image of Claude Berri
Birthday: Jul 01, 1934
Place of Birth: Paris, France

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Wounded Man Client 1983
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness Self 1978
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Portrait painter of Cléopâtre 2002
Good Lord Without Confession Le fils d'Eugène 1953
Tess: The Experience Self 2004
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess' Self 2007
The Good Girls André, young soldier 1960
Happily Ever After le père de Vincent 2004
The Truth Georges 1960
Un grand cri d'amour André Maillard 1998
Le Cinema de Papa Claude Langmann adulte 1971
Hard Off Claude Langmann 1999
I Spit on Your Grave David 1959
Sex Shop Claude 1972
Stan the Flasher Stan Goldberg 1990
Va Savoir (Who Knows?) Librarian 2001
The Machine Hugues 1994
Janine Claude 1962
The Seven Deadly Sins André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) 1962
Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin Self 2003
Didier Type aéroport 1997
The Three Brothers Le Président du tribunal 1995
Rue de l'Estrapade 1953
French Cancan Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited) 1954
Asphalt Band Boy (uncredited) 1959
The Man with Connections 1970
Marry Me! Marry Me! Claude 1968
François Truffaut, une autobiographie Self 2004
Male of the Century Claude 1975
Dangerous Games Young man 1958
To Be... A Classic Self 2012
Tess: From Novel to Screen Self 2004
Filming 'Tess' Self 2004
Zazie dans le Métro Waiter (uncredited) 1960
Please, Not Now! Bernard 1961
The Car Keys Self / Producer 2003
On the Trail of the New Wave Self (archive footage) 2009
Line of Demarcation Chef de famille juif 1966
The Sleeping Car Murder Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (non crédité) 1965
My Baby Is Black! Dauber 1961
Greed André (uncredited) 1962
Germinal Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1993
Le Roi des cons L'agent de police 1981
Series Cast Year
Un film et son époque Self 2003
Nulle part ailleurs Self 1987
Sacrée soirée Self 1987
Spécial cinéma Self 1974
Le Grand Échiquier Self 1972
Cadet Rousselle Self 1971
Midi Première Self 1975
Les Nuls, l'émission Self - Guest 1990
Vivement dimanche Self 1998
My Favorite

Welcome back!

Support Us

Like Movienade?

Please buy us a coffee

scan qr code