Saïd Ben Saïd

Saïd Ben Saïd born 11 July 1966 is a TunisianFrench film producer He grew up in Carthage and became passionate about cinema to the point of bringing VHS tapes from France with the help of a diplomatic friend of his parents He came to Paris in 1984 to do his higher studies at Lycée privé SainteGeneviève in Versailles and then at ESTP He then worked as an engineer at Lyonnaise des Eaux and then at M6 In 1996 he joined UGC producing films by André Téchiné Barbet Schroeder Pascal Bonitzer and Alain Corneau In 2010 he founded his own company SBS Productions and produced films by Roman Polanski Carnage 2011 Brian De Palma Passion 2012 Philippe Garrel Jealousy 2013 David Cronenberg Maps to the Stars 2014 Walter Hill The Assignment 2016 and Paul Verhoeven Elle 2016 Benedetta 2021 In 2009 he signed a petition in support of Roman Polanski calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13yearold girl Source Article Saïd Ben Saïd from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30