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Jean-Louis Livi

Jean-Louis Livi

Producer, also actor · Born January 29, 1941 (85) · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Jean-Louis Livi (born 29 January 1941) is a French film producer. Livi was nominated for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Film Awards for producing The Father (2020). Jean-Louis Livi is the son of Giuliano/Julien Livi (1917–1994), the older brother of Italian-French actor Yves Montand. Between 1990 and 2006, Livi was director of the production companies Film par film and SEDIF (Société d'exploitation et de distribution de films) Productions. Since 2006, he has been the director the production company F comme film. Livi also manages the company Solivagus Productions. Livi and Bernard Murat have been co-directors of the Théâtre des Mathurins and of the Théâtre Édouard VII in Paris. In 2021, Livi became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Source: Article "Jean-Louis Livi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Born
January 29, 1941 (85)
From
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Works as
Producer, also actor
Titles
35 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 8% in 30 days

What are Jean-Louis Livi's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Bonds
25%
Survival
17%
Morality
13%
Ideas
6%
Society
5%
Power
4%
Family bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief6 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 11 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 20 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 17 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 28 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 16

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 16 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 8

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
20
Tense
12
Bittersweet
16
Warm
10
Contemplative
12
Other
23

How their films linger

Bittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jean-Louis Livi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jean-Louis Livi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

57 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Birthday Party(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Ride Away(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Gazoline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Boléro(2024)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Le Syndrome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Les lendemains de veille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Co-Producer

  • The Five Devils(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Maigret(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Father(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Night Shift(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Remember Me(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Le vieux juif Blonde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Tomorrow and Thereafter(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Ava(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Reinventing Marvin(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • A Woman's Life(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Florida(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Les Trois Silences (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Producer

  • Life of Riley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Producer

  • Camille Rewinds(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • 10 jours en or(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • La Bonté des femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer

  • An Ordinary Execution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Producer

  • Wild Grass(2009)

    Presenter · Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Mademoiselle Chambon(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • A Man and His Dog(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Leur morale… et la nôtre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Producer

  • The Merry Widow(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • You Are So Beautiful(2005)

    Line Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Ne fais pas ça!(2004)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Overeater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Read My Lips(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Half of Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer

  • Passionnément (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • The Frenchman's Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer

  • Monsieur Naphtali (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer

  • Stolen Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Producer

  • The Best Job in the World(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • L'Amour conjugal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Producer

  • The New World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Producer

  • Colonel Chabert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Producer

  • The Smile(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • A Pure Formality(1994)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • My Father the Hero(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Sidestroke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

  • The Prediction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

  • The Accompanist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Producer

  • A Heart in Winter(1992)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • All the Mornings of the World(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Jackpot! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer

  • My Father the Hero(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Merci La Vie(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • One Can Always Dream(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Little Thief(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Love in the Afternoon(1972)

    as The Colleague

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 54 titles from 1972 to 2026.

Biggest box office

My Father the Hero (1994)

$25M worldwide

Highest rated

The Father (2020)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 54: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleProducing53 of 54: 52 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thOther crew1 of 54: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s1 · crew1990s18 · crew2000s12 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s10 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jean-Louis Livi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 35; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 35 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · producer

Ne fais pas ça! (2004)

70th percentile spread · 55% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Father (2020)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 31 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jean-Louis Livi's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity7 titles20–71 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jean-Louis Livi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jean-Louis Livi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Philippe Carcassonne shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles