Barbet Schroeder
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.
Known For
Mars Attacks!
30 millions d'amis
The Darjeeling Limited
Beverly Hills Cop III
Paris Je T'aime
Queen Margot
Out 1
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
All Movies (39)
- The Family2023 · as Self
- The Venerable W.2017 · as Narrateur (voice)
- Jean Douchet, Restless Child2017 · as Self
- What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder?2017 · as Voice
- Rouge2015 · as Le médecin
- Portrait of the Artist2015 · as Le médecin
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014 · as Self - Director
- Electra, for Instance2013 · as The pedagogue
- Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer2011 · as Self
- Making More2011 · as Himself
- Comme un chien2010
- The Darjeeling Limited2007 · as The Mechanic
- Terror's Advocate2007 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Duchess of Langeais2007 · as Duc de Grandlieu
- Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer2006 · as Himself
- Paris Je T'aime2006 · as Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)
- Only the Night2005 · as Dr. Idelman
- Don't Do That!2004 · as un client du restaurant
- Bukowski: Born Into This2003 · as Self
- Mars Attacks!1996 · as French President
- Beverly Hills Cop III1994 · as Man in Porsche
- Queen Margot1994 · as Advisor #2
- The Golden Boat1991 · as Mean Passer-by
- Out 11990 · as Gian-Reto
- The Charles Bukowski Tapes1985 · as Himself
- Cheaters1984 · as Un Joueur (uncredited)
- Short Memory1982 · as Un invité au dîner
- L.A.X.1980 · as Narrator
- Roberte1979 · as Vittorio
- Cinématon1978 · as N°651
- Céline and Julie Go Boating1974 · as Olivier
- La Paloma1974 · as Bishop (uncredited)
- Out 1: Spectre1973 · as Gian-Reto
- Fun and Games for Everyone1969
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches1968 · as Self
- Six in Paris1965 · as Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
- Gare du Nord1965
- The Carabineers1963 · as Car Salesman
- The Bakery Girl of Monceau1963 · as Young Man / Narrator
All TV Shows (3)
- 30 millions d'amis1976 · as Self
- Out 11971 · as Gian-Reto
- Samedi soir1971 · as Self