Pierre Spengler
Pierre Spengler (born June 5, 1947) is a French film producer. He initiated the first three Superman films starring Christopher Reeve and produced them with Alexander and Ilya Salkind.
Pierre Spengler | |
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Born | Paris, France | June 5, 1947
Nationality | French |
Occupation | producer |
Spouse(s) | Régine Deforges
( m. 1955; div. 1957) |
Children | 3 |
Overview
Pierre Spengler started in the movie industry in 1964. After being a producer in the Salkind Organisation from 1972 to 1985, he became an independent producer in 1986. He was also a consultant on the 1984 movie Supergirl.
In 2004, he acquired French publishing house Les Humanoïdes Associés in order to develop their properties in movies.
Filmography
A partial list, chronologically:
- (1970) Kill! (executive in charge of production)
- (1973) The Three Musketeers (executive in charge of production)
- (1974) The Four Musketeers (producer)
- (1976) The Twist (producer)
- (1978) Superman (producer)
- (1980) Superman II (producer)
- (1983) Superman III (producer)
- (1984) Santa Claus: The Movie (producer)
- (1989) The Return of the Musketeers (producer)
- (1995) Underground (executive producer)
- (2005) Unleashed alias Danny the Dog (co-producer)
- (2006) Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (producer)
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External links
- Interviews
- (in French) A July 2006 interview with Pierre Spengler – discuss the Superman movies and the Humanoïdes Associés buyout
- (in English) The same July 2006 interview – machine translation by Babel Fish
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