Biography: life and films
Jean-Marc Barr is a Franco-American actor and film director. He was born in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 27th September 1960.His best films as an actor include Luc Besson's Le Grand bleu (1988), Jean-Claude Biette's Saltimbank (2003), Olivier Ducastel's comedy Crustacés et coquillages (2005), Christophe Honoré's Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser (2009) and Arnaud des Pallières's crime-thriller Parc (2009), and whose best work as a film director include Lovers (1999), American Translation (2011) and Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui (2012).
Jean-Marc Barr has so far appeared in 45 films, directed 6 films, was cinematographer on 4 films and scripted 3 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Lars von Trier (6 films), Pascal Arnold (5) and Carole Laure (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (34 films), romance (9), comedy (8), comedy-romance (6), comedy-drama (5), history (3), War (3), Thriller (3) and crime-thriller (2).
Our average rating for Jean-Marc Barr over all films is: 2.8
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer; c = cinematographer
The Frog Prince (1984) [a]
King David (1985) [a]
Hope and Glory (1987) [a]
Europa (1991) [a]
La Peste (1992) [a]
Iron Horsemen (1995) [a]
Marciando nel buio (1995) [a]
Breaking the Waves (1996) [a]
Mo' (1996) [a]
Ça ne se refuse pas (1998) [a]
J'aimerais pas crever un dimanche (1998) [a]
Préférence (1998) [a]
St. Ives (1998) [a]
The Scarlet Tunic (1998) [a]
Lovers (1999) [d,w,c]
Too Much Flesh (2000) [a,d,w]
Being Light (2001) [a,d,w]
Les Fils de Marie (2002) [a]
Dogville (2003) [a]
Le Divorce (2003) [a]
CQ2 (2004) [a]
Crustacés et coquillages (2005) [a]
Manderlay (2005) [a]
Tara Road (2005) [a]
Chacun sa nuit (2006) [d,c]
Direktoren for det hele (2006) [a]
Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser (2009) [a]
Parc (2009) [a]
The Anarchist's Wife (2009) [a]
La Cité (2010) [a]
American Translation (2011) [a,d,c]
Les Yeux de sa mère (2011) [a]
Praktican vodic kroz Beograd sa pevanjem i plakanjem (2011) [a]
Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui (2012) [d,c]
Big Sur (2013) [a]
Vandal (2013) [a]
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