Barbet Schroeder
Born: 1941-08-26 in Tehran, Iran
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2023
- The Family as Self
- Ricardo and Painting ... (Screenplay)
2017
- The Venerable W. as Narrateur (voice)
- Jean Douchet, Restless Child as Self
- What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder? as Voice
2015
- Amnesia ... (Director)
- Portrait of the Artist as Le médecin
- Rouge as Le médecin
2014
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self - Director
2013
- Electra, for Instance as The pedagogue
2011
- Dreaming American ... (Executive Producer)
- Making More as Himself
- Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer as Self
2010
2008
- Inju: The Beast in the Shadow ... (Director)
2007
- Mad Men ... (Director)
- The Darjeeling Limited as The Mechanic
- The Duchess of Langeais as Duc de Grandlieu
- Terror's Advocate as Narrator (voice)
2006
- Paris Je T'aime as Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)
- Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer as Himself
2005
- Only the Night as Dr. Idelman
2004
- Don't Do That! as un client du restaurant
2003
- Bukowski: Born Into This as Self
2002
- Murder by Numbers ... (Producer)
2000
- Our Lady of the Assassins ... (Director)
1998
- Desperate Measures ... (Director)
1996
- Mars Attacks! as French President
- Before and After ... (Director)
1995
- Kiss of Death ... (Producer)
- Never Talk to Strangers ... (Executive Producer)
1994
- Beverly Hills Cop III as Man in Porsche
- Queen Margot as Advisor #2
1992
- Single White Female ... (Producer)
1991
- The Golden Boat as Mean Passer-by
1990
- Reversal of Fortune ... (Director)
- Out 1 as Gian-Reto
1987
- Barfly ... (Director)
1985
- The Future of Emily ... (Co-Producer)
- The Charles Bukowski Tapes as Himself
1984
- Cheaters as Un Joueur (uncredited)
- Improper Conduct ... (Producer)
1982
- Le Pont du Nord ... (Producer)
- Short Memory as Un invité au dîner
1980
- L.A.X. as Narrator
1979
- Roberte as Vittorio
1978
- Cinématon as N°651
- Perceval ... (Producer)
- Koko: A Talking Gorilla ... (Director)
1977
- Chinese Roulette ... (Producer)
1976
- 30 millions d'amis as Self
- Maîtresse ... (Director)
- The Marquise of O ... (Producer)
1974
- Céline and Julie Go Boating as Olivier
- General Idi Amin Dada ... (Director)
- La Paloma as Bishop (uncredited)
1973
- The Mother and the Whore ... (Co-Producer)
- Out 1: Spectre as Gian-Reto
1972
- Love in the Afternoon ... (Producer)
- The Valley ... (Director)
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
- Out 1 as Gian-Reto
- Pork with Sweet Potatoes ... (Director)
- Make-up ... (Director)
- Sing Sing ... (Director)
1970
- Claire's Knee ... (Producer)
1969
- My Night at Maud's ... (Producer)
- More ... (Director)
- Fun and Games for Everyone
1968
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self
- Imagine Robinson Crusoe ... (Producer)
- A Farmer in Montfaucon ... (Producer)
1967
- La Collectionneuse ... (Producer)
1965
- Gare du Nord
- Six in Paris as Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
1964
- Nadja in Paris ... (Producer)
1963
- The Carabineers as Car Salesman
- The Bakery Girl of Monceau as Young Man / Narrator
- Méditerranée ... (Producer)
- Suzanne’s Career ... (Producer)