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!

as French President

The Darjeeling Limited

as The Mechanic

Beverly Hills Cop III

as Man in Porsche

Paris Je T'aime

as Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)

Queen Margot

as Advisor #2

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Self - Director

Céline and Julie Go Boating

as Olivier

The Bakery Girl of Monceau

as Young Man / Narrator

The Carabineers

as Car Salesman

Out 1

as Gian-Reto