Barbet Schroeder

Barbet Schroeder

Birthday: Aug 26, 1941

Bio: Barbet Schroeder's Swiss geologist father was on assignment in Iran when he was born. After a globe-trotting childhood, Schroeder was educated at the Sorbonne; then, like half the under-30 population of France (or so it seemed), he became a movie critic. Brief jobs as a jazz concert producer and news photographer followed before Schroeder went to work as an… More Bio: Barbet Schroeder's Swiss geologist father was on assignment in Iran when he was born. After a globe-trotting childhood, Schroeder was educated at the Sorbonne; then, like half the under-30 population of France (or so it seemed), he became a movie critic. Brief jobs as a jazz concert producer and news photographer followed before Schroeder went to work as an assistant for one of his role models, French director Jean-Luc Godard. In 1964, the 22-year-old Schroeder set up his own film production company, Les Films du Losange. Among the many prominent pictures produced by Schroeder include director Eric Rohmer's "Moral Tales" La Collectioneuse (1966), My Night at Maud's (1969), and Claire's Knee (1970). Schroeder himself turned director with 1969's More, gaining critical attention with several unorthodox documentaries. With the American film Barfly (1987), Schroeder established himself as a prime purveyor of "slice of life" drama -- albeit entertaining enough to please the crowd. Oscar nominated for his take-no-sides direction of Reversal of Fortune (1990), the story of the controversial Claus von Bulow case, Schroeder then helmed the tense -- and successful -- "cat-and-mouse" thriller Single White Female (1992). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Filmography

The Counsel (L'avocat) (2011)
- Actor
Roberte (2011)
- Actor
Inju, la Bête dans l'Ombre (Inju: The Beast in the Shadow) (2008)
- Director
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
- The Mechanic
- 67%
L' Avocat de la Terreur (Terror's Advocate) (2007)
- Director
- 86%
L'Avocat de la Terreur (2007)
- Director
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
- Actor
- 86%
The Duchess of Langeais (Ne Touchez Pas La Hache)(Don't Touch the Axe) (2006)
- Le Duc de Grandlieu
- 69%
Murder by Numbers (2002)
- Director, Producer
- 31%
La Virgen de los Sicarios (Our Lady of the Assassins) (2001)
- Actor, Producer, Director
- 77%
Desperate Measures (1998)
- Director
- 17%
Shattered Image (1998)
- Producer
- 25%
Mars Attacks! (1996)
- French President
- 51%
Before and After (1996)
- Director
- 32%
Kiss of Death (1995)
- Director
- 68%
Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) (1994)
- Advisor
- 75%
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
- Man in Porsche
- 10%
Single White Female (1992)
- Producer, Director
- 55%
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
- Director
- 94%
The Golden Boat (1990)
- Mean Passer-by
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1990)
- Actor
Barfly (1987)
- Director, Producer
- 78%
Tricheurs (1984)
- Director
The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1983)
- Director
Tricheurs (1983)
- Director
Koko, le gorille qui parle (Koko, a Talking Gorilla) (1978)
- Director
- 100%
Maîtresse (Mistress) (1976)
- Director, Screenwriter
Die Marquise von O... (The Marquise of O) (1976)
- Producer
- 83%
Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait (A Self Portrait) (1974)
- Screenwriter, Director
- 75%
Céline et Julie Vont en Bateau (Celine and Julie Go Boating) (1974)
- Olivier
- 95%
La Vallée (The Valley) (1972)
- Director
More (1969)
- Director
Six in Paris (Paris vu par...) (1965)
- Jean-Pierre, Producer
- 85%
La Boulangère de Monceau (The Baker of Monceau)(The Girl at the Monceau Bakery) (1963)
- Actor
Les Carabiniers (1963)
- Car Salesman
- 63%
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