Claude Berri
Personal Info
Known for
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-07-01
Day of Death
2009-01-12 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Claude Berri
Biography
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
Acting
(2012)
To Be... A Classic
as Self
(2009)
On the Trail of the New Wave
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
as Self
(2004)
Tess: The Experience
as Self
(2004)
Happily Ever After
as le père de Vincent
(2004)
(2004)
Tess: From Novel to Screen
as Self
(2004)
Filming 'Tess'
as Self
(2003)
(2003)
The Car Keys
as Self / Producer
(2002)
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Portrait painter of Cléopâtre
(2001)
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
as Librarian
(1999)
Hard Off
as Claude Langmann
(1998)
Un grand cri d'amour
as André Maillard
(1997)
Didier
as Type aéroport
(1995)
The Three Brothers
as Le Président du tribunal
(1994)
The Machine
as Hugues
(1993)
Germinal
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1990)
Stan the Flasher
as Stan Goldberg
(1983)
The Wounded Man
as Client
(1981)
Le Roi des cons
as L'agent de police
(1978)
(1975)
Male of the Century
as Claude
(1972)
Sex Shop
as Claude
(1971)
Le Cinema de Papa
as Claude Langmann adulte
(1970)
The Man with Connections
as Military doctor (uncredited)
(1968)
Marry Me! Marry Me!
as Claude
(1966)
Line of Demarcation
as Chef de famille juif
(1965)
The Sleeping Car Murder
as Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited)
(1962)
Janine
as Claude
(1962)
The Seven Deadly Sins
as André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
(1962)
Greed
as André (uncredited)
(1961)
Please, Not Now!
as Bernard
(1961)
My Baby Is Black!
as Dauber
(1960)
The Good Girls
as André, young soldier
(1960)
The Truth
as Georges
(1960)
Zazie dans le Métro
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1959)
I Spit on Your Grave
as David
(1959)
Asphalt
as Band Boy (uncredited)
(1958)
Dangerous Games
as Young man
(1955)
French Cancan
as Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
(1953)
Good Lord Without Confession
as Le fils d'Eugène
(1953)
Crew
(2015)
One Wild Moment
Original Story
(2009)
Tresor
Director, Writer, Screenplay
(2008)
Welcome to the Sticks
Producer
(2007)
Hunting & Gathering
Director, Screenplay
(2007)
The Secret of the Grain
Producer
(2006)
A House of Your Dreams
Producer
(2005)
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Director, Producer, Writer
(2005)
The Children
Producer
(2004)
San Antonio
Producer
(2003)
Feelings
Producer
(2002)
(2002)
The Housekeeper
Director, Producer, Adaptation, Dialogue, Screenplay
(2001)
My Wife Is an Actress
Producer
(1999)
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
Producer
(1999)
Hard Off
Director, Writer
(1999)
All About My Mother
Co-Producer
(1999)
The Escort
Producer
(1997)
Lucie Aubrac
Director, Writer
(1997)
The Bet
Producer
(1996)
The Ogre
Executive Producer
(1995)
French Twist
Executive Producer
(1995)
The Three Brothers
Producer
(1994)
Queen Margot
Producer
(1994)
La Séparation
Producer
(1993)
Germinal
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1993)
Part-time Parents
Producer
(1992)
The Lover
Producer
(1991)
Van Gogh
Producer
(1990)
Uranus
Director, Screenplay
(1989)
Headstrong
Producer
(1988)
The Bear
Producer
(1988)
Three Seats for the 26th
Producer
(1988)
(1987)
Hôtel de France
Producer
(1986)
Manon of the Spring
Director, Screenplay
(1986)
Jean de Florette
Screenplay, Director
(1985)
Madman at War
Producer
(1985)
Les enragés
Producer
(1984)
Blame It on Rio
Original Film Writer
(1983)
The Wounded Man
Producer
(1983)
The African
Producer
(1983)
Waiter!
Producer
(1983)
So Long, Stooge
Director, Scenario Writer
(1983)
Banzaï
Producer
(1983)
My Best Friend's Girl
Producer
(1982)
(1981)
Le Maître d'école
Director, Writer
(1980)
I Love You All
Writer, Director
(1980)
Inspector Blunder
Producer
(1979)
Tess
Producer
(1978)
A Simple Story
Producer
(1978)
Take It from the Top
Producer
(1977)
One Wild Moment
Director, Screenplay
(1976)
I Love You, I Don't
Producer
(1976)
The First Time
Director
(1976)
That Kid
Producer
(1976)
A Child in the Crowd
Producer
(1975)
Zig Zig
Producer
(1975)
Male of the Century
Director, Writer
(1974)
Le Chaud Lapin
Producer
(1974)
Tender Dracula
Producer
(1974)
I'm Losing My Temper
Producer
(1973)
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
Producer
(1973)
The Mother and the Whore
Co-Producer
(1972)
Sex Shop
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1972)
The Egg
Scenario Writer
(1971)
Le Cinema de Papa
Director, Writer, Producer
(1970)
The Man with Connections
Director, Writer
(1970)
The House
Producer
(1969)
Naked Childhood
Producer
(1968)
Oratorio for Prague
Producer
(1968)
Marry Me! Marry Me!
Writer, Director, Producer
(1968)
Seven Days to Remember
Producer
(1968)
Marie for Memory
Associate Producer
(1967)
The Two of Us
Director, Writer
(1965)
The Chicken
Director
(1964)
Chance at Love
Writer, Director
(1964)
Les baisers
Director
(1962)
Janine
Writer