# Jean-Louis Livi

Jean-Louis Livi (born 29 January 1941) is a French film producer.
Livi was nominated for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Film Awards for producing The Father (2020).

## Early life

Jean-Louis Livi is the son of Giuliano/Julien Livi (1917–1994), the older brother of Italian-French actor Yves Montand.

## Career

Between 1990 and 2006, Livi was director of the production companies Film par film and SEDIF (Société d'exploitation et de distribution de films) Productions. Since 2006, he has been the director the production company F comme film. Livi also manages the company Solivagus Productions.
Livi and Bernard Murat have been co-directors of the Théâtre des Mathurins and of the Théâtre Édouard VII in Paris.
In 2021, Livi became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

## Personal life

Livi has been married twice. His first marriage was to Tanya Lopert. He is married to actress Caroline Silhol with whom he has a son named Victor.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | | Director | Notes |
| 1988 | The Little Thief | | Claude Miller | |
| 1991 | On peut toujours rêver | | Pierre Richard | |
| 1991 | Merci la vie | | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1991 | My Father the Hero | | Gérard Lauzier | |
| 1991 | Tous les matins du monde | | Alain Corneau | |
| 1991 | La Totale! | | Claude Zidi | |
| 1992 | A Heart in Winter | | Claude Sautet | |
| 1992 | The Accompanist | | Claude Miller | |
| 1994 | My Father the Hero | | Steve Miner | |
| 1994 | A Pure Formality | Associate producer | Giuseppe Tornatore | |
| 1994 | The Smile | | Claude Miller | |
| 1994 | Colonel Chabert | | Yves Angelo | |
| 1995 | New World | | Alain Corneau | |
| 1995 | L'amour conjugal | | Benoît Barbier | |
| 1996 | The Best Job in the World | | Gérard Lauzier | |
| 1997 | Droit dans le mur | | Pierre Richard | |
| 1998 | Stolen Life | | Yves Angelo | |
| 1999 | Monsieur Naphtali | | Olivier Schatzky | |
| 1999 | Chili con carne | | Thomas Gilou | |
| 1999 | The Frenchman's Son | | Gérard Lauzier | |
| 2000 | Passionnément | | Bruno Nuytten | |
| 2000 | La moitié du ciel | | Alain Mazars | |
| 2001 | Read My Lips | | Jacques Audiard | |
| 2002 | Sur le bout des doigts | | Yves Angelo | |
| 2003 | The Overeater | | Thierry Binisti | |
| 2005 | Je vous trouve très beau | | Isabelle Mergault | |
| 2007 | The Merry Widow | | Isabelle Mergault | |
| 2008 | Leur morale... et la nôtre | | Florence Quentin | |
| 2008 | A Man and His Dog | | Francis Huster | |
| 2009 | Wild Grass | | Alain Resnais | |
| 2009 | I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive | | Claude Miller and Nathan Miller | |
| 2009 | Mademoiselle Chambon | Co-producer | Stéphane Brizé | |
| 2010 | Une exécution ordinaire | | Marc Dugain | |
| 2010 | Wandering Streams | | Pascal Rabaté | |
| 2011 | La bonté des femmes | | Yves Angelo and Marc Dugain | Television film |
| 2012 | 10 jours en or | | Nicolas Brossette | |
| 2012 | La danse de l'albatros | | Nathan Miller | Television film |
| 2012 | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | | Alain Resnais | |
| 2012 | Camille Rewinds | | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| 2012 | Quelques heures de printemps | | Stéphane Brizé | |
| 2013 | Henri | Associate producer | Yolande Moreau | |
| 2014 | Life of Riley | | Alain Resnais | |
| 2014 | Des fleurs pour Algernon | | Yves Angelo | Television film |
| 2014 | Les trois silences | | Laurent Herbiet | Television film |
| 2015 | Floride | | Philippe Le Guay | |
| 2017 | Ava | | Léa Mysius | |
| 2017 | Demain et tous les autres jours | | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| 2017 | Reinventing Marvin | | Anne Fontaine | |
| 2020 | The Father | | Florian Zeller | |
| 2020 | Night Shift | | Anne Fontaine | |
| 2021 | Les lendemains de veille | Co-producer | Loïc Paillard | |
| 2022 | Maigret | | Patrice Leconte | |
| 2022 | The Five Devils | | Léa Mysius | |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Film | Result |
| Academy Awards | 2021 | Best Picture | The Father | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1994 | Best Film Not in the English Language | A Heart in Winter | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 2021 | Best Film | The Father | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 2021 | Outstanding British Film | The Father | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2021 | Best British Independent Film | The Father | Nominated |
| César Awards | 2007 | Best First Film | Je vous trouve très beau | Won |
| César Awards | 2010 | Best Film | Wild Grass | Nominated |
| César Awards | 2013 | Best Film | Camille Rewinds | Nominated |
| European Film Awards | 1993 | Best Film | A Heart in Winter | Nominated |
| European Film Awards | 2021 | Best Film | The Father | Nominated |

## Honours

* 9 July 2014: Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres