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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).
He directed the drama Reversal of Fortune (1990) and earned a nomination for Academy Award for Best Director. He then directed many big budget Hollywood films, often mixing melodrama with the thriller genre in films like Single White Female (1992), Kiss of Death (1995), Desperate Measures (1998) and Murder by Numbers (2002). He also acted in Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007).
The roles that explain the career.
68 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ricardo and Painting | Director | Film |
| 2008 | Inju: The Beast in the Shadow | Director | Film |
| 2007 | Terror's Advocate | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2007 | The Duchess of Langeais | Duc de Grandlieu | Film |
| 2007 | The Darjeeling Limited | The Mechanic | Film |
| 2007 | Terror's Advocate | Director | Film |
| 2005 | Only the Night | Dr. Idelman | Film |
| 2004 | Don't Do That! | un client du restaurant | Film |
| 2003 | Bukowski: Born Into This | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Murder by Numbers | Director | Film |
| 2002 | Murder by Numbers | Producer | Film |
| 2000 | Our Lady of the Assassins | Director | Film |
| 2000 | Our Lady of the Assassins | Producer | Film |
| 1998 | Desperate Measures | Director | Film |
| 1998 | Desperate Measures | Producer | Film |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | French President | Film |
| 1996 | Before and After | Director | Film |
| 1996 | Before and After | Producer | Film |
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Director | Film |
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Producer | Film |
| 1995 | Never Talk to Strangers | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1992 | Single White Female | Director | Film |
| 1992 | Single White Female | Producer | Film |
| 1991 | The Golden Boat | Mean Passer-by | Film |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Director | Film |
| 1987 | Barfly | Director | Film |
| 1987 | Barfly | Producer | Film |
| 1985 | The Charles Bukowski Tapes | Himself | Film |
| 1985 | The Charles Bukowski Tapes | Director | Film |
| 1985 | The Charles Bukowski Tapes | Producer | Film |
| 1984 | Cheaters | Un Joueur (uncredited) | Film |
| 1984 | Cheaters | Director | Film |
| 1984 | Cheaters | Writer | Film |
| 1984 | Improper Conduct | Producer | Film |
| 1982 | Short Memory | Un invité au dîner | Film |
| 1982 | Le Pont du Nord | Producer | Film |
| 1979 | Roberte | Vittorio | Film |
| 1978 | Koko: A Talking Gorilla | Director | Film |
| 1978 | Koko: A Talking Gorilla | Associate Producer | Film |
| 1978 | Perceval | Producer | Film |
| 1977 | Chinese Roulette | Producer | Film |
| 1976 | Maîtresse | Director | Film |
| 1976 | The Marquise of O | Producer | Film |
| 1974 | Céline and Julie Go Boating | Olivier | Film |
| 1974 | General Idi Amin Dada | Director | Film |
| 1974 | General Idi Amin Dada | Writer | Film |
| 1974 | Céline and Julie Go Boating | Producer | Film |
| 1973 | Out 1: Spectre | Gian-Reto | Film |
| 1973 | The Mother and the Whore | Co-Producer | Film |
| 1972 | The Valley | Director | Film |
| 1972 | The Valley | Producer | Film |
| 1972 | Love in the Afternoon | Producer | Film |
| 1971 | Out 1 | Gian-Reto | TV |
| 1970 | Claire's Knee | Producer | Film |
| 1969 | More | Director | Film |
| 1969 | More | Writer | Film |
| 1969 | More | Producer | Film |
| 1969 | My Night at Maud's | Producer | Film |
| 1968 | Imagine Robinson Crusoe | Producer | Film |
| 1967 | La Collectionneuse | Producer | Film |
| 1965 | Six in Paris | Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord") | Film |
| 1965 | Six in Paris | Producer | Film |
| 1964 | Nadja in Paris | Producer | Film |
| 1963 | The Carabineers | Car Salesman | Film |
| 1963 | The Bakery Girl of Monceau | Young Man / Narrator | Film |
| 1963 | The Bakery Girl of Monceau | Producer | Film |
| 1963 | Suzanne’s Career | Producer | Film |
| 1963 | Méditerranée | Producer | Film |
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