Barbet Schroeder
Director, Screenwriter
Born in 1941 in Tehran, Iran. After a childhood in Colombia he moved to Paris in 1952. He studied Philosophy at the Sorbonne. From 1958-63 he worked as a journalist and collaborated with Cahiers du Cinéma and Air de Paris. He was an assistant to Jean-Luc Godard's LES CARABINIERS (1962). In 1963 he founded Les films du Losange and produced Eric Rohmer's first two films. 1991 Nominated Best Director, Oscars and Golden Globes, for REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (1990). In 2007 he was awarded a French César, Best Documentary for TERROR'S ADVOCATE (2007).
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2023
- Ricardo et la Peinture by Barbet Schroeder
- 2017
- Le vénérable W. by Barbet Schroeder
- 2015
- Amnesia by Barbet Schroeder
- 2008
- Inju, la bête dans l'ombre by Barbet Schroeder
- 2007
- L'avocat de la terreur by Barbet Schroeder
- 2002
- Murder By Numbers by Barbet Schroeder
- 2000
- Our Lady Of The Assassins by Barbet Schroeder
- 1998
- Desperate Measures by Barbet Schroeder
- 1996
- Before And After by Barbet Schroeder
- 1995
- Kiss Of Death by Barbet Schroeder
- 1992
- Single White Female by Barbet Schroeder
- 1990
- Reversal Of Fortune by Barbet Schroeder
- 1987
- The Charles Bukowski Tapes by Barbet Schroeder
- 1987
- Barfly by Barbet Schroeder
- 1984
- Tricheurs by Barbet Schroeder
- 1978
- Koko, le gorille qui parle by Barbet Schroeder
- 1975
- Maîtresse by Barbet Schroeder
- 1974
- Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait by Barbet Schroeder
- 1969
- More by Barbet Schroeder
Screenwriter
- 2017
- Le vénérable W. by Barbet Schroeder
- 2015
- Amnesia by Barbet Schroeder