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Donald Ranvaud Biography

Birth Name:Donald Ranvaud

Birth Place:Florence, Italy

Profession Producer, Actor, Writer

Fast Facts

  • Best known for producing films, notably "The Constant Gardener" and "Farewell My Concubine․"
  • Began his career as a producer in the late 1980s, working in China
  • From 1976-1988, taught literature and film studies at the Universities of Warwick and East Anglia
  • Worked as a freelance journalist for MFB, Sight and Sound, The Guardian, La Repubblica, Cahiers du cinema and American Film
  • Founded the European SCRIPT fund in 1988
  • Established and edited independent cinema magazine Framework
  • Founded Buena Onda Americas, a Latin-American film production company