Nicolas Altmayer, producer of hit French comedies, dies at 61

A key figure in French cinema, Nicolas Altmayer co-founded Mandarin & Compagnie with his brother, Eric. The production company backed 'Brice de Nice,' 'OSS 117,' and 10 films by François Ozon. He died on August 17 at age 61.

A key figure in French cinema, Nicolas Altmayer co-founded Mandarin & Compagnie with his brother, Eric. The production company backed 'Brice de Nice,' 'OSS 117,' and 10 films by François Ozon. He died on August 17 at age 61.

A Dior executive and her film producer partner were killed in a head-on car crash in France.

"Their joint passing has cast a shadow over two worlds which, one through the stories it creates and the other through the silhouettes it crafts, together carry France’s cultural influence far and wide," Catherine Pégard, France's Culture Minister, said.

French film producer Nicolas Altmayer and Dior PR executive Mathilde Favier have died in a car accident in France, local authorities announced this afternoon.  French media reports state the couple was killed around 4 pm on Monday on a road in the northern part of the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. The coupl

Nicolas Altmayer, the prolific French producer behind the “OSS 117” franchise and films by François Ozon, Bertrand Bonello and Julia Ducournau, and his partner Mathilde Favier, a prominent Dior public relations executive, died Monday in a car accident in western France. Altmayer was 61 and Favier was 57. The couple wer

Mathilde Favier, the director of public relations at Christian Dior Couture, has died at age 57 in a car accident in Western France along with her partner, film producer Nicolas Altmayer, 61.