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Philip D'Antoni

Known For
Production

Known Credits
4

Gender
Male

Birthday
February 19, 1929 (97 years old)

Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.

Philip D'Antoni

Biography

Philip D'Antoni (February 19, 1929 – April 15, 2018) was an American film and television producer. He was best known for producing the Academy Award-winning 1971 film The French Connection.

D'Antoni attended Evander Childs High School in the Bronx. He then served in the United States Army from 1946 to 1948 during the occupation of Japan after World War II. He was eventually assigned to Special Services where he entertained troops by participating in theatrical productions. After army service, he attended Fordham University from 1948 to 1950, where he worked during the day attended school at night, and graduated with a degree in business administration.

D'Antoni began his career on television with the production of the specials Sophia Loren in Rome, Elizabeth Taylor in London, and Melina Mercouri in Greece.

He produced Bullitt in 1968. In 1971, he produced The French Connection, which won the Best Picture award, among other wins at the Oscars. In 1973, he produced and directed The Seven-Ups. After The Seven-Ups, D'Antoni, who held the rights to French Connection II and Gerald Walker's novel Cruising, eschewed feature filmmaking and turned his attention to television production where he enjoyed a lucrative contract with NBC.

D'Antoni's crime dramas are characterized by a cold, gritty, "street" perspective with documentary style, often filmed during the bleak New York winter months, and offer the viewer a realistic and often dangerous sense of being an insider, as opposed to using glamorous locations or produced sets.

D'Antoni won the Academy Award in 1972 for Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Drama for The French Connection.

Known For

Production

1977The Rubber Gun Squad...Producer
1976Shark Kill...Executive Producer
1975Strike Force...Producer
1974Movin' On...Executive Producer
1974In Tandem...Executive Producer
1973The Seven-Ups...Producer
1973Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside...Executive Producer
1973The Connection...Executive Producer
1971The French Connection...Producer
1968Bullitt...Producer
1964Sophia Loren in Rome...Co-Producer
1963Elizabeth Taylor in London...Co-Producer

Crew

1974In Tandem...Creator

Directing

1973The Seven-Ups...Director

Acting

2009Anatomy of a Chaseas Self
2007The History of 'Cruising'as Self (archive footage)
2001Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connectionas Self
2000The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'as Self