French producer Humbert Balsan, chairman of the European Film Academy, committed suicide Feb. 10 in Paris. He was 50. He was found in the offices of his production company Ognon Films. Balsan, who ...

LONDON — While the Middle East is too hot to handle for most producers, Humbert Balsan has carved out a lucrative niche producing films by Arab filmmakers. His new project promises to raise more ...

Tough going for auteur filmmakers. In 2001, three of France's most respected independent producers — Humbert Balsan, Paolo Branco and Gilles Sandoz — formed a distribution alliance called Pirates.

In 2001, three of France's most respected independent producers -- Humbert Balsan, Paolo Branco and Gilles Sandoz -- formed a distribution alliance called Pirates.

The Father of My Children, a drama about love, sorrow, and the heartbreak of independent film financing, is sliced neatly in half by the sudden death of its protagonist, Gregoire Canvel. I’m not ...

When talking about her new film, “The Father of My Children,” French writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve can’t help but mention suicide. The film, which opens in L.A. theaters Friday, follows ...

I'm not spoiling: Writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve has admitted that Grégoire is based on the French producer Humbert Balsan, who... The Father of My Children, a drama about love, sorrow and ...

One of the principal virtues of the new French drama “The Father of My Children,” the second feature by Mia Hansen-Løve—a film à clef about the real-life producer Humbert Balsan, whom she ...

Inspired by the life and death of the late, legendary French film producer Humbert Balsan, Mia Hansen-Løve’s film is a work of two halves. The first follows the business dealings of Grégoire ...

During a conversation with the film's producer Humbert Balsan in October, Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis informed Balsan that the film was ineligible for consideration in next year's ...

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