Anecdotes

President of the jury at the entrance examination of La Fémis (France's national film school) in 1999.

Vice-president of Cinémathèque Française and Unifrance

(2004-2005) President of the European Film Academy

Member of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2003

The main character in Mia Hansen-Løve's Le père de mes enfants (2009) is that of a film producer based on Humbert Balsan's real life events.

Producer Ismail Merchant was devastated when he found out about his passing.