Barbet Schroeder
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · The Family as Self
- 2017 · The Venerable W. as Narrateur (voice)
- 2017 · Jean Douchet, Restless Child as Self
- 2017 · What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder? as Voice
- 2015 · Rouge as Le médecin
- 2015 · Portrait of the Artist as Le médecin
- 2014 · Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self - Director
- 2013 · Electra, for Instance as The pedagogue
- 2011 · Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer as Self
- 2011 · Making More as Himself
- 2010 · Comme un chien as
- 2007 · The Darjeeling Limited as The Mechanic
- 2007 · Terror's Advocate as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The Duchess of Langeais as Duc de Grandlieu
- 2006 · Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer as Himself
- 2006 · Paris Je T'aime as Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)
- 2005 · Only the Night as Dr. Idelman
- 2004 · Don't Do That! as un client du restaurant
- 2003 · Bukowski: Born Into This as Self
- 1996 · Mars Attacks! as French President
- 1994 · Beverly Hills Cop III as Man in Porsche
- 1994 · Queen Margot as Advisor #2
- 1991 · The Golden Boat as Mean Passer-by
- 1990 · Out 1 as Gian-Reto
- 1985 · The Charles Bukowski Tapes as Himself
- 1984 · Cheaters as Un Joueur (uncredited)
- 1982 · Short Memory as Un invité au dîner
- 1980 · L.A.X. as Narrator
- 1979 · Roberte as Vittorio
- 1978 · Cinématon as N°651
- 1976 · 30 millions d'amis as Self
- 1974 · Céline and Julie Go Boating as Olivier
- 1974 · La Paloma as Bishop (uncredited)
- 1973 · Out 1: Spectre as Gian-Reto
- 1971 · Out 1 as Gian-Reto
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1969 · Fun and Games for Everyone as
- 1968 · Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self
- 1965 · Six in Paris as Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
- 1965 · Gare du Nord as
- 1963 · The Carabineers as Car Salesman
- 1963 · The Bakery Girl of Monceau as Young Man / Narrator