Philippe Carcassonne

Philippe Carcassonne is a French film producer. He is a frequent producer of films directed by Patrice Leconte, Benoît Jacquot, and his wife Anne Fontaine. He was nominated for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Film Awards for producing The Father (2020).

Philippe Carcassonne
Carcassonne in 2020
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Anne Fontaine ​ (m. 1994)​

Career

After obtaining a degree in law and philosophy, Philippe Carcassonne worked as a journalist for the monthly film magazine Cinématographe, then as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Médias. In 1983, Carcassonne co-authored a film encyclopedia titled Le cinema with critic Claude Beylie, published by Éditions Bordas.^[1]

Carcassonne launched his film production career in 1986 after meeting Pierre et Vacances president Gérard Brémond through mutual friends. Brémond provided Carcassonne with the funding necessary to begin in film production.^[1] Carcassonne has run the production company Cinéa (stylised Ciné@) since the mid-1980s.^[2][3]

In 2021, Carcassonne became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[4]

Personal life

In 1994, Carcassonne married the Luxembourger filmmaker Anne Fontaine.^[5][6] His brother is the journalist and publisher Manuel Carcassonne [fr].^[7]

Filmography

Year	Title	Credit	Director	Notes
1987	Tandem		Patrice Leconte
	Les Innocents		André Téchiné
1988	Alouette, je te plumerai		Pierre Zucca
	A Few Days with Me	Delegate producer	Claude Sautet
1989	Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed		Coline Serreau
	Monsieur Hire		Patrice Leconte
	Chimère		Claire Devers
1990	Le Bal du gouverneur		Marie-France Pisier
	No Fear, No Die		Claire Denis
	La Désenchantée		Benoît Jacquot
1991	Prospero's Books	Co-producer	Peter Greenaway
	30 Door Key	Executive producer	Jerzy Skolimowski
	Keep It for Yourself		Claire Denis	Short film
1992	A Heart in Winter		Claude Sautet
1993	Tango	Co-producer	Patrice Leconte
	Les histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général		Anne Fontaine
1994	The Favourite Son		Nicole Garcia
1995	Carrington	Executive producer	Christopher Hampton
	A Single Girl		Benoît Jacquot
	The Confessional		Robert Lepage
	Augustin		Anne Fontaine
	Innocent Lies	Associate producer	Patrick Dewolf
	Beyond the Clouds		Michelangelo Antonioni
	L'aube à l'envers		Sophie Marceau	Short film
1996	Ridicule		Patrice Leconte
	Polygraph		Robert Lepage
1997	Seventh Heaven		Benoît Jacquot
	Dry Cleaning		Anne Fontaine
	La Vie de Marianne		Benoît Jacquot
1998	Dis-moi que je rêve	Delegate producer	Claude Mouriéras
	Late August, Early September		Olivier Assayas
	Noël en famille		Fabienne Berthaud & Aruna Villiers	Short film
1999	Augustin, King of Kung-Fu		Anne Fontaine
	Franck Spadone		Richard Bean
	Pas de scandale		Benoît Jacquot
2000	Stardom	Co-producer	Denys Arcand
	La Mécanique des femmes	Co-producer	Jérôme de Missolz
	Sabotage!		Esteban Ibarretxe & José Miguel Ibarretxe
2001	Félix et Lola		Patrice Leconte
	How I Killed My Father		Anne Fontaine
	Loin	Associate producer	André Téchiné
	Read My Lips		Jacques Audiard
2002	Rue des plaisirs		Patrice Leconte
	The Man on the Train		Patrice Leconte
	Royal Bonbon	Associate producer	Charles Najman
	Queenas
2005	Entre ses mains		Anne Fontaine
2006	Oh La La!		Anne Fontaine
2007	Days of Darkness	Co-producer	Denys Arcand
2008	Les Bureaux de Dieu		Claire Simon
	The Girl from Monaco		Anne Fontaine
	Gabbla	Co-producer	Tariq Teguia
	Sur ta joue ennemie		Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
2009	Coco Before Chanel		Anne Fontaine
2010	The Illusionist	Executive producer	Sylvain Chomet
	Au fond des bois		Benoît Jacquot
	Rio Sex Comedy	Co-producer	Jonathan Nossiter
	Red Nights	Co-producer	Julien Carbon & Laurent Courtiaud
2011	My Worst Nightmare		Anne Fontaine
	The First Man		Gianni Amelio
2012	Camille Rewinds		Noémie Lvovsky
2013	Adoration		Anne Fontaine
2014	Durazno	Investor producer	Yashira Jordán	Documentary
	Gemma Bovery		Anne Fontaine
	Senza nessuna pietà		Michele Alhaique
2015	Qui c'est les plus forts?		Charlotte de Turckheim
	Floride		Philippe Le Guay
2016	The Innocents	Associate producer	Anne Fontaine
2017	Demain et tous les autres jours	Associate producer	Noémie Lvovsky
	7 Jours pas plus		Héctor Cabello Reyes
	Reinventing Marvin		Anne Fontaine
2018	Pauline asservie	Co-producer	Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet	Short film
2019	Blanche comme neige		Anne Fontaine
2020	The Father		Florian Zeller
	Night Shift		Anne Fontaine
	Final Set	Co-producer	Quentin Reynaud
2021	Presidents		Anne Fontaine
2022	Maigret		Patrice Leconte	Uncredited
	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Executive producer	Anthony Fabian
	The Son	Executive producer	Florian Zeller
2023	Super-bourrés	Co-producer	Bastien Milheau
	Marianne		Michael Rozek
2024	Boléro		Anne Fontaine
	Belle		Benoît Jacquot

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Film	Result	Ref(s)
Academy Awards	2021	Best Picture	The Father	Nominated	[8]
British Academy Film Awards	1991	Best Film Not in the English Language	Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed	Nominated
	1994		A Heart in Winter	Nominated
	1997		Ridicule	Won
	2010		Coco Before Chanel	Nominated
	2021	Best Film	The Father	Nominated	[9]
		Outstanding British Film		Nominated	[9]
British Independent Film Awards	2021	Best British Independent Film		Nominated
César Awards	2013	Best Film	Camille Rewinds	Nominated	[10]
European Film Awards	1993	Best Film	A Heart in Winter	Nominated
	2021		The Father	Nominated