Claude Berri

Known For: Production
Born: July 1, 1934
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Died: January 12, 2009

Claude Berri

Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, producer, screenwriter, distributor and actor. Berri was a leading figure of the French film industry both a director and as a producer. Following a short film that won an Academy Award, Berri achieved success with his first feature film, The Two of Us (1967). He then had a varied career, producing and distributing both mainstream and avant-garde films. During the 1970s, Berri's films as a director were mostly comedies but he later found increased success with several high-profile literary adaptations. In 1986, his two-part film Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring won public and critical acclaim, becoming his best-known work. He next directed Uranus (1990) and most notably Germinal (1993). In 1997, he directed the historical biopic Lucie Aubrac. Directors whose films were produced by Berri include Roman Polan…

Filmography

The Force of Destiny

The Force of Destiny

2017 · Self

One Wild Moment

2015 · Original Story

To Be... A Classic

To Be... A Classic

2012 · Self

Tresor

2009 · Director, Writer, Producer

On the Trail of the New Wave

On the Trail of the New Wave

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Welcome to the Sticks

2008 · Producer

The Secret of the Grain

2007 · Producer

Hunting & Gathering

2007 · Screenplay, Director

Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'

2007 · Self

A House of Your Dreams

2006 · Producer

The Children

2005 · Producer

One Stays, the Other Leaves

2005 · Director, Producer, Writer

François Truffaut, une autobiographie

2004 · Self

Tess: The Experience

2004 · Self

Tess: From Novel to Screen

2004 · Self

Filming 'Tess'

2004 · Self

Happily Ever After

2004 · le père de Vincent, Producer

San Antonio

2004 · Producer

The Car Keys

2003 · Self / Self - Un producteur

Feelings

2003 · Producer

Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin

2003 · Self

Un film et son époque

2003 · Self

The Housekeeper

2002 · Director, Producer, Adaptation, Dialogue, Screenplay

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002 · Portrait painter of Cléopâtre, Producer

The Three Kings

2001 · Producer

My Wife Is an Actress

2001 · Producer

Va Savoir (Who Knows?)

2001 · Librarian

The Escort

1999 · Producer

Sachs' Disease

1999 · Associate Producer

Hard Off

1999 · Claude Langmann, Director, Writer

All About My Mother

1999 · Co-Producer

Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar

1999 · Producer

Vivement dimanche

1998 · Self

Un grand cri d'amour

1998 · André Maillard

The Bet

1997 · Producer

Lucie Aubrac

1997 · Writer, Director

Didier

1997 · Type aéroport, Producer

The Ogre

1996 · Executive Producer

The Three Brothers

1995 · Le Président du tribunal, Producer

Time

1995 · Co-Producer

French Twist

1995 · Producer

La Séparation

1994 · Producer

The Machine

1994 · Hugues

Queen Margot

1994 · Producer

Germinal

1993 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Producer

Part-time Parents

1993 · Producer

The Lover

1992 · Producer

Van Gogh

1991 · Producer

Uranus

1990 · Screenplay, Director

Les Nuls, l'émission

1990 · Self - Guest

Stan the Flasher

1990 · Stan Goldberg

Headstrong

1989 · Producer

Three Seats for the 26th

1988 · Producer

The Bear

1988 · Producer

Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator

1988 · Producer

Sacrée soirée

1987 · Self

Nulle part ailleurs

1987 · Self

Hôtel de France

1987 · Producer

Manon of the Spring

1986 · Screenplay, Director

Jean de Florette

1986 · Screenplay, Director

Madman at War

1985 · Producer

Les enragés

1985 · Producer

Blame It on Rio

1984 · Original Film Writer

So Long, Stooge

1983 · Director, Screenplay

Waiter!

1983 · Producer

The African

1983 · Producer

My Best Friend's Girl

1983 · Producer

The Wounded Man

1983 · Client, Producer

Banzaï

1983 · Producer

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ

1982 · Producer

The School Teacher

1981 · Director, Writer

Le Roi des cons

1981 · L'agent de police

I Love You All

1980 · Writer, Director

Inspector Blunder

1980 · Producer

Tess

1979 · Producer

A Simple Story

1978 · Producer

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness

1978 · Self

Take It from the Top

1978 · Producer

One Wild Moment

1977 · Director, Screenplay

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

1977 · Self

The First Time

1976 · Director

A Child in the Crowd

1976 · Producer

I Love You, I Don't

1976 · Producer

That Kid

1976 · Producer

Zig Zig

1975 · Producer

Male of the Century

1975 · Claude, Director, Writer

Midi Première

1975 · Self

I'm Losing My Temper

1974 · Producer

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self

Tender Dracula

1974 · Producer

Le Chaud Lapin

1974 · Producer

Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full

1973 · Producer

The Mother and the Whore

1973 · Co-Producer

Sex Shop

1972 · Claude, Director, Screenplay, Producer

The Egg

1972 · Scenario Writer

Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Self

Cadet Rousselle

1971 · Self

Le Cinema de Papa

1971 · Claude Langmann adulte, Director, Writer, Producer

The House

1970 · Producer

The Man with Connections

1970 · Military doctor (uncredited), Director, Writer

Naked Childhood

1969 · Producer

Oratorio for Prague

1968 · Producer

Marry Me! Marry Me!

1968 · Claude, Writer, Producer, Director

Marie for Memory

1968 · Associate Producer

Seven Days to Remember

1968 · Producer

The Two of Us

1967 · Writer, Director

Line of Demarcation

1966 · Chef de famille juif

The Sleeping Car Murders

1965 · Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited)

The Chicken

1965 · Director

Chance at Love

1964 · Writer, Director

Behold a Pale Horse

1964

Les baisers

1964 · Director

The Seven Deadly Sins

1962 · André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)

Greed

1962 · André (uncredited)

Janine

1962 · Claude, Writer

Please, Not Now!

1961 · Bernard

My Baby Is Black!

1961 · Dauber

The Truth

1960 · Georges

Zazie dans le Métro

1960 · Waiter (uncredited)

Les Bonnes Femmes

1960 · André, Young Soldier

I Spit on Your Grave

1959 · David

Asphalt

1959 · Band Boy (uncredited)

Dangerous Games

1958 · Young man

French Cancan

1955 · Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)

Good Lord Without Confession

1953 · Le fils d'Eugène

Rue de l'estrapade

1953 · (uncredited)

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