BARBET SCHROEDER - Director & Screenwriter


Born August 26th 1941 in Teheran.
1958-1963: collaborates at the Cahiers du Cinéma and L’Air of Paris.
Assistant to Jean-Luc Godard for 'Les Carabiniers'.
Directs two short B & W 16 mm films.
In 1963, creates the production company Les Films du Losange.
Produced the first two fables of Eric Rohmer.
Nominated for Best Director Oscar and Golden Globe for 'Reversal of Fortune'.



BARBET SCHROEDER - Selective filmography (as director)


2007 -

TERROR'S ADVOCATE

2002

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MURDER BY NUMBERS

2000

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OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS

1997

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DESPERATE MEASURES

1995

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BEFORE AND AFTER

1994

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KISS OF DEATH

1992

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SINGLE WHITE FEMALE

1990

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REVERSAL OF FORTUNE

1987

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BARFLY

1984

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TRICHEURS

1982

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CHARLES BUKOWSKI

1977

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KOKO, A TALKING GORILLA

1975

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MAITRESSE

1974

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GÉNÉRAL IDI AMIN DADA

1972

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THE VALLEY

1969

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Barbet Schroeder has also acted in a number of small roles for friends, most notably in:
'Les Carabiniers', 'La Boulangerie de Monceau', 'Paris Vu Par...' (episode 'Gare du Nord' by Jean
Rouch), 'Out One', 'Céline et Julie Vont en Bateau', 'Roberte Ce Soir', 'Bandini', 'Beverly Hills Cop
3', 'La Reine Margot', 'Mars Attacks!', 'Paris Je T'aime', Ne Touchez pas la Hache, 'Darjeeling'.

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