Dominique Besnehard

Dominique Besnehard is a French producer and actor, in the past Artistic agent many actors within the Artmedia company.

It was born on February 5th, 1954, with Wood-Doves (Hauts-de-Seine) and grew between Houlgate and Vire, in Normandy.

Wire of parents grocers, former student of the White Street, he is the brother of the playwright Daniel Besnehard.

Noticed very early by Maurice Pialat for his relational qualities, then by Jacques Doillon, which entrusts its castings to him, it becomes one of the largest discoverers of talents of the French cinema by embracing the trade of director of casting.

In 1986, it joined the artistic agency Artmedia where it deals with the recruitment of the young actors and scenario writers.

It was the agent of several international actresses (Isabelle Adjani, Sophie Marceau, Béatrice Dalle, Laetitia Casta, Jeanne Moreau, Nathalie Baye, Sylvie Vartan, Emmanuelle Béart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cécile of France, Laura Smet, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anouk Aimée, Line Renaud, Eva Green, Marlène Jobert, Mylène Demongeot, Vahina Giocante, ARIANE Ascaride, Muriel Robin, Jacqueline Bisset, Evelyne Bouix , Caroline Cellier, Julie Depardieu, Isabella Ferrari, Anna Galiena, Catherine Hiegel, Valerie Kaprisky, Anna Karina, Chantal Lauby, Salome Lelouch, Florence Pernel, Micheline Presle, Mylène Demongeot, Ines Sastre, Mira Sorvino…), international actors (Michel Blanc, Michael Vartan, Yvan Attal, Pierre Richard, Alain Chabat, Charles Aznavour, Christophe Lambert, Jean-Claude Brialy, Stanislas Merhar, Robinson Stevenin, Richard Anconina, Rupert Everett, Stefano Accorsi, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Niels Arestrup, Alain Souchon, Eric Confined, Guy Bedos, Pierre Arditi, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Murray Head, Bruno Madinier, Florent Pagny, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Torreton, Jacques Weber…) and of many realizers such as François Ozon, Jean-Michel Ribes, Bruno Nuytten Xavier Beauvois, Bernie Bonvoisin, Samuel Benchetrit, Cédric Kahn, Bruno Chiche, Josée Dayan, Catherine Corsini, Claire Denis, Claire Towards, Francis Girod, Gerard Jourd' today, Alexandra Leclère, Worse Gerard, Patrick Rotman, Pierre Salvadori, Andrzej Zulawski.

It created in 2006 its own production company: My Neighbor Productions, in whom one finds Michel Feller and Maxime Delauney.

In May 2007, the first film produced by Dominique Besnehard, the Age of darkness of Denys Arcand, is selected in fence of the 60ème Cannes festival.

Catalog of films

It appears as an actor in several films where are entrusted to him memorable supporting roles:

a strange voyage (1980), of Alain Cavalier
I love you (1980), of Claude Berri
Psy (1980), of Philippe de Broca
Diva (1981), of Jean-Jacques Beineix
has our loves (1983), of Maurice Pialat

Marche in the shade (1984), of Michel Blanc

37°2 the morning (1985), of Jean-Jacques Beineix

the Life dissolue of Gerard Floque (1986), of Georges Lautner

Paulette (1987), of Claude Confortès

the soft inclined Summer (1987), of Gerard Krawczyk

Lie (1992), of François Margolin

One day in my mother (1992), of Dominique Cheminal

Large Tiredness (1994), of Michel Blanc

an Indian in city (1994), of Herve Fen

the City of the fear (1994), of Alain Berbérian

Soft pedal (1995), of Gabriel Aghion

I like much what you made (1995), of Xavier Giannoli

Beaumarchais it insolate (1996), of Edouard Molinaro

That the light is (1997), of Arthur Joffé

Paparazzi (1997), of Alain Berbérian

Didier (1997) of Alain Chabat
Heroins (1997), from Gerard Krawczyk
Mookie (1998), from Herve Palud
Ca will go better tomorrow (1999), of Jeanne Labrune
Denis, of Catherine Corsini

Meilleur Most promising young actress (2000), of Gerard Jugnot

the Teacher (2000), of Alexandre Jardin

Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002), of Alain Chabat

White (2002), of Bernie Bonvoisin

It is the bouquet (2002), of Jeanne Labrune

Laisse your hands on my hips (2003), of Chantal Lauby

Pédale lasts (2004), of Gabriel Aghion

Podium (2004), of Yann Moix

Cause always (2004), of Jeanne Labrune

RRRrrrr!!! (2004), of Alain Chabat

Jean of the Fountain, the challenge (2006), of Daniel Vigne

Production

My Neighbor Productions has several projects in progress:

the Age of darkness of Denys Arcand
the adaptation of the part high Museum, low Museum of Jean-Michel Ribes
the player of failures of Caroline Bottaro
a comedy on the ponderal overload, of Brigitte Rouän
the adaptation of the novel Love in blood of Charlotte Valandrey
televised series on an agency of actors

External bond

Site of the company My Neighbor Productions
Site of the company Artmedia

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