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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 55 Movies in total

... 2008

... 2007

... 2006

... 2005

... 2005

San Antonio

Producer

... 2004

Feelings

Producer

... 2003

... 2002

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Portrait painter of Cléopâtre ( Actor )

Producer

... 2002

... 2001

The Escort

Producer

... 1999

... 1999

... 1999

The Bet

Producer

... 1997

The Ogre

Executive Producer

... 1996

The Three Brothers

Le Président du tribunal ( Actor )

Producer

... 1995

French Twist

Executive Producer

... 1995

... 1994

... 1994

Germinal

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1993

... 1993

The Lover

Producer

... 1992

Van Gogh

Producer

... 1991

Headstrong

Producer

... 1989

... 1988

The Bear

Producer

... 1988

... 1988

... 1987

... 1985

... 1985

Waiter!

Producer

... 1983

The African

Producer

... 1983

The Wounded Man

Client ( Actor )

Producer

... 1983

Banzaï

Producer

... 1983

... 1982

... 1980

Tess

Producer

... 1979

... 1978

... 1978

... 1976

... 1976

That Kid

Producer

... 1976

Zig Zig

Producer

... 1975

... 1974

... 1974

... 1974

... 1973

... 1973

Sex Shop

Claude ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1972

Le Cinema de Papa

Claude Langmann adulte ( Actor )

Writer

... 1971

The House

Producer

... 1970

... 1969

Marry Me! Marry Me!

Claude ( Actor )

Writer

... 1968

... 1968

Marie for Memory

Associate Producer

... 1968