Alain Sarde is a French film producer and

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Early life

Alain Sarde was born on 28 March 1952 in

Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious commune in the Parisian area, located from its centre. It is a subprefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department an ...

, France.

Career

David Lynch's ''

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'', a film Sarde co-produced, received the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture. '' The Pianist'' was nominated for the

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and won the

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. Another film of his – '' Intimate Strangers'' – is being remade by

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Filmography

*''

Don't Touch The White Woman! ''Don't Touch the White Woman!'' (french: Touche pas à la femme blanche !) is a 1974 Western comedy film co-written and directed by Marco Ferreri. Plot A fictionalized version of Custer's Last Stand, set at a real building site in Paris, Fran ...

'' (1974) *'' Barocco'' (1976) *'' First Name: Carmen'' (1983) *'' My Best Friend's Girl'' (1983) *''

Mixed Blood The term mixed-blood in the United States and Canada has historically been described as people of multiracial backgrounds, in particular mixed European and Native American ancestry. Today, the term is often seen as pejorative. Northern Wood ...

'' (1985) *'' Bitter Moon'' (1992) *''

L.627 ''L.627'' is a 1992 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Plot Lucien Marguet, nicknamed "Lulu" is an investigator of the second class in the judicial police in the Paris head office. He is a field officer, so passionate about his work that ...

'' (1992) *'' Wild Reeds'' (1994) *'' L'Appât'' (1995) *''

Nelly and Mr. Arnaud ''Nelly and Mr. Arnaud'' (french: Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud) is a 1995 French film directed by Claude Sautet and starring Michel Serrault, Emmanuelle Béart and Jean-Hugues Anglade. It won the César Award for Best Director and Best Actor for Mich ...

'' (1995) *'' Ponette'' (1996) *''

La Belle Verte ''La Belle Verte'' (; ''The Beautiful Green'', title in English: ''Visit to a Green Planet'') is a 1996 French film written and directed by Coline Serreau and starring Serreau, Vincent Lindon, Marion Cotillard and Yolande Moreau. Serreau also co ...

'' (1996) *''

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'' (1997) *'' An Air So Pure'' (1997) *''

Place Vendôme The Place Vendôme (), earlier known as Place Louis-le-Grand, and also as Place Internationale, is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It ...

'' (1998) *'' Alice and Martin'' (1998) *''

Children of the Century ''Children of the Century'' (french: Les Enfants du Siècle) is a 1999 French film based on the true tale of the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th century, novelist George Sand (Juliette Binoche) and poet Alfred ...

'' (1999) *'' Le coeur à l'ouvrage'' (2000) *'' Water Drops on Burning Rocks'' (2000) * '' To Matthieu'' (2000) *'' Les Acteurs'' (2000) *'' Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre'' (2001) *'' Chaos'' (2001) *''

'' (2001) *'' Speak to Me of Love'' (2002) *'' The Pianist'' (2002) *''

Jet Lag Jet lag is a physiological condition that results from alterations to the body's circadian rhythms caused by rapid long-distance trans-meridian (east–west or west–east) travel. For example, someone flying from New York to London, i.e. from ...

'' (2002) *''

Sole Sisters ''Sole Sisters'', a.k.a. ''Only Girls'' (French title: ''Filles uniques''), is a 2003 film directed by Pierre Jolivet. Main cast *Sandrine Kiberlain – Carole *Sylvie Testud – Tina *Vincent Lindon – Adrien *François Berléand &n ...

'' (2003) *''

Life Is a Miracle ''Life Is a Miracle'' ( sr, Život je čudo / Живот је чудо) is a Serbian drama film directed by Emir Kusturica in 2004. It was entered into the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It received nomination at the Golden Eagle Award in 2005 for ...

'' (2004) *''

Notre musique ''Notre musique'' (English: ''Our Music'') is a 2004 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The film reflects on violence, morality, and the representation of violence in film, and touches especially on past colonialism and the current Israeli–Palest ...

'' (2004) *'' Intimate Strangers'' (2004) *''

Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with ...

'' (2005)

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* 1952 births Living people People from Boulogne-Billancourt Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award French film producers French male film actors {{France-film-bio-stub