Director
Barbet Schroeder
August 26, 1941 · Tehran, Iran
Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors of the French New Wave such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Eric Rohmer.
Schroeder started his career producing such films as The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1962), Six in Paris (1965), and Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974). He then transitioned into directing films such as More (1969), La Vallée (1972) and Barfly (1987), the last of which was nominated for the Palme d'Or. He also gained recognition for directing the documentary Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978). He directed what he labeled, "The Trilogy of Evil", which includes the films, General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974), Terror's Advocate (2007) and The Venerable W. (2016).
Notable work
6.4Mars Attacks! (1996)
as French President
7.1The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
as The Mechanic
5.9Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
as Man in Porsche
8.1Mad Men (2007)
Director
6.2Murder by Numbers (2002)
Director
6.3Single White Female (1992)
Director
7.2Queen Margot (1994)
as Advisor #2
6.9Barfly (1987)
Director
5.7Kiss of Death (1995)
Director
6.7Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Director
6Desperate Measures (1998)
Director
Often works with
Bulle Ogier
3 titles together
Céline and Julie Go Boating, Maîtresse, The Venerable W.
Glenn Close
2 titles together
Mars Attacks!, Reversal of Fortune
Dennis Cockrum
2 titles together
Murder by Numbers, Desperate Measures
Juliet Berto
2 titles together
Céline and Julie Go Boating, Out 1
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Monique Clément
2 titles together
Céline and Julie Go Boating, Out 1
Full filmography · 48
Ricardo and Painting
Director
2023
The Venerable W.
as Narrateur (voice) and Director and Writer
20176.6
What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder?
as Voice and Director
2017
Amnesia
Director
20155.5
Rouge
as Le médecin
2015
Portrait of the Artist
as Le médecin
2015
Electra, for Instance
as The pedagogue
2013
Comme un chien
cast
2010
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Director
20085
The Darjeeling Limited
as The Mechanic
20077.1
Terror's Advocate
as Narrator (voice) and Director
20076.6
The Duchess of Langeais
as Duc de Grandlieu
20075.2