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Barbet Schroeder

b. 1941 · 26 titles in the catalogue

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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Their work

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  1. Mars Attacks!1996as French President
  2. The Darjeeling Limited2007as The Mechanic
  3. Beverly Hills Cop III1994as Man in Porsche
  4. Mad Men2007Director
  5. Murder by Numbers2002Director · Producer
  6. Paris Je T'aime2006as Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)
  7. Single White Female1992Director · Producer
  8. Queen Margot1994as Advisor #2
  9. Barfly1987Director · Producer
  10. Kiss of Death1995Director · Producer
  11. My Night at Maud's1969Producer
  12. Reversal of Fortune1990Director
  13. Desperate Measures1998Director · Producer
  14. Claire's Knee1970Producer
  15. La Collectionneuse1967Producer
  16. Love in the Afternoon1972Producer
  17. Before and After1996Director · Producer
  18. Our Lady of the Assassins2000Director · Producer
  19. The Mother and the Whore1973Co-Producer
  20. Never Talk to Strangers1995Executive Producer
  21. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014as Self - Director
  22. Céline and Julie Go Boating1974as Olivier · Producer
  23. The Bakery Girl of Monceau1963as Young Man / Narrator · Producer
  24. Suzanne’s Career1963Producer
  25. Chinese Roulette1977Producer
  26. The Carabineers1963as Car Salesman