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Philip D'Antoni (February 19, 1929 – April 15, 2018) was an American film and television producer. He was best known for producing the Oscar -winning crime films The French Connection (1971) and Bullitt (1968).
Apr 15, 2018 · 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.
View full company info for Philip D'Antoni Productions. 1. The French Connection (1971) R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama. 7.7. Rate this. 94 Metascore. A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Apr 23, 2018 · Philip D’Antoni, producer of the first R-Rated film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, “The French Connection,” died last week of kidney failure, according to his son-in-law, Mark Rathaus....
Apr 23, 2018 · Philip D’Antoni, who won an Academy Award for his work on The French Connection and produced two other crime thrillers also renowned for their amazing car-chase sequences, has died. He was 89.
Philip D’Antoni produced a trilogy of classic movie crime thrillers: Bullitt, The French Connection, and The Seven-Ups (respectively, 1968, 1971, and 1973); and then he disappeared into a career of making scattered and trivial TV productions.
Philip D’Antoni, producer of the first R-Rated film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, “The French Connection,” died last week of kidney failure, according to his son-in-law, Mark Rathaus. He was 89. D’Antoni made his name in the ’60s and ’70s as a producer of films with iconic car chases.
