

Du cote de la cote (1958)

The First Night (1958)

Life Events

1949

Co-founded (with Philippe Lifchitz) Argos Films

1955

Garnered international attention with Alain Resnais' "Night and Fog"

1959

Through Argos, released "Hiroshima, Mon Amour", directed by Resnais

1962

Produced Chris Marker's "La Jetee/The Pier"

1976

Engendered controvery with the release of Nagisa Oshima's "In the Realm of the Senses"

1979

Argos was one of the production companies involved with Volker Schlondorff's award-winning "The Tin Drum"

1984

Produced Wim Wenders' English-language film "Paris, Texas"

1986

Served as producer of Andrei Tarkovsky's last film, "The Sacrifice"

1987

Reteamed with Wenders for "Wings of Desire"

1991

Third teaming with Wenders, "Until the End of the World"

1996

Last film, Chris Marker's "Level Five"

Videos

Mouchette (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Feel A Fit Coming On The teenage title character (Nadine Nortier), empathetic and not suspicious after taking shelter from a storm with the alcoholic epileptic local poacher Arsene (Jean-Claude Guilbert), does not foresee trouble, in Robert Bresson's Mouchette, 1967.

Mouchette (1967) -- (Movie Clip) He'll Spend The Night Outside Another grim morning in the home of Nadine Nortier (title character), her father (Paul Hebert) commenting on the drunken local poacher, then scornfully watching her better-off schoolmates, in director Robert Bresson's acclaimed Mouchette, 1967.

Mouchette (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Warmth Is What I Need Part of director Robert Bresson's powerful sketch of his title character (teenage non-actor Nadine Nortier), tending for her mother (Marie Cardinal) as her alcoholic bootlegger father (Paul Hebert) arrives home, then at school, Liliane Princet the teacher, in Mouchette, 1967.

2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967) -- (Movie Clip) She Is Marina Vlady His distinct voice in narration his style even more unmistakable, Jean-Luc Godard’s opening to the provocative feature 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her, 1967, introducing Marina Vlady (who turned 80 in 2018), both as herself and as the character Juliette.

2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967) -- (Movie Clip) New Lessons On Industrial Society Depending on one’s interpretation, the third or fourth of director Jean-Luc Godard’s semi-titled segments, nudity with Helena Bielicic in the tub far from the most shocking element, as Marina Vlady as Juliette brings her child to the suburban brothel, with the director’s whispered narration, in 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her, 1967.

2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967) -- (Movie Clip) The Advent Of Conscience The famous coffee/cup scene or shots, said to have inspired Martin Scorsese in Taxi Driver, 1976, director Jean-Luc Godard narrates, the coffee drinker not identified, as Juliette (Marina Vlady) and her sister Marianne (Anny Duperey) observe, in 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her, 1967.

La Jetee (1962) -- (Movie Clip) The Man Doesn't Die Approaching halfway through director Chris Marker's famous short film, "the man" (Davos Hanic) encounters "the experimenter," (Jacques Ledoux), making plans for post-apocalypse humanity, in La Jetee, 1962.

La Jetee (1962) -- (Movie Clip) World War Three The one-of-a-kind opening of experimental film maker Chris Marker's La Jetee, 1962, featuring no moving pictures and the seeds of Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, 1995.

Letter From Siberia (1957) -- (Movie Clip) From A Distant Land Opening the first feature length documentary by the French experimental filmmaker Chris Marker, written in English and spoken in the first person though not by Marker himself, photography by Sacha Vierny, produced by Anatole Dauman, Letter From Siberia, 1957.

Letter From Siberia (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Chinese Word For Mammoth Further idiosyncratic exposition from French writer-director Chris Marker, who moves from traditional regional folk song with documentary camera, suddenly to quirky animation, in his first full length quasi-documentary, Letter From Siberia, 1957.

Letter From Siberia (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Objectivity Isn't The Answer Again speaking in the first person, French filmmaker Chris Marker observes the Russians’ affection for his friend, the singer Yves Montand, whom he apparently delivers via loudspeaker, then one of the most famous passages, three different commentaries on the same film sequence, Letter From Siberia, 1957.

Masculin Feminin (1966) -- (Movie Clip) No Average Frenchwoman On his first day at the job she helped find for him, Paul (Jean-Pierre Leaud), just out of the military, tracks down Madeleine (Chantal Goya), early in Jean-Luc Godard's Masculin Feminin, 1966.

Wings of Desire - (Original Trailer) An angel of death (Bruno Ganz) gives up his wings for love. Co-starring Peter Falk and directed by Wim Wenders.

Family

Florence Dauman

Daughter

Documentarian. Survived him.

Companions

Pascale Dauman

Wife

Producer. Divorced.

Bibliography

Notes

Named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor

Named Commander of Arts and Letters by the French government

Decorated for his involvement with the Resisitance movement

Received Cross of Merit for his film work

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