Barbet Schroeder
Directing
Born August 26, 1941 in Tehran, Iran
Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors of the French New Wave such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Eric Rohmer. Schroeder started his career producing such films as The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1962), Six in Paris (1965), and Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974). He then transitioned into directing films such as More (1969), La Vallée (1972) and Barfly (1987), the last of which was nominated for the Palme d'Or. He also gained recognition for directing the documentary Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978). He directed what he labeled, "The Trilogy of Evil", which includes the films, General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974), Terror's Advocate (2007) and The Venerable W. (2016).
Filmography
Ricardo and Painting
The Family
Self
The Venerable W.
Narrateur (voice)
Jean Douchet, Restless Child
Self
What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder?
Voice
Amnesia
Rouge
Le médecin
Portrait of the Artist
Le médecin
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Director
Electra, for Instance
The pedagogue
Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer
Self
Making More
Himself
Comme un chien
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
The Darjeeling Limited
The Mechanic
Mad Men
Terror's Advocate
Narrator (voice)
The Duchess of Langeais
Duc de Grandlieu
Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer
Himself
Paris Je T'aime
Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)
Only the Night
Dr. Idelman
Don't Do That!
un client du restaurant
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
Murder by Numbers
Our Lady of the Assassins
Desperate Measures
Mars Attacks!
French President
Before and After
Never Talk to Strangers
Kiss of Death
Beverly Hills Cop III
Man in Porsche
Queen Margot
Advisor #2
Single White Female
The Golden Boat
Mean Passer-by
Out 1
Gian-Reto
Reversal of Fortune
Barfly
The Future of Emily
The Charles Bukowski Tapes
Himself
Improper Conduct
Cheaters
Un Joueur (uncredited)
Le Pont du Nord
Short Memory
Un invité au dîner
L.A.X.
Narrator
Roberte
Vittorio
Cinématon
N°651
Koko: A Talking Gorilla
Perceval
Chinese Roulette
The Marquise of O
Maîtresse
30 millions d'amis
Self
Céline and Julie Go Boating
Olivier
La Paloma
Bishop (uncredited)
General Idi Amin Dada
Out 1: Spectre
Gian-Reto
The Mother and the Whore
Love in the Afternoon
The Valley
Out 1
Gian-Reto
Pork with Sweet Potatoes
Make-up
Sing Sing
Claire's Knee
Fun and Games for Everyone
More
My Night at Maud's
Imagine Robinson Crusoe
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
A Farmer in Montfaucon
La Collectionneuse
Six in Paris
Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
Gare du Nord
Nadja in Paris
The Carabineers
Car Salesman
Méditerranée
Suzanne’s Career
The Bakery Girl of Monceau
Young Man / Narrator