Serge Silberman
Producer · Died July 22, 2003, aged 86 · Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland
Serge Silberman (1 May 1917 – 22 July 2003) was a French film producer known for his collaborations with several major European and Japanese filmmakers, including Luis Buñuel, Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Pierre Melville, René Clément, Jacques Becker, and Nagisa Oshima. Silberman was born in Łódź, then a part of the Regency Kingdom of Poland, to a Jewish family. During World War II, Silberman survived Nazi concentration camps and eventually settled in Paris. One of his first works as a film producer was Jean-Pierre Melville's 1955 film Bob the Gambler, a precursor to the French New Wave movement. Silberman's most notable collaborations were with the surrealist film director Luis Buñuel. The pair, along with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, who Silberman introduced to Buñuel, worked together on a number of films, starting with the 1964 film Diary of a Chambermaid. Silberman produced most of Buñuel's late films, including the Academy Award winner The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in 1972 and the director's last film That Obscure Object of Desire in 1977. Silberman founded his own production company, Greenwich Film Productions, in 1966. The company was responsible for the production of over 15 films. In 1981, Silberman produced his most financially successful film, Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva. The film was not well received in the country of its origin, France, but became a box-office hit abroad. The money gained from the movie enabled Silberman to provide funding for Akira Kurosawa's ambitious 1985 film Ran, which at the time of its making was the most expensive Japanese film ever. Silberman was awarded an honorary César Award in 1988. Source: Article "Serge Silberman" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 1, 1917
- July 22, 2003 (aged 86)
- Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland
- Producer
- 19 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Where can I watch Serge Silberman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Serge Silberman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Les paradoxes de Buñuel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Anna Karamazoff(1991)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Max My Love(1986)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Ran(1985)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
A. K. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Exposed(1983)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Diva(1981)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Phantom of Liberty(1974)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
...And Hope to Die(1972)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Rider on the Rain(1970)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Milky Way(1969)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Farewell, Friend(1968)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Great Gadget (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The Diabolical Dr. Z (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Attack of the Robots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Diary of a Chambermaid(1964)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Scorching Sands(1963)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Bird of Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Madame(1961)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Le Trou(1960)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Savage Innocents(1960)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Christine(1958)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Main Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Bob le Flambeur(1956)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films