Claude Berri
Born
July 1, 1934
Died
January 12, 2009 (74 years old)
Known For
Production
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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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Known For
The Force of Destiny
2017
To Be... A Classic
Self
2012
On the Trail of the New Wave
Self (archive footage)
2009
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
Self
2007
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Self
2004
Tess: The Experience
Self
2004
Tess: From Novel to Screen
Self
2004
Filming 'Tess'
Self
2004
Happily Ever After
le père de Vincent
2004
The Car Keys
Self / Producer
2003
Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin
Self
2003
Un film et son époque
Self · (2 episodes)
2003
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Portrait painter of Cléopâtre
2002
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
Librarian
2001
Hard Off
Claude Langmann
1999
Vivement dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Un grand cri d'amour
André Maillard
1998
Didier
Type aéroport
1997
The Three Brothers
Le Président du tribunal
1995
The Machine
Hugues
1994
Germinal
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1993
Les Nuls, l'émission
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1990
Stan the Flasher
Stan Goldberg
1990
Sacrée soirée
Self · (2 episodes)
1987
Nulle part ailleurs
Self · (1 episode)
1987
The Wounded Man
Client
1983
Le Roi des cons
L'agent de police
1981
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
Self
1978
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Self
1977
Male of the Century
Claude
1975
Midi Première
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self · (3 episodes)
1974
Sex Shop
Claude
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (1 episode)
1972
Cadet Rousselle
Self · (1 episode)
1971
Le Cinema de Papa
Claude Langmann adulte
1971
The Man with Connections
Military doctor (uncredited)
1970
Marry Me! Marry Me!
Claude
1968
Line of Demarcation
Chef de famille juif
1966
The Sleeping Car Murder
Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited)
1965
The Seven Deadly Sins
André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
1962
Greed
André (uncredited)
1962
Janine
Claude
1962
Please, Not Now!
Bernard
1961
My Baby Is Black!
Dauber
1961
The Truth
Georges
1960
Zazie dans le Métro
Waiter (uncredited)
1960
The Good Girls
André, young soldier
1960
I Spit on Your Grave
David
1959
Asphalt
Band Boy (uncredited)
1959
Dangerous Games
Young man
1958
French Cancan
Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
1955
Good Lord Without Confession
Le fils d'Eugène
1953
Rue de l'estrapade
1953