Thomas Langmann

Thomas Langmann (born 24 May 1971) is a French film producer and actor, known for producing The Artist, for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture as producer in 2012.

Career The son of director-producer Claude Berri, Langmann began his career as an actor. He first appeared as a child in the film Je vous aime, directed by his father. As a teenager, he earned Cesar Award nominations for Most Promising Newcomer for Les années sandwiches in 1988 and Paris Awakens in 1991, as well as a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for Le nombril du monde. In 1995, he created his producing company La Petite Reine: he gradually stopped acting to concentrate on film producing.

Thomas Langmann convinced his father to produce the first live action Asterix film, Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar. The film, released in 1999, was a box-office success. In 2002, Langmann, still in association with his father, co-produced the second film, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, which became one of the most commercially successful French films ever. In 2008, he produced the third film of the series, Asterix at the Olympic Games, then the most expensive French film ever made, which he also co-directed. Also in 2008, he produced the two-part crime biopic Mesrine. and won the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals.

Personal life Langmann was born in Paris, France, the son of Anne-Marie Rassam and film director Claude Berri. His uncle was the late producer Jean-Pierre Rassam and his brother was the late French actor Julien Rassam. Both his mother and his brother committed suicide, in 1997 and 2002, respectively, while his father died of a stroke in 2009. He has a younger half-brother from his father's later relationship, Darius Langmann. His father Claude Berri was Jewish, and his mother Anne-Marie Rassam, was of Lebanese Christian descent.

During the filming of Asterix at the Olympic Games, Langmann was arrested for employing prostitutes and purchasing narcotics.

In 2008, Langmann was sentenced to four months in prison for assaulting his long-term girlfriend Frédérique, with whom he had a daughter in 2002. Langmann married French journalist Céline Bosquet on 21 June 2013.

During the years that followed his father's death, Langmann became involved in a legal dispute with his father's last partner Nathalie Rheims, his father's second wife Sylvie Gautrelet, and his half-brother Darius (Gautrelet's son) whom he all accused of misappropriating the family assets. In July 2015, Langmann filed a complaint against Darius, citing theft of works of art from their father's collection. In March 2025, Darius, Rheims, Gautrelet and several other people were indicted for conspiracy to commit theft and tax evasion.

Filmography

As producer 1999: Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (associate producer) 2002: Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (co-producer) 2002: Dead Weight 2004: Blueberry 2004: Double Zéro 2005: Foon 2006: Those Happy Days 2007: Steak 2008: Asterix at the Olympic Games (also director) 2008: Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 2008: Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2010: Le mac 2011: Mon père est femme de ménage 2011: The Artist 2011: La nouvelle guerre des boutons (War of the Buttons) 2012: The Suicide Shop 2012: Maniac 2012: Stars 80 2012: Colt 45 2014: The Search 2015: One Wild Moment 2016: Tout, tout de suite 2016: The Jews 2017: Stars 80, la suite (also director) 2019: Quand on crie au loup

As actor 1980: Je vous aime 1988: Les années sandwiches 1989: Jour après jour 1989: Bille en tête 1990: Déminage (short) 1990: Alberto Express 1991: Night and Day 1991: Paris Awakens 1992: Tous les garçons (short) 1992: Les paroles invisibles (short) 1992: Lover 1994: Le nombril du monde 1995: Court toujours: Joséphine et les gitans (short) 1995: La musique de l'amour: Robert et Clara 1997: Une femme très très très amoureuse 1998: Foul Play 2002: Dead Weight 2006: Days of Glory 2012: Toussaint Louverture

Awards and nominations