Claude Berri
Production
Born: July 1, 1934 · Paris, France
Died: January 12, 2009 (aged 74)
Highest Rated
Biography
Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, producer, screenwriter, distributor and actor. Berri was a leading figure of the French film industry both a director and as a producer. Following a short film that won an Academy Award, Berri achieved success with his first feature film, The Two of Us (1967). He then had a varied career, producing and distributing both mainstream and avant-garde films. During the 1970s, Berri's films as a director were mostly comedies but he later found increased success with several high-profile literary adaptations. In 1986, his two-part film Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring won public and critical acclaim, becoming his best-known work. He next directed Uranus (1990) and most notably Germinal (1993). In 1997, he directed the historical biopic Lucie Aubrac. Directors whose films were produced by Berri include Roman Polanski, Jacques Demy, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Claude Sautet, Miloš Forman, Claude Zidi, Jacques Rivette, Patrice Chéreau, Alain Chabat, Abdellatif Kechiche and Dany Boon. 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. In 1943, during the Nazi occupation of France, Berri's parents entrusted him for his safety to a family in the countryside. He spent the rest of the occupation being fostered by "an antisemitic couple" who were unaware that he was Jewish. His sister, screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann, was born after the war. Berri's original vocation was to be an actor. He began a career in the early 1950s but struggled to find roles, which prompted him to turn to directing and eventually producing. In 1965, he gained notice for The Chicken, which won the Award for best short film at the 38th Academy Awards. In 1967, Berri directed The Two of Us (Le Vieil homme et l'enfant), a partially autobiographical film that told the story of a Jewish child, entrusted during World War II to a benevolent and antisemitic old farmer who remains unaware that the boy he is caring for is a Jew. The film was a great success in France and abroad. Berri also adapted the story into a novel, released the same year as the film. During the years that followed, Berri became active as a producer and film distributor while continuing to direct his own films. Also in 1967, with his associate (later brother-in-law) Jean-Pierre Rassam, Berri bought the international distribution rights for Miloš Forman's The Firemen's Ball which was a great success and was nominated to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Berri's company, Renn Productions, which he had founded to produce The Two of Us, gradually became a major player in the French film industry. ... Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
Welcome to the Sticks
2008
All About My Mother
1999
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
One Wild Moment
2015
The Three Brothers
1995
The Lover
1992
Didier
1997
Jean de Florette
1986
Manon of the Spring
1986
The Bear
1988
The Bet
1997
Photos (3)
Movies (35)
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Portrait painter of Cléopâtre
French Cancan
Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
Happily Ever After
le père de Vincent
The Seven Deadly Sins
André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Didier
Type aéroport
The Truth
Georges
The Wounded Man
Client
Zazie dans le Métro
Waiter (uncredited)
Hard Off
Claude Langmann
Le Roi des cons
L'agent de police
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
Librarian
Line of Demarcation
Chef de famille juif
Germinal
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Three Brothers
Le Président du tribunal
I Spit on Your Grave
David
Behold a Pale Horse
1964
Asphalt
Band Boy (uncredited)
Please, Not Now!
Bernard
The Sleeping Car Murders
Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited)
The Machine
Hugues
Sex Shop
Claude
Le Cinema de Papa
Claude Langmann adulte
Les Bonnes Femmes
André, Young Soldier
The Car Keys
Producer
Janine
Claude
Dangerous Games
Young man
Greed
André (uncredited)
Rue de l'estrapade
(uncredited)
Stan the Flasher
Stan Goldberg
The Man with Connections
Military doctor (uncredited)
Male of the Century
Claude
Un grand cri d'amour
André Maillard
My Baby Is Black!
Dauber
Marry Me! Marry Me!
Claude
Good Lord Without Confession
Le fils d'Eugène
Self / Appearances (18)
Ciné regards
Self · 1 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self · 2 eps
Vivement dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self · 3 eps
Midi Première
Self · 1 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · 1 eps
Les Nuls, l'émission
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Nulle part ailleurs
Self · 1 eps
Cadet Rousselle
Self · 1 eps
Un film et son époque
Self · 2 eps
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Self
Filming 'Tess'
Self
Tess: The Experience
Self
Tess: From Novel to Screen
Self
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
Self
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Self
Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin
Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
Self
Directing (24)
Manon of the Spring
Director
Jean de Florette
Director
Tresor
Director
Hunting & Gathering
Director
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Director
Uranus
Director
Hard Off
Director
One Wild Moment
Director
So Long, Stooge
Director
Les baisers
Director
I Love You All
Director
The School Teacher
Director
Germinal
Director
The Two of Us
Director
Lucie Aubrac
Director
Sex Shop
Director
Le Cinema de Papa
Director
Chance at Love
Director
The Housekeeper
Director
The Chicken
Director
The Man with Connections
Director
Male of the Century
Director
The First Time
Director
Marry Me! Marry Me!
Director
Writing (27)
One Wild Moment
Original Story
Manon of the Spring
Screenplay
Blame It on Rio
Original Film Writer
Jean de Florette
Screenplay
Tresor
Writer
Hunting & Gathering
Screenplay
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Writer
Uranus
Screenplay
Hard Off
Writer
One Wild Moment
Screenplay
So Long, Stooge
Screenplay
I Love You All
Writer
The School Teacher
Writer
Germinal
Screenplay
The Two of Us
Writer
Lucie Aubrac
Writer
Sex Shop
Screenplay
Le Cinema de Papa
Writer
Chance at Love
Writer
Janine
Writer
The Housekeeper
Adaptation
The Housekeeper
Dialogue
The Housekeeper
Screenplay
The Egg
Scenario Writer
The Man with Connections
Writer
Male of the Century
Writer
Marry Me! Marry Me!
Writer
Producing (63)
The Lover
Producer
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Producer
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Producer
Tess
Producer
All About My Mother
Co-Producer
The Escort
Producer
Welcome to the Sticks
Producer
Les enragés
Producer
The Mother and the Whore
Co-Producer
Queen Margot
Producer
The Bear
Producer
The Bet
Producer
Inspector Blunder
Producer
Feelings
Producer
My Wife Is an Actress
Producer
Happily Ever After
Producer
French Twist
Producer
Tresor
Producer
Didier
Producer
The Wounded Man
Producer
Hôtel de France
Producer
Take It from the Top
Producer
The Secret of the Grain
Producer
The Ogre
Executive Producer
The Children
Producer
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Producer
I Love You, I Don't
Producer
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Producer
I'm Losing My Temper
Producer
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator
Producer
That Kid
Producer
Germinal
Producer
Waiter!
Producer
The Three Brothers
Producer
A House of Your Dreams
Producer
A Simple Story
Producer
Banzaï
Producer
Naked Childhood
Producer
Van Gogh
Producer
San Antonio
Producer
Sex Shop
Producer
The African
Producer
Le Cinema de Papa
Producer
The Three Kings
Producer
Three Seats for the 26th
Producer
Zig Zig
Producer
La Séparation
Producer
My Best Friend's Girl
Producer
The Housekeeper
Producer
Time
Co-Producer
Madman at War
Producer
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
Producer
Headstrong
Producer
The House
Producer
Sachs' Disease
Associate Producer
A Child in the Crowd
Producer
Tender Dracula
Producer
Oratorio for Prague
Producer
Marie for Memory
Associate Producer
Part-time Parents
Producer
Le Chaud Lapin
Producer
Seven Days to Remember
Producer
Marry Me! Marry Me!
Producer