Olivier Delbosc Explained

Olivier Delbosc
Birth Place:	Toulouse, France
Alma Mater:	La Fémis
Occupation:	Film producer
Years Active:	1994–present

Olivier Delbosc (born 1968 in Toulouse) is a French film producer.^[1] He previously co-headed Fidelité Productions before launching his own production company Curiosa Films.

Biography

Delbosc formerly co-managed the company Fidélité Productions with Marc Missonnier, who he met while attending the prestigious Paris film school La Fémis (graduated 1996). Delbosc and Missonnier got their start in the 1990s producing the short films of Francois Ozon, and produced Ozon's feature film debut Sitcom (1998). In 2015, after nearly 20 years at Fidélité, Delbosc created his own production company Curiosa Films, with associate partner Emilien Bignon.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Also in 2015, he married the actress and filmmaker Audrey Dana.

In 2014, he was considered by Télérama, alongside Marc Missonnier, among the "Top 50" people in French cinema who "have the power and the talent to raise money, create films, make them popular".^[6]

On 17 October 2022, Delbosc was named Chevalier of the by Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Credits	Director	Notes
1994	Action vérité		François Ozon	Short film
1995	La petite mort		François Ozon	Short film
1996	Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Alléluia		Jon Carnoy	Short film
	Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Double mixte		Jon Carnoy	Short film
	Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Mon prince charmant		Jon Carnoy	Short film
	Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – La roue tourne		Jon Carnoy	Short film
	Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Roulette russe		Jon Carnoy	Short film
	A Summer Dress		François Ozon	Short film
1997	Lucas		Jon Carnoy	Short film
	See the Sea		François Ozon	Medium-length film
	Les héros sont debout		Rodolphe Pauly	Short film
1998	Sitcom		François Ozon
	X2000		François Ozon	Short film
	Les jours bleus		Isabelle Broué	Short film
1999	Criminal Lovers		François Ozon
	Pietas		Pietro Antonio Izzo	Short film
2000	Water Drops on Burning Rocks		François Ozon
	À corps perdu		Isabelle Broué	Short film
	Under the Sand		François Ozon
	Deep in the Woods		Lionel Delplanque
	Grand Oral		Yann Moix	Short film
2001	Un jeu d'enfants		Laurent Tuel
	Requiem		Hervé Renoh
2002	La maîtresse en maillot de bain		Lyèce Boukhitine
	8 Women		François Ozon
	Novela	Associate producer	Cédric Anger	Short film
	Samouraïs		Giordano Gederlini
	Bloody Mallory		Julien Magnat
	L'Idole		Samantha Lang
	Maléfique		Éric Valette
2003	Utopía	Associate producer	María Ripoll
	Swimming Pool		François Ozon
	Janis et John		Samuel Benchetrit
2004	Podium		Yann Moix
	The Hook		Thomas Vincent
	Tout le plaisir est pour moi	Associate producer	Isabelle Broué
	5x2		François Ozon
	The Story of My Life		Laurent Tirard
2005	Anthony Zimmer		Jérôme Salle
	Time to Leave		François Ozon
	L'Avion		Cédric Kahn
	How Much Do You Love Me?		Bertrand Blier
2006	Four Stars		Christian Vincent
	Jean-Philippe		Laurent Tuel
	La Jungle	Associate producer	Matthieu Delaporte
	My Best Friend		Patrice Leconte
	The Serpent		Éric Barbier
2007	Molière		Laurent Tirard
	Angel		François Ozon
	Actrices		Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
	Promise Me This		Emir Kusturica
	I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster		Samuel Benchetrit
2008	Maradona by Kusturica	Co-producer	Emir Kusturica	Documentary
	Dorothy Mills		Agnès Merlet
	Afterwards		Gilles Bourdos
	Kabuli Kid		Barmak Akram
	Anything for Her		Fred Cavayé
	De l'autre côté du lit		Pascale Pouzadoux
2009	Enter the Void		Gaspar Noé		^[8]
	Little Nicholas		Laurent Tirard
2010	Neds		Peter Mullan
	Toi, moi, les autres		Audrey Estrougo
	La chance de ma vie		Nicolas Cuche
	The Next Three Days		Paul Haggis
2011	The Prodigies		Antoine Charreyron
	Chez Gino		Samuel Benchetrit
	Hideaways		Agnès Merlet
	Playoff		Eran Riklis
2012	Renoir		Gilles Bourdos
			Laurent Tirard
2013	On My Way		Emmanuelle Bercot
	La Grande Boucle		Laurent Tuel
	A Promise		Patrice Leconte
2014	In the Name of My Daughter		André Téchiné
	French Women		Audrey Dana
	Nicholas on Holiday		Laurent Tirard
	Do Not Disturb		Patrice Leconte
2015	The Final Lesson		Pascale Pouzadoux
	Marguerite		Xavier Giannoli
2016	The Odyssey		Jérôme Salle
	Being 17		André Téchiné
	The African Doctor		Julien Rambaldi
2017	If I Were a Boy		Audrey Dana
	Django		Étienne Comar
	The Midwife		Martin Provost
	Let the Sunshine In		Claire Denis
	Knock		Lorraine Lévy		^[9]
	Momo		Vincent Lobelle and Sébastien Thiery
2018	Les Aventures de Spirou et Fantasio		Alexandre Coffre
	The Apparition		Xavier Giannoli		^[10]
	Amoureux de ma femme		Daniel Auteuil		^[11]
	Black Tide		Erick Zonca		^[12]
	Sofia		Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi
	L'amour est une fête		Cédric Anger		^[13]
2019	Farewell to the Night		André Téchiné		^[14]
	All Inclusive		Fabien Onteniente
	Heavy Duty		Bertrand Blier		^[15]
	Curiosa		Lou Jeunet		^[16]
2020	Profession du père		Jean-Pierre Améris		^[17]
2021	Between Two Worlds		Emmanuel Carrère		^[18]
	A Radiant Girl		Sandrine Kiberlain		^[19]
	Mystère à Saint-Tropez		Nicolas Benamou
	Lost Illusions		Xavier Giannoli		^[20]
	The Accusation		Yvan Attal		^[21]
	Waiting for Bojangles		Régis Roinsard		^[22]
	Le Trésor du Petit Nicolas		Julien Rappeneau
2022	Hommes au bord de la crise de nerfs		Audrey Dana
	Both Sides of the Blade		Claire Denis		^[23]
	Stars at Noon		Claire Denis		^[24]
2023	Soul Mates		André Téchiné
	The Taste of Things		Trần Anh Hùng		^[25]
	All to Play For		Delphine Deloget		^[26]
	The Braid		Laetitia Colombani
	Making Of		Cédric Kahn
	Breaking Point		Yvan Attal
	Chasse gardée		Frédéric Forestier and Antonin Fourlon
2024	Suspended Time		Olivier Assayas
	The Quiet Son		Delphine and Muriel Coulin

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2011	Les Beaux Mecs	Executive producer	Miniseries; 6 episodes
2013	La Croisière	Delegate producer	Miniseries; 6 episodes
2016	Beyond the Walls	Executive producer	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2018	HP	Producer	10 episodes
2019	Ronde de nuit	Executive producer	TV movie

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Film	Result
BAFTA Scotland	2011	Best Feature Film (shared with Alain de la Mata and Marc Missonnier)	Neds		^[27]
César Awards	2009	Best First Film (shared with Fred Cavayé, Eric Jehelmann and Marc Missonnier)	Anything for Her		^[28]
	2016	Best Film (shared with Marc Missonnier and Xavier Giannoli)	Marguerite		^[29]
European Film Awards	2002	Best Film (shared with Marc Missonnier)	8 Women		^[30]
	2003		Swimming Pool		^[31]

Notes and References

1. News: Fulda. Anne. Anne Fulda. 17 May 2018. Olivier Delbosc, l'ogre discret du cinéma. live. Le Figaro. fr. https://archive.today/20230514015211/https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2018/05/17/03002-20180517ARTFIG00091-olivier-delbosc-l-ogre-discret-du-cinema.php. 14 May 2023. 13 May 2023. subscription.
2. Web site: The Euro 75: Curiosa Films (France). Goodfellow. Melanie. 15 May 2022. Screen Daily. 13 May 2023.
3. Web site: fr. CURIOSA FILMS (PARIS 8) Chiffre d'affaires, résultat, bilans sur SOCIETE.COM - 813251535. www.societe.com. 13 May 2023.
4. Nesselson. Lisa. 19 May 1998. Sitcom. Variety. 13 May 2023.
5. Web site: PROMOTION 1996 PRODUCTION. La Fémis. fr. 8 July 2023. unfit. https://web.archive.org/web/20211206180023/https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_recherche&categcontact=Production&anneesortiecontact=1996. 6 December 2021.
6. Web site: Les 50 qui font tourner le cinéma français (2/2). Bénabent. Juliette. Ferenczi. Aurélien. 9 January 2014. Télérama. fr. 13 May 2023.
7. Web site: Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres – été 2022. 17 October 2022. www.culture.gouv.fr. fr. 13 May 2023.
8. News: Dargis. Manohla. Manohla Dargis. 23 September 2010. Altering Perceptions on an Astral Plane Trip. live. The New York Times. https://archive.today/20220429010055/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/movies/24enter.html. 29 April 2022. 15 May 2023. limited.
9. News: Lemercier. Fabien. 17 August 2016. Lorraine Lévy filming Knock. Cineuropa. 6 July 2023.
10. Hopewell. John. Keslassy. Elsa. 17 January 2018. UniFrance Rendez-Vous: Memento's 'The Apparition,' from France's Xavier Giannoli, Sells Most of World (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 5 June 2023.
11. Mintzer. Jordan. 30 April 2018. 'The Other Woman' ('Amoureux de ma femme'): Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 5 June 2023.
12. Mintzer. Jordan. 20 July 2018. 'Black Tide' ('Fleuve Noir'): Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 5 June 2023.
13. Keslassy. Elsa. 2 November 2017. AFM: Indie Sales Launches Romulus and Remus, Gangsta, Paris Pigalle (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 5 June 2023.
14. News: Lemercier. Fabien. 25 January 2018. Arte France Cinéma boards André Téchiné's L'Adieu à la nuit. Cineuropa. 5 June 2023.
15. News: Engelen. Aurore. 5 March 2018. Shooting kicks off in Brussels on Bertrand Blier's new film, Heavy Duty. Cineuropa. 5 June 2023.
16. Hopewell. John. 15 January 2019. UniFrance Rendez-Vous: Lou Jeunet on 'Curiosa,' the Extraordinary Marie de Regnier, Sexuality, Art. Variety. 15 May 2023.
17. News: Lemercier. Fabien. 25 June 2019. Jean-Pierre Améris is shooting My Father's Stories. Cineuropa. 5 June 2023.
18. Rosser. Michael. 5 July 2021. Cannes' Directors' Fortnight opening film 'Between Two Worlds' lands UK-Ireland deal (exclusive). Screen International. 15 May 2023.
19. Goodfellow. Melanie. 2 November 2021. Sandrine Kiberlain's 'A Radiant Girl' secures US deal (exclusive). Screen International. 15 May 2023.
20. Keslassy. Elsa. 2 September 2021. Venice Competition-Bound 'Lost Illusions' Pre-Sells to Major Markets for Gaumont (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 15 May 2023.
21. Keslassy. Elsa. 4 September 2021. Venice-Premiering 'The Accusation' With Charlotte Gainsbourg Lures Buyers for Gaumont (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 15 May 2023.
22. Ritman. Alex. 18 May 2022. Blue Fox Acquires Virginie Efira-Starring French Hit 'Waiting for Bojangles' for U.S. (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter. 15 May 2023.
23. Keslassy. Elsa. 12 February 2022. Juliette Binoche Says Filming Claire Denis' 'Both Sides of the Blade' Was 'Overwhelming': 'We Didn't Come Out of It Unscathed'. Variety. 15 May 2023.
24. Rooney. David. 25 May 2022. Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn in Claire Denis' 'Stars at Noon': Film Review Cannes 2022. The Hollywood Reporter. 15 May 2023.
25. Leffler. Rebecca. 10 May 2023. Gaumont unveils eclectic Cannes slate including Gilles de Maistre, Stéphane Brizé projects (exclusive). Screen International. 15 May 2023.
26. Kiang. Jessica. 5 June 2023. 'All to Play For' Review: Virginie Efira Ignites a Vibrant, Enraging French Family Drama. Variety. 7 July 2023.
27. Web site: British Academy Scotland Awards: Winners in 2011. 13 November 2011. BAFTA Scotland. 14 May 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141103161611/http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/ceremony/nominees-winners/british-academy-scotland-awards-winners-in-2011#jump18. 3 November 2014.
28. 23 January 2009. Les nominations complètes pour les César 2009. Première. fr. 13 May 2023.
29. Web site: Les César 2016. 27 January 2016. Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. 13 May 2023.
30. News: Margulies. Lee. 8 November 2022. Battle of auteurs for film award. Los Angeles Times. 14 May 2023.
31. News: 5 December 2003. 'Good Bye, Lenin!' a favorite at European Film Awards. Los Angeles Times. Berlin. 14 May 2023.