Claude Berri
Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), was from Romania, and his father, Hirsch Langmann, was a furrier from Poland. His sister was the screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann. Berri won the "Best Film" BAFTA for Jean de Florette, and was also nominated for twelve César Awards, though he never won. Berri also won the Oscar for Best Short Film for Le Poulet at the 38th Academy Awards in 1966, and produced Roman Polanski's Tess which was nominated for Best Picture in 1981. Internationally, however, two films in 1986 overshadow all his other achievements. Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des Sources were huge hits. In 1991, his film Uranus was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Six years later, his film Lucie Aubrac was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2003, he was elected President of the Cinémathèque Française where he obtained enough state subsidies to cover the costs of its resurgence at its new site in the rue de Bercy. Berri's wife, Anne-Marie Rassam, committed suicide in 1997, jumping from the apartment of Isabelle Adjani's mother. Berri and Rassam had two children: actor Julien Rassam and actor and film producer Thomas Langmann. Berri died of a stroke, in Paris, aged 74. After his death, a group of nine works by Robert Ryman, Ad Reinhardt, Giorgio Morandi, Richard Serra and Lucio Fontana was promised to the Centre Pompidou in Paris in lieu of tax. But the heirs of the film director finally sold them through French art dealer Philippe Ségalot for about €50 million to Qatar. Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · To Be... A Classic as Self
- 2009 · On the Trail of the New Wave as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Once Upon a Time... 'Tess' as Self
- 2004 · François Truffaut, une autobiographie as Self
- 2004 · Tess: From Novel to Screen as Self
- 2004 · Tess: The Experience as Self
- 2004 · Filming 'Tess' as Self
- 2004 · Happily Ever After as le père de Vincent
- 2003 · The Car Keys as Self / Un producteur
- 2003 · Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin as Self
- 2003 · Un film et son époque as Self
- 2002 · Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra as Portrait painter of Cléopâtre
- 2001 · Va Savoir (Who Knows?) as Librarian
- 1999 · Hard Off as Claude Langmann
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1998 · Un grand cri d'amour as André Maillard
- 1997 · Didier as Type aéroport
- 1995 · The Three Brothers as Le Président du tribunal
- 1994 · The Machine as Hugues
- 1993 · Germinal as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1990 · Les Nuls, l'émission as Self - Guest
- 1990 · Stan the Flasher as Stan Goldberg
- 1987 · Sacrée soirée as Self
- 1987 · Nulle part ailleurs as Self
- 1983 · The Wounded Man as Client
- 1978 · Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness as Self
- 1975 · Male of the Century as Claude
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1972 · Sex Shop as Claude
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Cadet Rousselle as Self
- 1971 · Le Cinema de Papa as Claude Langmann adulte
- 1970 · The Man with Connections as
- 1968 · Marry Me! Marry Me! as Claude
- 1966 · Line of Demarcation as Chef de famille juif
- 1965 · The Sleeping Car Murder as Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (non crédité)
- 1962 · The Seven Deadly Sins as André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
- 1962 · Greed as André (uncredited)
- 1962 · Janine as Claude
- 1961 · Please, Not Now! as Bernard
- 1961 · My Baby Is Black! as Dauber
- 1960 · The Truth as Georges
- 1960 · Zazie dans le Métro as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1960 · The Good Girls as André, young soldier
- 1959 · I Spit on Your Grave as David
- 1959 · Asphalt as Band Boy (uncredited)
- 1958 · Dangerous Games as Un jeune
- 1955 · French Cancan as Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
- 1953 · Good Lord Without Confession as Le fils d'Eugène
- 1953 · Rue de l'Estrapade as