Dimitri Rassam
Dimitri Rassam (born 16 November 1981) is a French film producer and a member of the Monegasque princely family through marriage.
Dimitri Rassam | |
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Born | Paris, France | 16 November 1981
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Film producer |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Parents |
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Relatives | Julien Rassam (cousin) Thomas Langmann (cousin) |
Background and education
Rassam is the son of actress Carole Bouquet and film producer Jean-Pierre Rassam. He has one half-brother, Louis, born in 1987 to his mother's relationship with the photographer Francis Giacobetti.[1] Rassam was four years old when his father died from a drug overdose.[1][2]
Rassam finished secondary school at École Active Bilingue with a Bac scientifique,[3] then prepped at Sciences Po.[3] He began work on a business degree at HEC Paris,[4] but changed course to earn a degree in history (from the Sorbonne)[3] instead.
Career
At the age of 23, Rassam founded the production company "Chapter 2".[5] His first credit as producer was the film Judas, directed by Nicolas Bury and Jérôme Fansten in 2006.[6][7] In 2014, "Chapter 2" merged with Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films and Aton Soumache's Method Animation to form "ON Entertainment".[8][9][10] Method Animation is the parent company, with Soumache as CEO and Mediawan, which founded by Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse, and Pierre-Antoine Capton as ultimate owner since 2018.[11]
Rassam has worked with various directors of animation films, including Mark Osborne, director of Kung Fu Panda and The Little Prince.[12]
Filmography
Rassam is credited as producer of the following films:
- Our Lady of the Nile (due out in 2020)[13]
- Playmobil: The Movie (2019)[14]
- Le Brio (2017)[15]
- Daddy or Mommy (2015)[14] (original French title: "Papa ou Maman")
- The Little Prince (2015) - for this film, Rassam, Aton Soumache, Alexis Vonarb, and Mark Osborne received the 2016 César Award for Best Animated Film.[16]
- Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
- The Scapegoat (original French title, Au bonheur des ogres) (2013)[14]
- What's in a Name? (original French title, Le Prénom) (2012)[14]
- Trouble at Timpetill (2008)[4] (original French title: Les Enfants de Timpelbach)
- Judas (2006)[7]
Personal life
He married Masha Novoselova in 2010.[2] His daughter, Darya, was born in 2011. At the end of 2016, he separated from Novoselova[17] and, reportedly, began to date Charlotte Casiraghi,[18] the daughter of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and niece of Albert II, Prince of Monaco. In March 2018 Rassam and Casiraghi were reported to be engaged, with plans to marry in the summer;[19] however, that did not happen. Their son, Balthazar, was born on 23 October 2018.[20] On 7 April 2019, Paris Match ran the headline (in French) "Charlotte et Dimitri: Mariage en Juin", combining a report on Monaco's Rose Ball, where Rassam's mother, Carole Bouquet, was guest of honor, placed in the seating beside Prince Albert II, with the news that the couple were planning a summer wedding.[21] The same report revealed that Rassam divides residency between Paris and Los Angeles.[21] Rassam and Casiraghi were wed at the Prince's Palace of Monaco on 1 June 2019.[22]
On 29 June 2019 they married religiously at Sainte-Marie de Pierredon Abbey, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
References
- Chalmers, Robert. "Bond girl Carole Bouquet on drugs, demons and her doomed affair". The Independent (UK). Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- "La biographie de Dimitri Rassam". Gala. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Bodinat, Caroline. "Dimitri Rassam". Madame Le Figaro. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Carrière, Christophe. "Dimitri Rassam". L'Express. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Keslassy, Elsa. "Dimitri Rassam Builds Bridges With Wildside, Endemic Shrine France". Variety. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Judas on IMDb
- Média, Prisma (2017). "Qui est Dimitri Rassam, le fils de Carole Bouquet et Jean-Pierre Rassam ? - Voici". Voici.fr (in French). Prisma Presse. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- Renault, Marie-Cécile; Renault, Enguérand. "Naissance d'une major française du cinéma et de l'animation". Le Figaro. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- "Dimitri Rassam". Variety 500. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Wolfe, Jennifer. "Method Animation, Onyx and Chapter 2 form ON Entertainment". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Goodfellow, Melanie. "Aton Soumache talks 'The Little Prince', new films and building a European animation mini-major". Screen Daily. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Hopewell, John; Keslassy, Elsa. "'Little Prince' Takes Paris-based Soumache and Rassam's ON to Another Level". Variety. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Girard, Isabelle. "Au Rwanda, le tournage de l'espoir pour panser les plaies du génocide". Madame Figaro. Le Figaro. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- Média, Prisma. "Dimitri Rassam - La biographie de Dimitri Rassam avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- "'Le Brio' review Hollywood Reporter". 3 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- "2016 César Awards Full Winners List". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- "Charlotte Casiraghi is pregnant from Dimitri Rassam?". Frivolette. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- "Charlotte Casiraghi Dating Dimitri Rassam". 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- "Charlotte Casiraghi, Grace Kelly's Granddaughter and Karl Lagerfeld Favorite, Is Engaged". 27 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018.
- "Pregnant Charlotte Casiraghi postpones wedding to Dimitri Rassam". 2 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018.
- "Monaco: Charlotte et Dimitri, mariage en juin". 8 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- "Grace Kelly's granddaughter marries in Monaco". Fox News. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019.