Michel Seydoux

Michel Seydoux (born 11 September 1947) is a French businessman and film producer. He is also the former president and chairman of French professional football club Lille OSC.

In 1975-1976, Seydoux worked with director Alejandro Jodorowsky on a film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. The movie was never made due to lack of financing; the story of the project is told in Jodorowsky's Dune, which prominently features Seydoux.

In 1997 he was a member of the jury at the 20th Moscow International Film Festival.

Family
Seydoux is the grandson of scientist Marcel Schlumberger and has two brothers; Jérôme and Nicolas. Jérôme is a shareholder on football club Olympique Lyonnais. Seydoux is the grand-uncle of actress Léa Seydoux.

Selected filmography

 * Lily, aime-moi (1975)
 * F comme Fairbanks (1976)
 * Shadow of the Castles (1977)
 * Don Giovanni (1979)
 * Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
 * Close to Eden (1991)
 * Smoking/No Smoking (1993)
 * Burnt by the Sun (1994)
 * The Barber of Siberia (1998)
 * Leaving (2009)
 * Pater (2011)
 * The Dance of Reality (2013)
 * The Sense of Wonder (2015)
 * Living and Knowing You're Alive (2019)
 * Heart of Oak (2022; also co-director)