
Barbet Schroeder
Known for DirectingBorn 1941-08-26 (age 84)Tehran, Iran
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Out 1
1971 · Series
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Pork with Sweet Potatoes
1971 · Movie
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The Charles Bukowski Tapes
1985 · Movie
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Mad Men
2007 · Series
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Ricardo and Painting
2023 · Movie
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Movie
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My Night at Maud's
1969 · Movie
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The Darjeeling Limited
2007 · Movie
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Sing Sing
1971 · Movie
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Our Lady of the Assassins
2000 · Movie
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Queen Margot
1994 · Movie
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The Mother and the Whore
1973 · Movie
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Out 1
1990 · Movie
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Love in the Afternoon
1972 · Movie
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Claire's Knee
1970 · Movie
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Perceval
1978 · Movie
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Movie
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Chinese Roulette
1977 · Movie
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Koko: A Talking Gorilla
1978 · Movie
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Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Movie
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Bukowski: Born Into This
2003 · Movie
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General Idi Amin Dada
1974 · Movie
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The Venerable W.
2017 · Movie
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Barfly
1987 · Movie
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Le Pont du Nord
1982 · Movie
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Terror's Advocate
2007 · Movie
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Rouge
2015 · Movie
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La Collectionneuse
1967 · Movie
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Céline and Julie Go Boating
1974 · Movie
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Reversal of Fortune
1990 · Movie
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The Bakery Girl of Monceau
1963 · Movie
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The Marquise of O
1976 · Movie
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The Golden Boat
1991 · Movie
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Mars Attacks!
1996 · Movie
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Out 1: Spectre
1973 · Movie
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Six in Paris
1965 · Movie
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Fun and Games for Everyone
1969 · Movie
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The Future of Emily
1985 · Movie
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The Family
2023 · Movie
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Single White Female
1992 · Movie
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Make-up
1971 · Movie
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Murder by Numbers
2002 · Movie
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The Carabineers
1963 · Movie
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Nadja in Paris
1964 · Movie
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Suzanne’s Career
1963 · Movie
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Jean Douchet, Restless Child
2017 · Movie
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A Farmer in Montfaucon
1968 · Movie
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Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer
2006 · Movie