Pierre Spengler | |
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| Born | (1947-06-05)5 June 1947 (age 78) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Film producer |
Pierre Spengler (born 5 June 1947) is a French film producer. He is best known for producing the first threeSuperman films starringChristopher Reeve.
Born inParis, Spengler began working in the film industry in 1964. His early credits included production assistant onThe Madwoman of Chaillot (1969),Le Mans (1971), andThe Light at the Edge of the World (also 1971).[1]
In 1972, he became a partner in theSalkind Organisation. Alongside Alexander andIlya Salkind, he obtained the film rights toSuperman fromDC Comics in 1974. He subsequently produced the first threeSuperman films starringChristopher Reeve. He was also a consultant on the 1984 spinoff filmSupergirl.
Other films Spengler produced for the Salkinds during this time wereClaude Chabrol'sThe Twist (1976),The Prince and the Pauper (1977), andSanta Claus: The Movie (1985). He left the Salkind Organisation in 1985 to become an independent producer.
In 1995, he executive produced Serbian directorEmir Kusturica's filmUnderground, which won thePalme d'Or at the1995 Cannes Film Festival. In 1996, he founded Clubdeal Ltd.[1][2]
In 2004, he acquired French publishing houseLes Humanoïdes Associés in order to develop their properties in movies.
He is also the founder of Netherlands-based Cadenza Films, with Dutch filmmakerRudolf van den Berg.[3] He produced/executive produced Berg's filmsSnapshots (2002),Tirza (2010), andSüskind (2012).
In 2012, he produced theFrance 4 television seriesMétal Hurlant Chronicles.
He produced the 2023RKSS horror comedyWe Are Zombies.
Spengler is married toUniversity of Oxford geneticist Tatjana Sauka Spengler,[4] and they have a daughter.[1] They lived inOxford, England.[1] He has two other children from his previous marriage to Agnes L'Helgoualch.[1]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 1971 | Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! | Romain Gary | |
| 1976 | The Twist | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1977 | The Prince and the Pauper | Richard Fleischer | Also screenwriter |
| 1978 | Superman | Richard Donner | |
| 1980 | Superman II | Richard Lester | |
| 1983 | Superman III | ||
| 1985 | Santa Claus: The Movie | Jeannot Szwarc | |
| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Richard Lester | |
| 2002 | Snapshots | Rudolf van den Berg | |
| 2004 | Stratosphere Girl | Matthias X. Oberg | |
| Method | Duncan Roy | ||
| Blessed | Simon Fellows | ||
| 2005 | Unleashed | Louis Leterrier | Co-producer |
| 7 Seconds | Simon Fellows | ||
| Snuff-Movie | Bernard Rose | ||
| The Marksman | Marcus Adams | ||
| Revolver | Guy Ritchie | Co-producer | |
| 2006 | The Hard Corps | Sheldon Lettich | |
| La piste | Éric Valli | Co-producer | |
| The Detonator | Po-Chih Leong | ||
| Second in Command | Simon Fellows | ||
| Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Richard Donner | Re-edit ofSuperman II | |
| Incubus | Anya Camilleri | ||
| Shadow Man | Michael Keusch | ||
| Attack Force | |||
| 2007 | Flight of Fury | ||
| 2009 | True True Lie | Eric Styles | |
| 2023 | We Are Zombies | RKSS |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 1990 | The Rainbow Thief | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Uncredited |
| 1992 | The Turn of the Screw | Rusty Lemorande | |
| 1995 | Underground | Emir Kusturica | Also actor; as 'Russian Driver' |
| 2003 | Summer in the Golden Valley | Srđan Vuletić | |
| 2006 | Nafaka | Jasmin Durakovic | |
| 2010 | Tirza | Rudolf van den Berg | |
| 2012 | Süskind | ||
| 2013 | Puzzle | Andrei Zincã |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Bryan Forbes | Production assistant; uncredited[1] |
| 1971 | Le Mans | Lee H. Katzin | |
| The Light at the Edge of the World | Kevin Billington | ||
| 1972 | Bluebeard | Edward Dmytryk | Executive in charge of production |
| 1973 | Murder in a Blue World | Eloy de la Iglesia | Assistant director |
| The Three Musketeers | Richard Lester | Executive in charge of production | |
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers | ||
| 1984 | Supergirl | Jeannot Szwarc | Consultant; uncredited[1] |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2006 | Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes | TV movie |
| 2007 | Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2012-14 | Métal Hurlant Chronicles | 11 episodes |
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