# Alain Terzian

Alain Terzian (born 2 May 1949) is a French-Armenian film producer, Administrator of Cannes Film Festival jury, and former President of Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. He is the chief executive officer of Alter Films and the President of Union of French Producers, UPF.
On 12 March 2009, among with Charles Aznavour, André Santini and Hélène Ségara he attended the opening ceremony of the Yerevan Park in the center of Paris.

## Leadership of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma

In 2003, he was elected President of Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, a position from which he resigned in 2020 when the collective resignation of the Academy's board of directors led to a profound restructuring of the institution.
Terzian was involved in a dispute in January 2020. A dinner was held to announce the nominees for the 45th César Awards, inviting various actors and staff of nominated films. Invitees were allowed to bring along another figure involved with the film industry with them. Two attendees submitted requests, one for director Claire Denis and the other for writer Virginie Despentes; both are known as feminists. The Academy's leadership rejected Denis and Despentes and refused to allow them at the ceremony. An open letter signed by over 400 figures in the French film industry criticized the "arbitrary, even discriminatory manner" in which these two attendees were rejected, with no reason given, and criticized Terzian directly over the matter as the one who was behind the decision.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1975 | Vanda Teres | Jean-Marie Vincent | |
| 1978 | Les ringards | Robert Pouret | |
| 1979 | Laura | David Hamilton | |
| 1979 | The Medic | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1979 | Les Charlots en délire | Alain Basnier | |
| 1980 | Three Men to Kill | Jacques Deray | |
| 1981 | La revanche | Pierre Lary | |
| 1981 | Pétrole! Pétrole! | Christian Gion | |
| 1982 | Le Choc | Robin Davis | |
| 1982 | L'indiscrétion | Pierre Lary | |
| 1982 | Boulevard des assassins | Boramy Tioulong | |
| 1982 | Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt! | Denys Granier-Deferre | |
| 1983 | Le jeune marié | Bernard Stora | |
| 1983 | Premiers désirs | David Hamilton | |
| 1984 | La smala | Jean-Loup Hubert | |
| 1984 | Year of the Jellyfish | Christopher Frank | |
| 1984 | Femmes de personne | Christopher Frank | |
| 1984 | Rive droite, rive gauche | Philippe Labro | |
| 1985 | Rendez-vous | André Téchiné | Nominated - Palme d'Or |
| 1985 | L'homme aux yeux d'argent | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1986 | La gitane | Philippe de Broca | |
| 1986 | Le débutant | Daniel Janneau & Francis Perrin | |
| 1986 | Scene of the Crime | André Téchiné | Nominated - Palme d'Or |
| 1987 | Spirale | Christopher Frank | |
| 1987 | Les Innocents | André Téchiné | Nominated - César Award for Best Film |
| 1987 | Vent de panique | Bernard Stora | |
| 1987 | Club de rencontres | Michel Lang | |
| 1988 | La passerelle | Jean-Claude Sussfeld | |
| 1988 | Bonjour l'angoisse | Pierre Tchernia | |
| 1991 | Les clés du paradis | Philippe de Broca | |
| 1991 | L'Opération Corned-Beef | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1993 | Fanfan | Alexandre Jardin | |
| 1993 | Les Visiteurs | Jean-Marie Poiré | Nominated - César Award for Best Film |
| 1995 | Les Anges gardiens | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1996 | Ma femme me quitte | Didier Kaminka | |
| 1997 | Héroïnes | Gérard Krawczyk | |
| 1997 | Les Soeurs Soleil | Jeannot Szwarc | |
| 1998 | The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1999 | Tout baigne! | Eric Civanyan | |
| 2000 | Le prof | Alexandre Jardin | |
| 2003 | I'm Staying! | Diane Kurys | |
| 2005 | Anthony Zimmer | Jérôme Salle | |
| 2006 | Président | Lionel Delplanque | |
| 2006 | Le passager de l'été | Florence Moncorgé-Gabin | |
| 2009 | Le coach | Olivier Doran | |
| 2009 | Change of Plans | Danièle Thompson | |
| 2009 | Le Premier Cercle | Laurent Tuel | |
| 2011 | Requiem pour une tueuse | Jérôme Le Gris | |
| 2013 | Hôtel Normandy | Charles Nemes | |
| 2015 | Chic! | Jérôme Cornuau | |
| 2015 | Premiers crus | Jérôme Le Gris | |
| 2016 | Cézanne and I | Danièle Thompson | |
| 2017 | Les ex | Maurice Barthélemy | |
| 2020 | Chacun chez soi | Michèle Laroque | |

## Awards

* Officer of Légion d'honneur
* Chevalier of Ordre d'honneur (Armenia) (2009)
* Officer of Ordre national du Mérite
* Chevalier of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres