Pierre Braunberger

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Pierre Braunberger (29 July 1905, Paris – 16 November 1990, Aubervilliers) was a French producer, executive producer, and actor. Born into a family of physicians, Braunberger at the age of seven was already determined not have the same life as his father, and not to take up medicine as a career. He saw a screening of Fantômas at the Gaumont Théâtre, the first cinema to open in Paris, and decided to work in the cinema. After the First World War, at the age of 15, he produced and directed his first film: Frankfurt in Germany. He left for successive adventures in Berlin, London at Brocklis establishments, where he worked. In 1923, he left for New York, where he worked for a few weeks at Fox Film Corporation, and became a director of production along with Ferdinand H. Adam where he also worked on films with Frank Merrill. In the course of his films in Los Angeles, he came to know Irving Thalberg who employed him at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as one of his assistants. He stayed there for eighteen months, and established contacts with one of the greatest directors of the time. Wanting to direct and produce in France, he returned to Paris and got to know Jean Renoir, with whom he worked on Avec qui il va tourner, The Whirlpool of Fate, Nana and Tire-au-flanc. In 1929, Braunberger created Productions Pierre Braunberger and Néofilms for the production of his first French-speaking film (La route est belle by Robert Florey). In 1930, Braunberger became head of the Pantheon Cinema and continued there for sixty years. He renovated the lobby, created 450 seats, and installed Western Electric projectors and sound equipment. Although subtitles were yet to be invented, he was the first to show foreign films in their original versions. One year later, he met with Roger Richebé to produce under the name of Établissements Braunberger-Richebé. A few films were produced, such as le Blanc et le noir by Robert Florey, Isn't Life a Bitch? by Jean Renoir, and Chocolatière et Fanny by Marc Allégret. In 1933, still only 28, he decided to continue alone, and formed studios de Billancourt, which became Paris-Studio-Cinéma. During World War two he was not able to produce a film because he was Jewish. At the end of the Second World War, Braunberger transformed a local Gestapo office into the Cinema Studio "Studio Lhmond", which he used to discover new talents of the "nouvelle vague", including Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais. In 1966 he was the head of the jury at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival. Braunberger had a close relationship with philosopher Gilles Deleuze. In the late 1970s, Braunberger produced two films for Polish filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk. Braunberger died in 1990. Source: Article "Pierre Braunberger" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1905-07-29
  • event Death Date 1990-11-16
  • school Known for: Production
  • star Popularity: 3.6
  • info Birth Place Paris, France
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Vivre Sa Vie

1962-09-20

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Shoot the Piano Player

1960-11-25

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Ankle Bone

1968-12-19

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Rabbit's Moon

1971-01-01

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Let's Make a Dirty Movie

1976-02-17

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Paris, A Winter's Day

1962-01-01

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The Laboratory of Fear

1971-01-01

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Paris Nineteen Hundred

1948-02-25

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Impressions de New York

1956-11-01

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Jocelyn

1952-01-18

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Le crime du Bouif

1952-03-05

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Guernica

1951-06-06

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Croissance de Paris

1955-08-11

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The Punishment

1962-03-10

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The Witnesses

1961-11-22

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The Denunciation

1962-07-18

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The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora

1965-05-05

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La Chienne

1931-11-20

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La Machine à parler d'amour

1961-01-01

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Muriel, or the Time of Return

1963-10-01

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A Game for Six Lovers

1960-01-20

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America as Seen by a Frenchman

1960-06-08

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Backbiters

1927-11-09

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The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows

1964-08-27

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Rabbit's Moon

1971-01-01

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Bullfight

1951-07-10

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Bullfight

1951-07-10

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The Lion Hunters

1966-10-15

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On n'arrête pas le printemps

1972-03-22

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On the Lam

1971-09-29

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Le Paris des mannequins

1963-10-18

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Act of Aggression

1975-04-16

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Let's Make a Dirty Movie

1976-02-17

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À la mémoire du rock

1963-01-01

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Village Sweetness

1964-05-01

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The Sad Sack

1928-07-18

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Janine

1962-01-01

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A Story of Water

1961-03-03

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Directing Actors by Jean Renoir

1969-09-14

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L'armoire

1979-06-27

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The Little Café

1963-01-02

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Chanson de gestes

1966-01-01

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The Song of Styrene

1957-12-01

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All the World's Memory

1956-11-01

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Immoral Women

1979-03-07

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Love Exists

1960-02-11

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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

1974-06-19

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Little by Little

1970-08-22

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Julietta

1953-06-17

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Forfaiture

1937-11-24

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All the Boys Are Called Patrick

1959-05-06

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Forfaiture

1937-11-24

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Charleston Parade

1927-03-19

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Moi, un Noir

1959-03-12

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A Day in the Country

1946-05-21

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Baby's Laxative

1931-06-21

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Jaguar

1967-09-03

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Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

1958-12-31

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Houston, Texas

1956-01-01

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In the Affirmative

1964-02-10

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Van Gogh

1948-09-01

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Soldier Martin

1966-09-28

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The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

1968-08-26

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Catch Me a Spy

1971-09-06

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Fool's Mate

1956-11-01

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Private Collections

1979-06-27

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Like a Pot of Strawberries

1974-09-11

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Erotissimo

1969-06-07

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Cinéma-Cinéma

1969-02-06

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La Femme d'une nuit

1930-06-16

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The Road Is Fine

1929-12-20

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Montparnasse

1929-04-30

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The Lovers of Midnight

1931-01-16

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La Fin des Pyrénées

1970-03-20

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I. You. They.

1973-06-28

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Land Without Bread

1933-12-01

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L'art de la turlute

1969-01-01

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The Goumbé of the Young Revelers

1966-01-01

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All About Loving

1964-12-28

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¡Cuba Sí!

1961-12-31

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To Be a Crook

1965-06-01

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Nadia

1963-01-01

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L'Amérique lunaire

1963-01-08

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Fantômas

1932-05-20

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O Seasons, O Castles

1958-05-01

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Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés

1950-03-08

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Bestiary of Love

1965-11-03

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Black and White

1931-03-27