A bon vivant, erudite and man of the arts, Daniel Toscan du Plantier produced over 50 films over the course of his career. He started in advertising and became Deputy Director of Gaumont in 1975, at the age of 35. During his ten-year tenure at Gaumont, he produced legendary filmmakers Werner Herzog (Nosferatu the Vampyre), Federico Fellini (The City of Women), Ingmar Bergman (Fanny and Alexander) and Andrei Tarkovsky (Nostalghia). After 1985, he became an independent producer and fierce advocate of the Seventh Art, willing to take risks with controversial films like Under the Sun of Satan or The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover. He was also President of Unifrance at the time of his death and president of the highly praised Cinémathèque of Toulouse. A collection of interviews and rare footage of Daniel Toscan du Plantier, _Toscan: The French Touch: screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and will have its U.S. Premiere at COL•COA. –COL•COA
