Claude Berri
Producer, Actor, Writer, Director
July 1, 1934 — January 12, 2009 (74 years)
Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, producer, screenwriter, distributor and actor.
Berri was a leading figure of the French film industry both a director and as a producer. Following a short film that won an Academy Award, Berri achieved success with his first feature film, The Two of Us (1967). He then had a varied career, producing and distributing both mainstream and avant-garde films. During the 1970s, Berri's films as a director were mostly comedies but he later found increased success with several high-profile literary adaptations. In 1986, his two-part film Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring won public and critical acclaim, becoming his best-known work. He next directed Uranus (1990) and most notably Germinal (1993). In 1997, he directed the historical biopic Lucie Aubrac.
Directors whose films were produced by Berri include Roman Polanski, Jacques Demy, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Claude Sautet, Miloš Forman, Claude Zidi, Jacques Rivette, Patrice Chéreau, Alain Chabat, Abdellatif Kechiche and Dany Boon.
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. In 1943, during the Nazi occupation of France, Berri's parents entrusted him for his safety to a family in the countryside. He spent the rest of the occupation being fostered by "an antisemitic couple" who were unaware that he was Jewish. His sister, screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann, was born after the war.
Berri's original vocation was to be an actor. He began a career in the early 1950s but struggled to find roles, which prompted him to turn to directing and eventually producing. In 1965, he gained notice for The Chicken, which won the Award for best short film at the 38th Academy Awards.
In 1967, Berri directed The Two of Us (Le Vieil homme et l'enfant), a partially autobiographical film that told the story of a Jewish child, entrusted during World War II to a benevolent and antisemitic old farmer who remains unaware that the boy he is caring for is a Jew. The film was a great success in France and abroad. Berri also adapted the story into a novel, released the same year as the film.
During the years that followed, Berri became active as a producer and film distributor while continuing to direct his own films. Also in 1967, with his associate (later brother-in-law) Jean-Pierre Rassam, Berri bought the international distribution rights for Miloš Forman's The Firemen's Ball which was a great success and was nominated to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Berri's company, Renn Productions, which he had founded to produce The Two of Us, gradually became a major player in the French film industry. ...
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Berri was a leading figure of the French film industry both a director and as a producer. Following a short film that won an Academy Award, Berri achieved success with his first feature film, The Two of Us (1967). He then had a varied career, producing and distributing both mainstream and avant-garde films. During the 1970s, Berri's films as a director were mostly comedies but he later found increased success with several high-profile literary adaptations. In 1986, his two-part film Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring won public and critical acclaim, becoming his best-known work. He next directed Uranus (1990) and most notably Germinal (1993). In 1997, he directed the historical biopic Lucie Aubrac.
Directors whose films were produced by Berri include Roman Polanski, Jacques Demy, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Claude Sautet, Miloš Forman, Claude Zidi, Jacques Rivette, Patrice Chéreau, Alain Chabat, Abdellatif Kechiche and Dany Boon.
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. In 1943, during the Nazi occupation of France, Berri's parents entrusted him for his safety to a family in the countryside. He spent the rest of the occupation being fostered by "an antisemitic couple" who were unaware that he was Jewish. His sister, screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann, was born after the war.
Berri's original vocation was to be an actor. He began a career in the early 1950s but struggled to find roles, which prompted him to turn to directing and eventually producing. In 1965, he gained notice for The Chicken, which won the Award for best short film at the 38th Academy Awards.
In 1967, Berri directed The Two of Us (Le Vieil homme et l'enfant), a partially autobiographical film that told the story of a Jewish child, entrusted during World War II to a benevolent and antisemitic old farmer who remains unaware that the boy he is caring for is a Jew. The film was a great success in France and abroad. Berri also adapted the story into a novel, released the same year as the film.
During the years that followed, Berri became active as a producer and film distributor while continuing to direct his own films. Also in 1967, with his associate (later brother-in-law) Jean-Pierre Rassam, Berri bought the international distribution rights for Miloš Forman's The Firemen's Ball which was a great success and was nominated to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Berri's company, Renn Productions, which he had founded to produce The Two of Us, gradually became a major player in the French film industry. ...
Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Filmography
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| 2008 | Welcome to the SticksOn Plex |
| 2007 | The Secret of the GrainOn Plex |
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| 1999 | La maladie de Sachs · as Associate Producer |
| 1999 | All About My Mother · as Co-Producer |
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| 1998 | Mookie · as Associate Producer |
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| 1996 | The Ogre · as Executive Producer |
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| 1995 | Waati · as Co-Producer |
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| 1973 | The Mother and the Whore · as Co-Producer |
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| 1969 | A Matter of Days · as Associate Producer |
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| 1968 | Marie for Memory · as Associate Producer |
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| 2004 | Happily Ever After · as Le Père De Vincent |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra · as Portrait Painter Of Cléopâtre |
| 2001 | Les Rois Mages · as Un Passant |
| 2001 | 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 | La 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 |
| 1975 | Le mâle du siècle · as Claude |
| 1975 | Zig-Zag · as Un Client De Marie & Pauline |
| 1972 | Le Sex Shop · as Claude |
| 1971 | Le cinéma de papa · as Claude Langmann Adulte |
| 1970 | Le pistonné · 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) |
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| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins · as André (segment "l'avarice'") (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Janine · as Claude |
| 1961 | Please, Not Now! · as Bernard |
| 1961 | My Baby Is Black! · as Dauber |
| 1960 | The Truth · as Georges |
| 1960 | Zazie in the Metro · as Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Good Girls · as André, Young Soldier |
| 1959 | I Spit on Your Grave · as David |
| 1959 | Asphalt · as Band Boy (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Dangerous Games · as Young Man |
| 1958 | Les Cinq dernières minutes · as Le Steward |
| 1955 | French Cancan · as Un Jeune Homme À L'inauguration (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Immature Grain · as Le Fils Du Forain |
| 1953 | Le bon Dieu sans confession · as Le Fils D'eugène |
| 1953 | Francoise Steps Out · as (uncredited) |
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| 2007 | Hunting and Gathering · as Screenplay |
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| 1993 | Germinal · as Screenplay |
| 1990 | Uranus · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | Manon of the Spring · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | Jean de Florette · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | Blame It on Rio · as Original Film Writer |
| 1983 | So Long, Stooge · as Screenplay |
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| 1977 | In a Wild Moment · as Screenplay |
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| 1972 | Le Sex Shop · as Screenplay |
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| 2023 | The Family · as Self |
| 2023 | Génération vidéo club · as Self |
| 2022 | Deneuve, la reine Catherine · as Self |
| 2021 | Sous le soleil de Pialat · as Self |
| 2018 | Cannes 1968, révolution au palais · as Self |
| 2009 | The Orange British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2008 | 68 · as Self |
| 2007 | Once Upon a Time... 'Tess' · as Self |
| 2004 | François Truffaut, une autobiographie · as Self |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ · as Self |
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| 2004 | Words in Progress · as Self |
| 2003 | Les clefs de bagnole · as Self / Self - Un Producteur |
| 2003 | A Film & Its Era · as Self |
| 2003 | Un film et son époque · as Self |
| 2002 | Y'a que la vérité qui compte · as Self - Réalisateur Et Producteur |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday · as Self |
| 1998 | Tout le monde en parle · as Self |
| 1995 | The World of Jacques Demy · as Self |
| 1990 | Les Nuls, The Show · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | NPA · as Self |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1975 | Midi-Première · as Self |
| 1971 | Cadet Rousselle · as Self |
| 2015 | One Wild Moment · as Original Story |
| 2002 | A Housekeeper · as Adaptation |
| 2002 | Amen. · as Line Producer |
| 1985 | Madman at War · as French Adaptation |
| 1964 | Les baisers · as Épisode "baiser De 16 Ans" |