Gilbert de Goldschmidt
French film producer
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Gilbert de Goldschmidt (26 April 1925 - 1 January 2010) was a German-born French film producer and writer.
Life and career
Goldschmidt was born in Berlin to Rudolph Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1881 - 1962) and Betty Lambert (1894-1969). At a young age de Goldschmidt moved to France, where he started his first production company Madeleine Films in 1951.[1][2] Among his about 40 produced films were Jacques Demy's Palme d'Or winner and Academy Award nominated The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Raoul Coutard's Academy Award nominated Hoa-Binh, and a number of Yves Robert's successful comedies, notably The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe.[1][2] He also produced TV-commercials, and distributed foreign films in France, including some Monty Python films.[2]
During his career, de Goldschmidt received various honours, including the Legion of Honour, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Ordre national du Mérite.[1] He served as juror at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival and at the 1988 Venice International Film Festival.[2] He was cousin of the actress Clio Goldsmith.[1]
Family
Goldschmidt's paternal grandfather was Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild of the Goldschmidt family. His paternal grandmother was Minna Karoline Freiin von Rothschild (1857 - 1903), the daughter of Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family of Naples. His grand-uncle was the financier Adolphe Goldschmidt. His uncle (father's first-cousin) was British-French politician & hotelier Frank Goldsmith, whose son (Gilbert's second-cousin) was Sir James Goldsmith. Zac & Jemima Goldsmith are his nephew & niece.
