Pierre Braunberger

Pierre Braunberger, French producer, executive producer, and actor, born 29th July 1905 in Paris (France) to a family of doctors, died 17th November 1990.

Biography

At the age of seven, he was already determined not have the same life as his father, and to never be a doctor. He saw a performance of "Fantômas" at the Gaumont Théâtre 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 (U.S.A.), 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 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", "la Fille de l'eau", "Nana" and "Tire-au-flanc".

In 1929, Pierre 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, Pierre 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.

At the end of the Second World War, Pierre Braunberger transformed a local Gestapo office into the Cinema Studio "Studio Lhmond" , which he used to discover new talents of the "nouvelle vague", such as "Jean-Pierre Melville", "Jean-Luc Godard", "Alain Resnais", …etc

Pierre Braunberger died in 1990.

Filmography

* 1929 : "La Malemort du Canard" ("La Ballade du canard")
* 1930 : "La Route est belle"
* 1930 : "L'Homme qui assassina"
* 1930 : "La Donna di una notte"
* 1930 : "La Femme d'une nuit"
* 1930 : "El Amor solfeando"
* 1931 : "On purge bébé"
* 1932 : "L'Amour à l'américaine"
* 1933 : "Tire au flanc"
* 1934 : "Sans famille"
* 1936 : "Partie de campagne"
* 1937 : "Forfaiture"
* 1947 : "Van Gogh"
* 1947 : "Paris 1900"
* 1948 : "Van Gogh"
* 1949 : "Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés"
* 1950 : "Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec"
* 1950 : "Histoire des pin-up girls"
* 1950 : "Guernica"
* 1950 : "Paul Gauguin"
* 1950 : "Le Tampon du capiston"
* 1951 : "Station mondaine"
* 1951 : "Palais royal"
* 1951 : "Le Dictionnaire des pin-up girls"
* 1951 : "L'Art du haut-rhénan"
* 1951 : "Bertrand cœur de lion"
* 1952 : "En quête de Marie"
* 1952 : "Avec André Gide"
* 1952 : "Le Crime du Bouif"
* 1952 : "Jocelyn"
* 1953 : "Marc Chagall"
* 1953 : "Julietta"
* 1954 : "Croissance de Paris"
* 1954 : "Ballade parisienne"
* 1955 : "Visages de Paris"
* 1955 : "Une lettre pour vous"
* 1955 : "New York ballade"
* 1955 : "Impressions de New York"
* 1956 : "Toute la mémoire du monde"
* 1956 : "Houston, Texas"
* 1956 : "Le Grand sud"
* 1956 : "Le Coup du berger"
* 1956 : "Les Abeilles"
* 1958 : "Moi un noir"
* 1958 : "Elèves-maîtres"
* 1958 : "Le Chant du styrène" by Alain Resnais (short)
* 1958 : "Ces gens de Paris"
* 1958 : "Bonjour, Monsieur La Bruyère"
* 1958 : "Au bon coin"
* 1958 : "L'Américain se détend"
* 1959 : "All the Boys Are Called Patrick"
* 1960 : "L'Amour existe" by Maurice Pialat (short)
* 1960 : "L'Eau à la bouche"
* 1960 : "L'Amérique insolite"
* 1960 : "Shoot the Piano Player"
* 1960 : "Charlotte et son Jules"
* 1961 : "Une histoire d'eau"
* 1962 : "Un cœur gros comme ça"
* 1962 : "La Dénonciation"
* 1962 : ""
* 1963 : "Delphica"
* 1964 : "La Femme spectacle"
* 1964 : "La Fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes"
* 1964 : "De l'amour"
* 1965 : "Le Bestiaire d'amour"
* 1965 : "L'Affaire de poissons"
* 1966 : "Lumière"
* 1966 : "Martin soldat" by Michel Deville with Robert Hirsch
* 1967 : "L'Affaire de la rue de Chantilly" ("Le Crime de la rue de Chantilly") (TV)
* 1968 : "Erotissimo" by "Gérard Pirès" with Annie Girardot
* 1969 : "L'Astragale"
* 1969 : "Libre de ne pas l'être"
* 1969 : "Le Droit d'asile"
* 1969 : "Cinéma-cinéma"
* 1970 : "Trois Hommes sur un cheval" by Marcel Moussy with Robert Dhéry
* 1970 : "Les Voisins n'aiment pas la musique"
* 1970 : "La Fin des Pyrénées"
* 1970 : "En attendant l'auto..."
* 1970 : "Chambres de bonne"
* 1970 : "Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne ?" by "Jean Aurel" with "Jean Yanne"
* 1971 : "Les Doigts croisés" ("To Catch a Spy") by "Dick Clement" with "Kirk Douglas"
* 1971 : "Le Laboratoire de l'angoisse"
* 1971 : "La Cavale"
* 1971 : "Fantasia chez les ploucs" by Gérard Pirès with "Lino Ventura"
* 1971 : "Petit à petit"
* 1972 : "Je, tu, elles..."
* 1972 : "On n'arrête pas le printemps"
* 1972 : "Elle court, elle court la banlieue" by Gérard Pirès with "Marthe Keller"
* 1974 : "Défense d'aimer"
* 1974 : "Comment réussir... quand on est con et pleurnichard"
* 1974 : "Comme un pot de fraises" by "Jean Aurel" with "Jean-Claude Brialy"
* 1975 : "Emilienne"
* 1975 : "L'Agression" by "Gérard Pirès" with "Jean-Louis Trintignant"
* 1975 : "Attention les yeux !" by Gérard Pirès with "Claude Brasseur"
* 1977 : "Le Risque de vivre" by Gérald Calderon with "Michael Lonsdale"
* 1979 : "L'Armoire"
* 1979 : "Collections privées"
* 1983 : "Kusa-meikyu"
* 1986 : "Dionysus"
* 1989 : "Aller à Dieppe sans voir la mer"