Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor.
Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor.
Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), was from Romania, and his father, Hirsch Langmann, was a furrier from Poland. His sister was the screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann.
Berri won the "Best Film" BAFTA for Jean de Florette, and was also nominated for twelve César Awards, though he never won. Berri also won the Oscar for Best Short Film for Le Poulet at the 38th Academy Awards in 1966, and produced Roman Polanski's Tess which was nominated for Best Picture in 1981.
Internationally, however, two films in 1986 overshadow all his other achievements. Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des Sources were huge hits. In 1991, his film Uranus was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Six years later, his film Lucie Aubrac was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2003, he was elected President of the Cinémathèque Française where he obtained enough state subsidies to cover the costs of its resurgence at its new site in the rue de Bercy.
Berri's wife, Anne-Marie Rassam, committed suicide in 1997, jumping from the apartment of Isabelle Adjani's mother. Berri and Rassam had two children: actor Julien Rassam and actor and film producer Thomas Langmann.
Berri died of a stroke, in Paris, aged 74. After his death, a group of nine works by Robert Ryman, Ad Reinhardt, Giorgio Morandi, Richard Serra and Lucio Fontana was promised to the Centre Pompidou in Paris in lieu of tax. But the heirs of the film director finally sold them through French art dealer Philippe Ségalot for about €50 million to Qatar.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Force of Destiny
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2017
To Be... A Classic
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2012
On the Trail of the New Wave
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/03/2009
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
Character:Self
Release Date:16/03/2007
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2004
Tess: The Experience
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/2004
Tess: From Novel to Screen
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/2004
Filming 'Tess'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/2004
Happily Ever After
Character:le père de Vincent
Release Date:25/08/2004
The Car Keys
Character:Self / Producer
Release Date:10/12/2003
Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/2003
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Character:Portrait painter of Cléopâtre
Release Date:30/01/2002
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
Character:Librarian
Release Date:28/09/2001
Hard Off
Character:Claude Langmann
Release Date:17/05/1999
Un grand cri d'amour
Character:André Maillard
Release Date:07/01/1998
Didier
Character:Type aéroport
Release Date:29/01/1997
The Three Brothers
Character:Le Président du tribunal
Release Date:13/12/1995
The Machine
Character:Hugues
Release Date:28/05/1994
Germinal
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:29/09/1993
Stan the Flasher
Character:Stan Goldberg
Release Date:07/03/1990
The Wounded Man
Character:Client
Release Date:25/05/1983
Le Roi des cons
Character:L'agent de police
Release Date:18/02/1981
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/1978
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/1977
Male of the Century
Character:Claude
Release Date:12/03/1975
Sex Shop
Character:Claude
Release Date:25/10/1972
Le Cinema de Papa
Character:Claude Langmann adulte
Release Date:10/02/1971
The Man with Connections
Character:Military doctor (uncredited)
Release Date:15/04/1970
Marry Me! Marry Me!
Character:Claude
Release Date:18/09/1968
Line of Demarcation
Character:Chef de famille juif
Release Date:25/05/1966
The Sleeping Car Murder
Character:Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited)
Release Date:17/11/1965
Behold a Pale Horse
Character:
Release Date:14/08/1964
The Seven Deadly Sins
Character:André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Release Date:07/03/1962
Greed
Character:André (uncredited)
Release Date:07/03/1962
Janine
Character:Claude
Release Date:01/01/1962
Please, Not Now!
Character:Bernard
Release Date:19/04/1961
My Baby Is Black!
Character:Dauber
Release Date:01/03/1961
The Truth
Character:Georges
Release Date:02/11/1960
Zazie dans le Métro
Character:Waiter (uncredited)
Release Date:28/10/1960
Les Bonnes Femmes
Character:André, young soldier
Release Date:22/04/1960
I Spit on Your Grave
Character:David
Release Date:26/06/1959
Asphalt
Character:Band Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:18/02/1959
Dangerous Games
Character:Young man
Release Date:12/12/1958
French Cancan
Character:Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/1955
Good Lord Without Confession
Character:Le fils d'Eugène
Release Date:09/10/1953
Rue de l'estrapade
Character:
Release Date:14/04/1953
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