Barbet Schroeder

Barbet Schroeder (born August 26, 1941 in Tehran , Iran ) is a French film producer , film director , screenwriter and actor of Swiss descent.

He began his career as a producer of Eric Rohmer's films , including The Collector . As a director, Schroeder became internationally known in 1992 for the film Female, Single, Young Seeks… . He had previously helped Jeremy Irons to win an Oscar for The Affair of Sunny von B. , in which he dealt with the alleged attempted murder of Sunny von Bülow by her husband, the Danish nobleman Claus von Bülow. Schroeder himself was nominated for an Oscar for his directing, but lost out to Kevin Costner ( Who Dances With Wolves ). Two of his earlier works are remembered today primarily through their setting by the English rock band Pink Floyd : The films More - more - always more ( soundtrack of the same name by Pink Floyd from 1969) and La Vallée ( Obscured by Clouds album from the Year 1972).

In 2007, Schroeder received his documentary In the Order of Terror , in which he portrayed the controversial French lawyer Jacques Vergès and for which he won the César for Best Documentary in 2008, received critical acclaim . In 2008 he was invited to compete at the 65th Venice Film Festival for the French thriller The Geisha Secret .

Filmography

actor

1963: Die Karabinieri ( Les carabiniers ) - Director: Jean-Luc Godard
1963: The baker of Monceau ( La boulangère de Monceau ) - Director: Éric Rohmer
1965: Paris seen from ... ( Paris vu par ... ) Episode: “Gare du Nord” - Director: Jean Rouch
1973: Celine and Julie go boating ( Celine et Julie vont en bateau ) - Director: Jacques Rivette
1984: Theater of Love ( L'amour par terre ) - Director: Jacques Rivette
1994: The Bartholomew Night ( La rein Margot ) - directed by Patrice Chéreau
1996: Mars Attacks! - Director: Tim Burton
2006: Paris, je t'aime : Porte de Choisy - Director: Christopher Doyle
2007: Darjeeling Limited (The Darjeeling Limited) - Director: Wes Anderson

Director

Schroeder in 2008

1969: More - more - always more / greed for pleasure ( More )

1974: General Idi Amin ( Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait ) - portrait of the Ugandan dictator

1978: Koko: A Talking Gorilla (Original: Koko, le gorille qui parle )

1983: The Players ( Tricheurs )

1985: The Charles Bukowski Tapes ( The Charles Bukowski Tapes )

1987: Barfly - based on the script by Charles Bukowski with Mickey Rourke

1990: The affair of Sunny von B. ( Reversal of Fortune )

1991: Female, single, young seeks ... ( single white female )

1996: Before and After (Before And After) - with Liam Neeson

2000: The Madonna of the Murderers ( La virgen de los sicarios )

2002: Murder by Numbers ( Murder by numbers )

2007: On behalf of terror ( L'avocat de la terreur )

2008: The Secret of the Geisha ( Inju, la bête dans l'ombre )

2009: Mad Men Season 3, Episode 12 ( Mad Men # 3.12: The Grown-Ups )

↑ cf. Vivarelli, Nick: Venice Film Festival announces Slate ( Memento from June 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), July 29, 2008 (accessed July 30, 2008)