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Anatole Dauman

Highest Rated: 100% Night and Fog (1955)

Lowest Rated: 68% The Beast (1975)

Birthday: Feb 7, 1925

Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland

Although born in Poland, producer Anatole Dauman spent most of his life in his adopted homeland of France. After distinguishing himself in the French Resistance during WWII, he went on to become a pioneer in the French New Wave, producing several important films through his company Argos Films. During the 1950s, Dauman and Argos oversaw numerous short films by such esteemed filmmakers as Jean Aurel, Alexandre Ausruc and Agnes Varda. Among the groundbreaking films he produced were Alain Resnais' powerful documentary "Night and Fog" (1956) as well as that director's complex debut feature "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" (1959) and "Last Year at Marienbad" (1961), In 1962, Dauman was the producer of Chris Marker's "The Pier/La Jetee," which consisted of still photographs reconstructing a man's remembrance of a pier in Orly, a woman and a death. Following fruitful collaborations with Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard in the 60s and Walerian Borowczyk in the 70s, he teamed with Japanese director Nagisa Oshima for the critically-praised but highly controversial "In the Realm of the Senses" (1976), which focused on an obsessive love affair and contained sexually explicit set pieces. 1979's "The Tin Drum," directed by Volker Schlondorff became the first German film to win a Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award. The 80s found Dauman working in collaboration with Andrei Tarchovsky on that director's last film, "The Sacrifice" (1986) and with Wim Wenders on the English-language "Paris, Texas" (1984) and the brilliant "Wings of Desire" (1987). His final film as producer was Chris Marker's documentary about the Battle of Okinawa, "Level Five" (1996).

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Highest rated movies

100% 95% Night and Fog
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96% 86% Masculine-Feminine
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96% 89% Hiroshima, Mon Amour
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95% 93% Wings of Desire
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95% 93% Paris, Texas
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94% 72% Two or Three Things I Know About Her
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93% 93% La jetée
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93% 85% Last Year at Marienbad
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89% 86% Mouchette
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84% 64% In the Realm of the Senses
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Filmography

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Credit
95% 93% Wings of Desire Producer $120.8K 1987
95% 93% Paris, Texas Producer $236.0K 1984
84% 84% The Tin Drum Producer $5.5K 1979
80% 70% Empire of Passion Producer - 1978
84% 64% In the Realm of the Senses Producer - 1976
68% 52% The Beast Producer - 1975
75% 40% Contes Immoraux Producer - 1974
94% 72% Two or Three Things I Know About Her Producer $101.9K 1967
89% 86% Mouchette Producer,
Executive Producer
- 1967
96% 86% Masculine-Feminine Producer $199.9K 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The War Is Over Producer - 1966
No Score Yet 91% ...A Valparaíso Producer - 1965
80% 79% Muriel Producer - 1963
93% 93% La jetée Producer - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mais où sont les nègres d'antan? Producer - 1962
93% 85% Last Year at Marienbad Producer $60.1K 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rendezvous at Midnight Producer - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paris the Beautiful Producer - 1960
96% 89% Hiroshima, Mon Amour Producer $88.3K 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Astronauts The Chauffeur (Voice),
Producer
- 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broadway by Light Producer - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet La Joconde - Histoire d'une obsession Producer - 1958
No Score Yet 60% Letter From Siberia Producer - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Les hommes de la baleine Producer - 1956
100% 95% Night and Fog Producer - 1955