Biography
René Cleitman was a French film producer. Born on 22 May 1940 in Paris, he began his career in radio advertising at Europe 1 before becoming director of programmes. In 1981 he founded Hachette Première, a subsidiary of the Hachette publishing group, through which he produced more than twenty features.
His credits include Tenue de soirée (1986), Tandem (1987), Monsieur Hire (1989) and Tango (1993) directed by Patrice Leconte, and two films by Jean-Paul Rappeneau: Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and The Horseman on the Roof (1995). He also produced Life and Nothing But (1989), Fresh Bait (1995) and, with Gérard Depardieu, several American independent films. Cleitman later worked with EuropaCorp and founded Theus Productions. He died on 14 December 2004.
