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Margaret Menegoz Dies: Michael Haneke, Éric Rohmer & Wim Wenders Producer Was 83


Menegoz led French film company Les Films du Losange for 50 years, producing the films of Éric Rohmer, Michael Haneke, Wim Wenders among others

Menegoz would go on to work with a raft of groundbreaking European directors under the Les Films du Losange banner, also including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lars Von Trier and Andrzej Wajda. On the cusp of her 80s, Ménégoz secured the future of Les Films du Losange with its sale in 2021 to Alexis Dantec and Charles Gillibert, who are continuing its legacy in the roles of managing director and president. From 2003 to 2009, she was the president of cinema export body Unifrance, stepping into the role following the sudden death of predecessor and friend Daniel Toscan du Plantier at the Berlin Film Festival.

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