Richard de Rochemont

Richard de Rochemont (December 13, 1903 – August 2, 1982) was an American documentary filmmaker and producer in the mid-20th century.

Biography De Rochemont was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 1903. He was educated at Cambridge Latin School and Williams College, then graduated from Harvard College in 1928.

Stationed in France until 1941, de Rochemont produced a series of shorts which covered subjects like World War II, the 1920s, and the Vatican. In 1943, de Rochemont became the president of France Forever and continued his action until after the Liberation, giving way to Doctor Albert Simard. the very first documentary series produced for television, based on the book by Dwight D. Eisenhower, produced by Time Inc., and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Television. He was producer for A Chance to Live (1949), which won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 22nd Academy Awards (1950). In 1955, he founded his own film production company, Vavin Incorporated. The company produced instructional films for organizations like Reader's Digest and the French Tourist Office between the 1950s and 1980s.