Georges Cravenne

Career overview

Georges Cravenne was born Joseph-Raoul Cohen, also known as Joseph Cohen, on January 24, 1914, in Kairouan, Tunisia. He worked as a French film producer and publicity agent, and he is notable as the founder of the César Award. Over the course of his career, Cravenne received an Honorary César in the year 2000.

In his personal life, Cravenne married French actress Françoise Arnoul in 1956, and the couple divorced in 1956. His second wife was Danielle Cravenne. On October 18, 1973, Danielle Cravenne was shot dead by a police sniper at Marignane airport in Marseille. She had been mentally unstable and attempted to hijack a Boeing 727 to protest the release of the film titled The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob. The film was being promoted by Georges Cravenne, and Danielle Cravenne considered it to be anti-Palestinian during the Yom Kippur War.

According to professional records, Georges Cravenne was credited with known acting credits numbering seven. Throughout his life, his work spanned the film industry in various capacities until his death on January 10, 2009, at the age of ninety-four.