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person_profile-Claude Berri

Claude Berri Died at age: 74

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Claude Berri

Date of Birth:

Jul 01, 1934

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Jan 12, 2009

Biography of

Claude Berri

    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.

    Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Claude Berri

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Filmography of

Claude Berri

Found 34 Movies in total

... 2007

... 2004

Happily Ever After

le père de Vincent ( Actor )

... 2004

The Car Keys

Self / Un producteur ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2003

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Portrait painter of Cléopâtre ( Actor )

Producer

... 2002

Va Savoir (Who Knows?)

Librarian ( Actor )

... 2001

Hard Off

Claude Langmann ( Actor )

Writer

... 1999

Un grand cri d'amour

André Maillard ( Actor )

... 1998

Didier

Actor

... 1997

The Three Brothers

Le Président du tribunal ( Actor )

Producer

... 1995

Germinal

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1993

Stan the Flasher

Stan Goldberg ( Actor )

... 1990

The Wounded Man

Client ( Actor )

Producer

... 1983

Le Roi des cons

L'agent de police ( Actor )

... 1981

Male of the Century

Claude ( Actor )

Writer

... 1975

Sex Shop

Claude ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1972

Le Cinema de Papa

Claude Langmann adulte ( Actor )

Writer

... 1971

... 1970

Marry Me! Marry Me!

Claude ( Actor )

Writer

... 1968

Line of Demarcation

Chef de famille juif ( Actor )

... 1966

The Sleeping Car Murder

Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (non crédité) ( Actor )

... 1965

The Seven Deadly Sins

André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

Please, Not Now!

Bernard ( Actor )

... 1961

My Baby Is Black!

Dauber ( Actor )

... 1961

The Truth

Georges ( Actor )

... 1960

Zazie dans le Métro

Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

The Good Girls

André, young soldier ( Actor )

... 1960

I Spit on Your Grave

David ( Actor )

... 1959

Asphalt

Actor

... 1959

Dangerous Games

Un jeune ( Actor )

... 1958

French Cancan

Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1954

Good Lord Without Confession

Le fils d'Eugène ( Actor )

... 1953

... 1953