Robert Dorfmann (3 March 1912 – 11 August 1999) was a French film producer who worked from the 1950s to the 1970s. He is the father of French film producer
Jacques Dorfmann.
His notable films include
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians and directors to be one of the greatest and ...
's ''
Tristana'' (1970),
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmake ...
's ''
Le cercle rouge'' (1970),
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati (; born Jacques Tatischeff, ; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French mime, filmmaker, actor and screenwriter. In an ''Entertainment Weekly'' poll of the Greatest Movie Directors, he was voted 46th (a list of the top 50 was ...
's ''
Trafic'' (1971) and ''
Papillon'' (1973).
He was awarded an
Honorary César
The César Award is France's national film award. Recipients are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of ...
in 1978. He was involved with the French production and distribution company
Les Films Corona.
Selected filmography
* ''
Crossroads of Passion'' (1948)
* ''
The Firemen's Ball'' (1948)
* ''
Miquette'' (1950)
* ''
Without Leaving an Address'' (1951)
* ''
Never Two Without Three'' (1951)
* ''
Skipper Next to God'' (1951)
* ''
Matrimonial Agency'' (1952)
* ''
The House on the Dune'' (1952)
* ''
The Air of Paris'' (1954)
* ''
Virginie'' (1962)
* ''
The Bamboo Stroke'' (1963)
* ''
The Great Silence'' (1968)
* ''
A Taste of Death'' (1968)
* ''
Papillon'' (1973)
References
External links
*
French film producers
1912 births
1999 deaths
César Honorary Award recipients
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