Pierre Braunberger

Pierre Braunberger

Known for: Production
Biography: 1905-07-29
Deathday: 1990-11-16 (85 years old)

Biography

Pierre Braunberger (29 July 1905, Paris – 16 November 1990, Aubervilliers) was a French producer, executive producer, and actor.


Born into a family of physicians, Braunberger at the age of seven was already determined not have the same life as his father, and not to take up medicine as a career. He saw a screening of Fantômas at the Gaumont Théâtre, the first cinema to open in Paris, and decided to work in the cinema.


After the First World War, at the age of 15, he produced and directed his first film: Frankfurt in Germany. He left for successive adventures in Berlin, London at Brocklis establishments, where he worked.


In 1923, he left for New York, where he worked for a few weeks at Fox Film Corporation, and became a director of production along with Ferdinand H. Adam where he also worked on films with Frank Merrill.


In the course of his films in Los Angeles, he came to know Irving Thalberg who employed him at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as one of his assistants. He stayed there for eighteen months, and established contacts with one of the greatest directors of the time.


Wanting to direct and produce in France, he returned to Paris and got to know Jean Renoir, with whom he worked on Avec qui il va tourner, The Whirlpool of Fate, Nana and Tire-au-flanc.


In 1929, Braunberger created Productions Pierre Braunberger and Néofilms for the production of his first French-speaking film (La route est belle by Robert Florey).


In 1930, Braunberger became head of the Pantheon Cinema and continued there for sixty years. He renovated the lobby, created 450 seats, and installed Western Electric projectors and sound equipment. Although subtitles were yet to be invented, he was the first to show foreign films in their original versions.


One year later, he met with Roger Richebé to produce under the name of Établissements Braunberger-Richebé. A few films were produced, such as le Blanc et le noir by Robert Florey, Isn't Life a Bitch? by Jean Renoir, and Chocolatière et Fanny by Marc Allégret. In 1933, still only 28, he decided to continue alone, and formed studios de Billancourt, which became Paris-Studio-Cinéma. During World War two he was not able to produce a film because he was Jewish.


At the end of the Second World War, Braunberger transformed a local Gestapo office into the Cinema Studio "Studio Lhmond", which he used to discover new talents of the "nouvelle vague", including Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais.


In 1966 he was the head of the jury at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival.


Braunberger had a close relationship with philosopher Gilles Deleuze.


In the late 1970s, Braunberger produced two films for Polish filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk.


Braunberger died in 1990.


Source: Article "Pierre Braunberger" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

all 135

Movies 134

Producer 125

self 5

TV Shows 1

Director 1

Writer 1

Executive Producer
Immoral Women

Immoral Women (1979)

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6
Production Coordinator / Production Office Coordinator
Rabbit's Moon

Rabbit's Moon (1971)

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4
Executive Producer
Janine

Janine (1962)

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Producer / Presenter
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Forfaiture (1937)

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Information

Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1905-07-29

Deathday
1990-11-16 (85 years old)

Birth Name
Pierre Raymond Maurice Braunberger

Birth Place
Paris, France

Citizenships
France

Also Known As
Les Etablissement Branuberger-Richebé, P. Braunberger

Awards
Jean-Le-Duc award

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