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
- 1969: More - more - always more / greed for pleasure ( More )
- 1972: La Vallée
- 1974: General Idi Amin ( Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait ) - portrait of the Ugandan dictator
- 1976: Maîtresse
- 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 )
- 1994: Kiss of Death - Remake of The Kiss of Death by Henry Hathaway
- 1996: Before and After (Before And After) - with Liam Neeson
- 1998: Desperate Measures - with Michael Keaton , Andy García
- 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 )
- 2015: Amnesia
Web links
- Barbet Schroeder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Vivarelli, Nick: Venice Film Festival announces Slate ( Memento from June 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), July 29, 2008 (accessed July 30, 2008)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schroeder, Barbet |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran , Iran |