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French actor, screenwriter, film producer, and film director (1934-2009)

Person · Open Library

Works
14

Top works

  • Reader's Digest (Spring 1969 Selections)
  • L'enfance-nue
  • Le Oulet-the Rooster Who Laid Eggs
  • The two of us
  • La graine et le mulet

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Film & TV

Production · Paris, France

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…

Known for

  • The Force of Destiny — Self2017
  • To Be... A Classic — Self2012
  • On the Trail of the New Wave — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Once Upon a Time... 'Tess' — Self2007
  • Tess: The Experience — Self2004
  • Happily Ever After — le père de Vincent2004
  • François Truffaut, une autobiographie — Self2004
  • Tess: From Novel to Screen — Self2004
  • Filming 'Tess' — Self2004
  • Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin — Self2003

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
90
Total plays
226

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Key facts

Born
Claude Beri Langmann , ( 1934-07-01 ) 1 July 1934, Paris, France
Died
12 January 2009 (2009-01-12) (aged 74), Paris, France
Occupations
Film producer, director, screenwriter, distributor, actor
Years active
1953–2009
Spouse s
Anne-Marie Rassam , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967; divorced</span>"}]]}'>d. 1987) , Sylvie Gautrelet , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. ??; divorced</span>"}]]}'>d. ??)
Partner
Nathalie Rheims (1998-his death)
Children
3, including, Julien Rassam , Thomas Langmann
Relatives
Arlette Langmann (sister), Jean-Pierre Rassam (brother-in-law), Dimitri Rassam (nephew-in-law)
Awards
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film , (for The Chicken , 1965) , BAFTA Award for Best Film , (for Jean de Florette , 1987)

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Encyclopedic overview

Claude Berri ( French: [bɛʁi]; 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Claude Berri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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