Biography: life and films
Barbet Schroeder is a Franco-Swiss film director and producer. He was born in Tehran, Iran on 26th August 1941.His best films as a film director include Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait (1974), Koko, le gorille qui parle (1978), The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985) and L'Avocat de la terreur (2007), and whose best work as an actor include Eric Rohmer's comedy La Boulangère de Monceau (1963), Pierre Zucca's Roberte (1979) and The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985).
Barbet Schroeder has so far directed 21 films (including 3 shorts), appeared in 17 films and scripted 8 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jacques Rivette (4 films).
His most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), romance (8), Thriller (8), Documentary (7), comedy-drama (6), crime-thriller (3), Fantasy (3), history (2), comedy (2) and War (2).
Our average rating for Barbet Schroeder over all films is: 3.3
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
La Boulangère de Monceau (1963) [a]
More (1969) [d]
La Vallée (1972) [d,w]
Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974) [a]
Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait (1974) [d,w]
Maîtresse (1976) [d,w]
Koko, le gorille qui parle (1978) [d]
Roberte (1979) [a]
L'Amour par terre (1984) [a]
Tricheurs (1984) [d,w]
The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985) [a,d,w]
Barfly (1987) [d]
Reversal of Fortune (1990) [d]
The Golden Boat (1990) [a]
Single White Female (1992) [d]
Kiss of Death (1995) [d]
Before and After (1996) [d]
Desperate Measures (1998) [d]
La Virgen de los sicarios (2000) [d]
Murder by Numbers (2002) [d,w]
Paris, je t'aime (2006) [a]
L'Avocat de la terreur (2007) [d]
Ne touchez pas la hache (2007) [a]
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) [a]
Inju, la bête dans l'ombre (2008) [d,w]
L'Avocat (2011) [a]
Par exemple, Electre (2013) [a]
Amnesia (2015) [d]
Le Dos rouge (2015) [a]
Kafka's tortuous trial of love
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