Thomas Langmann

Thomas Langmann (born 24 May 1971) is a French film producer and actor, known for producing '' The Artist'' (2011), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture as producer in 2012.

Career

Langmann began his career as an actor in his father's films when he was a teenager, earning Cesar Award nominations for Most Promising Newcomer for ''Les années sandwiches '' in 1988 and ''Paris s'éveille'' in 1991, as well as a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for ''Le nombril du monde''. He became a film producer in the early 2000s. During the filming of ''Asterix at the Olympic Games'', he was arrested for employing prostitutes and purchasing narcotics. In 2011, Langmann produced the black and white, silent film '' The Artist'' with director Michel Hazanavicius. He was unable to attract investors to the risky project and self-financed the film. He won the Academy Award for the film at the 2012 Oscars and won the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals.

Personal life

Langmann was born in Paris, France, the son of Anne-Marie Rassam and film director Claude Berri. His uncle was the late producer Jean-Pierre Rassam and his brother was the late French actor Julien Rassam. Both his mother and his brother committed suicide, in 1997 and in 2002, respectively, while his father died of a stroke in 2009. He has a younger half-brother from his father's later relationship, Darius Langmann. His father Claude Berri was Jewish, and his mother Anne-Marie Rassam, who was born in Lebanon, was Syrian Christian.

In 2008, Langmann was sentenced to four months in prison for assaulting his long-term girlfriend Frédérique, with whom he had a daughter in 2002. Langmann married French journalist Céline Bosquet on 21 June 2013.

Filmography

As producer

*2002: '' Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra''
*2002: '' Dead Weight''
*2004: ''Blueberry''
*2004: '' Double Zéro''
*2005: ''Foon''
*2006: ''Those Happy Days''
*2007: ''Steak''
*2008: ''Asterix at the Olympic Games'' (also director)
*2008: '' Mesrine: Public Enemy #1''
*2008: '' Mesrine: Killer Instinct''
*2010: ''Le mac''
*2011: ''Mon père est femme de ménage''
*2011: '' The Artist''
*2011: '' La nouvelle guerre des boutons'' (''War of the Buttons'')
*2012: '' The Suicide Shop''
*2012: '' Maniac''
*2012: ''Stars 80''
*2012: '' Colt 45''
*2014: '' The Search''
*2015: '' One Wild Moment''
*2016: '' Tout, tout de suite''
*2016: '' The Jews''
*2019: '' Quand on crie au loup''

As actor

*1980: '' Je vous aime''
*1988: ''Les années sandwiches''
*1989: ''Jour après jour''
*1989: ''Bille en tête''
*1990: ''Déminage'' (short)
*1990: '' Alberto Express''
*1991: '' Night and Day''
*1991: ''Paris s'éveille''
*1992: ''Tous les garçons'' (short)
*1992: ''Les paroles invisibles'' (short)
*1992: ''Lover''
*1994: ''Le nombril du monde''
*1995: ''Court toujours: Joséphine et les gitans'' (short)
*1995: ''La musique de l'amour: Robert et Clara''
*1997: ''Une femme très très très amoureuse''
*1998: ''Foul Play''
*2002: ''Dead Weight''
*2006: '' Days of Glory''
*2012: '' Toussaint Louverture''

Awards and nominations

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Langmann, Thomas
1971 births
Living people
French male film actors
French film producers
Male actors from Paris
Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award
Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award
Golden Globe Award–winning producers
French people of Lebanese descent
French people of Polish-Jewish descent
French people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Film directors from Paris