Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France | 1944-07-26 | 2008-11-05

Christian Fechner (26 July 1944 – 25 November 2008) was a French film producer, screenwriter and director. After starting off as an illusionist, he became a music producer with French singer Antoine. He transformed Antoine’s musicians, les Problems, into a band named Les Charlots. Fechner produced such films as Les bidasses en folie, Les fous du stade, Bons baisers de Hong Kong, Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine, Papy fait de la résistance, Les Spécialistes, Marche à l'ombre, The Children of the Marshland, La Tour Montparnasse Infernale, Chouchou. In 2005, he produced Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie (and marked his last great success making nearly $151,211,264 at the box office. Fechner had two children: film producer Alexandra Fechner and Maxime Fechner, owner of the fashion brand Kymerah. Christian Fechner died of cancer on 25 November 2008. Source: Article "Christian Fechner" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.