A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Born:
July 26, 1944
Died:
November 5, 2008
Christian Fechner (26 July 1944 – 25 November 2008) was a French film producer, screenwriter and director. After starting off as an illusionist, he became a music producer with French singer Antoine. He transformed Antoine’s musicians, les Problems, into a band named Les Charlots. Fechner produced such films as Les bidasses en folie, Les fous du stade, Bons baisers de Hong Kong, Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine, Papy fait de la résistance, Les Spécialistes, Marche à l'ombre, The Children of the Marshland, La Tour Montparnasse Infernale, Chouchou. In 2005, he produced Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie (and marked his last great success making nearly $151,211,264 at the box office. Fechner had two children: film producer Alexandra Fechner and Maxime Fechner, owner of the fashion brand Kymerah. Christian Fechner died of cancer on 25 November 2008. Source: Article "Christian Fechner" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Associate Producer:
1974 Céline and Julie Go Boating
Co-Producer:
1973 The Mother and the Whore
1974 Céline and Julie Go Boating
Director:
1973 The Mother and the Whore
1974 Céline and Julie Go Boating
1993 Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
Producer:
1972 Charlots Go to Spain
1972 Stadium Nuts
1973 The Big Store
1973 The Mother and the Whore
1974 Céline and Julie Go Boating
1974 I'm Losing My Temper
1974 Rookies Go to War
1974 Tender Dracula
1975 From Hong Kong with Love
1975 The Wild Goose Chase
1976 The Wing or the Thigh?
1977 Animal
1978 The Discord
1980 The Miser
1981 The Cabbage Soup
1983 Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
1983 The Ruffian
1984 Marche à l'ombre
1986 The Joint Brothers
1988 Camille Claudel
1991 The Lovers on the Bridge
1993 Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
1995 Elisa
1997 Everything Must Disappear
1998 Half a Chance
1999 The Children of the Marshland
1999 The Girl on the Bridge
2001 A Crime in Paradise
2001 La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
2005 The Antidote
2006 L'Entente cordiale
Writer:
1972 Charlots Go to Spain
1972 Stadium Nuts
1973 The Big Store
1973 The Mother and the Whore
1974 Céline and Julie Go Boating
1974 I'm Losing My Temper
1974 Rookies Go to War
1974 Tender Dracula
1975 From Hong Kong with Love
1975 The Wild Goose Chase
1976 The Wing or the Thigh?
1977 Animal
1978 The Discord
1980 The Miser
1981 The Cabbage Soup
1983 Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
1983 The Ruffian
1984 Marche à l'ombre
1986 The Joint Brothers
1988 Camille Claudel
1991 The Lovers on the Bridge
1993 Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
1995 Elisa
1997 Everything Must Disappear
1998 Half a Chance
1999 The Children of the Marshland
1999 The Girl on the Bridge
2001 A Crime in Paradise
2001 La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
2005 The Antidote
2006 L'Entente cordiale
Creator:
1989 David Lansky
Producer:
1988 Palace
1989 David Lansky
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Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
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