# 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).

## 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.
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. Carcassonne has run the production company Cinéa (stylised Ciné@) since the mid-1980s.
In 2021, Carcassonne became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

## Personal life

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

## Filmography

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

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Film | Result |
| Academy Awards | 2021 | Best Picture | The Father | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1991 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1994 | Best Film Not in the English Language | A Heart in Winter | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1997 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Ridicule | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 2010 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Coco Before Chanel | 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 | 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 |