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
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