Serge Silberman

Serge Silberman 1 May 1917 22 July 2003 was a French film producer known for his collaborations with several major European and Japanese filmmakers including Luis Buñuel Akira Kurosawa JeanPierre Melville René Clément Jacques Becker and Nagisa Oshima Silberman was born in Łódź then a part of the Regency Kingdom of Poland to a Jewish family During World War II Silberman survived Nazi concentration camps and eventually settled in Paris One of his first works as a film producer was JeanPierre Melvilles 1955 film Bob the Gambler a precursor to the French New Wave movement Silbermans most notable collaborations were with the surrealist film director Luis Buñuel The pair along with screenwriter JeanClaude Carrière who Silberman introduced to Buñuel worked together on a number of films starting with the 1964 film Diary of a Chambermaid Silberman produced most of Buñuels late films including the Academy Award winner The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in 1972 and the directors last film That Obscure Object of Desire in 1977 Silberman founded his own production company Greenwich Film Productions in 1966 The company was responsible for the production of over 15 films In 1981 Silberman produced his most financially successful film JeanJacques Beineixs Diva The film was not well received in the country of its origin France but became a boxoffice hit abroad The money gained from the movie enabled Silberman to provide funding for Akira Kurosawas ambitious 1985 film Ran which at the time of its making was the most expensive Japanese film ever Silberman was awarded an honorary César Award in 1988 Source Article Serge Silberman from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA