Barbet Schroeder
Born August 26, 1941 (Age: 84)
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Tehran, Iran
Biography
Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors of the French New Wave such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Eric Rohmer. Schroeder started his career producing such films as The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1962), Six in Paris (1965), and Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974). He then transitioned into directing films such as More (1969), La Vallée (1972) and Barfly (1987), the last of which was nominated for the Palme d'Or. He also gained recognition for directing the documentary Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978). He directed what he labeled, "The Trilogy of Evil", which includes the films, General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974), Terror's Advocate (2007) and The Venerable W. (2016). He directed the drama Reversal of Fortune (1990) and earned a nomination for Academy Award for Best Director. He then directed many big budget Hollywood films, often mixing melodrama with the thriller genre in films like Single White Female (1992), Kiss of Death (1995), Desperate Measures (1998) and Murder by Numbers (2002). He also acted in Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbet Schroeder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors of the French New Wave such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Eric Rohmer.
Schroeder started his career producing such films as The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1962), Six in Paris (1965), and Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974). He then transitioned into directing films such as More (1969), La Vallée (1972) and Barfly (1987), the last of which was nominated for the Palme d'Or. He also gained recognition for directing the documentary Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978). He directed what he labeled, "The Trilogy of Evil", which includes the films, General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974), Terror's Advocate (2007) and The Venerable W. (2016).
He directed the drama Reversal of Fortune (1990) and earned a nomination for Academy Award for Best Director. He then directed many big budget Hollywood films, often mixing melodrama with the thriller genre in films like Single White Female (1992), Kiss of Death (1995), Desperate Measures (1998) and Murder by Numbers (2002). He also acted in Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007).
Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbet Schroeder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer
2011
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as Self
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Age: 70
Making More
2011
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as Himself
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Age: 69
Comme un chien
2010
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as
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Age: 68
The Darjeeling Limited
2007
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as The Mechanic
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Age: 66
Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer
2006
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as Himself
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Age: 64
Paris Je T'aime
2006
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as Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)
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Age: 64
Mars Attacks!
1996
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as French President
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Age: 55
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
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as Man in Porsche
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Age: 52
Queen Margot
1994
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as Advisor #2
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Age: 52
The Golden Boat
1991
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as Mean Passer-by
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Age: 49
Out 1
1990
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as Gian-Reto
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Age: 49
The Charles Bukowski Tapes
1985
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as Himself
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Age: 43
L.A.X.
1980
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as Narrator
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Age: 39
Cinématon
1978
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as N°651
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Age: 37
Céline and Julie Go Boating
1974
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as Olivier
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Age: 33
La Paloma
1974
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as Bishop (uncredited)
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Age: 33
Out 1: Spectre
1973
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as Gian-Reto
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Age: 31
Fun and Games for Everyone
1969
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as
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Age: 28
Six in Paris
1965
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as Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
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Age: 23
Gare du Nord
1965
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as
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Age: 23
Les Carabiniers
1963
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as Car Salesman
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Age: 21
The Bakery Girl of Monceau
1963
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as Young Man / Narrator
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Age: 21