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Barbet Schroeder

Directing Born Aug 26, 1941 Tehran, Iran 24 credits

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).

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Known for

Film

Mars Attacks!

as French President
Film

The Darjeeling Limited

as The Mechanic

Full filmography

  • Mars Attacks! (1996) as French President
  • Samedi soir (1971) as Self
  • 30 millions d'amis (1976) as Self
  • Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) as Man in Porsche
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007) as The Mechanic
  • Paris Je T'aime (2006) as Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)
  • Queen Margot (1994) as Advisor #2
  • Out 1 (1971) as Gian-Reto
  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) as Self - Director
  • Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) as Olivier
  • Out 1 (1990) as Gian-Reto
  • The Carabineers (1963) as Car Salesman
  • Portrait of the Artist (2015) as Le médecin
  • Six in Paris (1965) as Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
  • The Family (2023) as Self
  • La Paloma (1974) as Bishop (uncredited)
  • The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963) as Young Man / Narrator
  • Don't Do That! (2004) as un client du restaurant
  • Cinématon (1978) as N°651
  • Rouge (2015) as Le médecin
  • Out 1: Spectre (1973) as Gian-Reto
  • L.A.X. (1980) as Narrator
  • The Duchess of Langeais (2007) as Duc de Grandlieu
  • The Venerable W. (2017) as Narrateur (voice)