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Pierre Braunberger (July 29 1905 - November 17 1990) was a French producer and actor, born in Paris (France) to a family of doctors.

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Biography

At the age of seven, he was already determined not have the same life as his father, and to never be a doctor. He saw a performance of Fantômas at the Gaumont Théâtre 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 (U.S.A.), where he worked for a few weeks with 20th Century Fox, and became a director of production along with Ferdinand H. Adam where he also worked on films with Frank Merril.

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 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 la Fille de l'eau, Nana and Tire-au-flanc.

In 1929, Pierre 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, Pierre 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.

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

Pierre Braunberger died in 1990.

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