Jean-Pierre Rassam (14 October 1941 – 28 January 1985) was a French film producer of the 1970s. He was found dead, age 43, in his suite at the Plaza Athénée, the cause of death being barbiturate overdose, in 1985.
Career
With his brother-in-law, Claude Berri, they played a role in the production of Miloš Forman's The Firemen's Ball (1967) and bought international rights.
Rassam worked as an assistant to Jean-Luc Godard and then went on to produce Godard's 1972 film Tout va bien which was also co-directed by Jean-Pierre Gorin.
As well as his film production credits, he also made contributions to The Mother and the Whore (1973) and Tess (1979).
He was critical of Gaumont Film Company and unsuccessfully tried to buy them in 1974.
He stopped his involvement in film for several years before returning to help on Good King Dagobert (1984).
Personal life
Born in Beirut, to Thomas Joseph Rassam, a diplomat from a bourgeois family of Syrian Christian origin.
He was in a relationship with actress Carole Bouquet, with whom he has one son, film producer Dimitri Rassam. Bouquet has called him the love of her life.
His brother Paul was an executive for French distributor AMLF who distributed films for Berri in the early 1970s.
Partial filmography
- Don't Touch The White Woman! (1974)
- Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
- Chinese in Paris (1974)
- Blood for Dracula (1973)
- Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
- La Grande Bouffe (1973)
- Tout va bien (1972)
- We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)
References
- ^ Chalmers, Robert. "Bond girl Carole Bouquet on drugs, demons and her doomed affair". The Independent (UK). Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Rubin, Mathias (21 November 2007). Rassam le magnifique. FLAMMARION. ISBN 978-2080687951.
- ^ "Obituaries". Variety. 6 February 1985. p. 134.
- "Jean-Pierre Rassam, le nabab du Plaza". www.telerama.fr (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- Azoury, Philippe. "Rassam, in memoriam". Libération (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- Universalis, Encyclopædia. "JEAN-PIERRE RASSAM (1942-1985)". Encyclopædia Universalis (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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