Michel Seydoux

Michel Seydoux (French: [sɛdu]; born 11 September 1947) is a French businessman and film producer. He is also the former president and chairman of French professional football club Lille OSC.

Michel Seydoux
Seydoux in 2011
Born	(1947-09-11) 11 September 1947 (age 77) Paris, France
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1973–present
Family	Seydoux

In 1975-1976, Seydoux worked with director Alejandro Jodorowsky on a film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. The movie was never made due to lack of financing; the story of the project is told in Jodorowsky's Dune, which prominently features Seydoux.^[1]

In 1997 he was a member of the jury at the 20th Moscow International Film Festival.^[2]

Family

Seydoux is the grandson of scientist Marcel Schlumberger and has two brothers; Jérôme and Nicolas.^[3] Jérôme is a shareholder on football club Olympique Lyonnais. Seydoux is the grand-uncle of actress Léa Seydoux.

Selected filmography

• Lily, aime-moi (1975)
• F comme Fairbanks (1976)
• Shadow of the Castles (1977)
• Don Giovanni (1979)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
• Close to Eden (1991)
• Smoking/No Smoking (1993)
• Burnt by the Sun (1994)
• The Barber of Siberia (1998)
• Leaving (2009)
• Pater (2011)
• The Dance of Reality (2013)
• The Sense of Wonder (2015)
• Living and Knowing You're Alive (2019)
• Heart of Oak (2022; also co-director)