Barbet Schroeder

Birthday: 1941-08-26
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Gender: Male
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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).

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Credits

Year Title Character
2017-06-07 The Venerable W. Narrateur (voice)
2017-03-09 What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder? Voice
2015-06-11 Rouge Le médecin
2015-03-15 Portrait of the Artist Le médecin
2013-01-20 Electra, for Instance The pedagogue
2010-01-01 Comme un chien
2007-09-07 The Darjeeling Limited The Mechanic
2007-03-28 The Duchess of Langeais Duc de Grandlieu
2006-06-21 Paris Je T'aime Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)
2005-08-31 Only the Night Dr. Idelman
2004-03-24 Don't Do That! un client du restaurant
1996-12-13 Mars Attacks! French President
1994-05-24 Beverly Hills Cop III Man in Porsche
1994-05-13 Queen Margot Advisor #2
1991-06-22 The Golden Boat Mean Passer-by
1990-12-15 Out 1 Gian-Reto
1984-02-08 Cheaters Un Joueur (uncredited)
1982-03-03 Short Memory Un invité au dîner
1979-03-14 Roberte Vittorio
1978-12-20 Cinématon N°651
1974-09-18 Céline and Julie Go Boating Olivier
1974-08-28 La Paloma Bishop (uncredited)
1973-06-30 Out 1: Spectre Gian-Reto
1969-12-22 Fun and Games for Everyone
1965-05-19 Six in Paris Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
1965-05-19 Gare du Nord
1963-05-31 The Carabineers Car Salesman