Claude Berri

Production
BirthdayJul 1, 1934 (75 years old)
DeathdayJan 12, 2009
Place of birthParis, France
GenderMale

Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. 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. His sister was the screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann. Berri won the "Best Film" BAFTA for Jean de Florette, and was also nominated for twelve César Awards, though he never won. Berri also won the Oscar for Best Short Film for Le Poulet at the 38th Academy Awards in 1966, and produced Roman Polanski's Tess which was nominated for Best Picture in 1981. Internationally, however, two films in 1986 overshadow all his other achievements. Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des Sources were huge hits. In 1991, his film Uranus was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Six years later, his film Lucie Aubrac was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2003, he was elected President of the Cinémathèque Française where he obtained enough state subsidies to cover the costs of its resurgence at its new site in the rue de Bercy. Berri's wife, Anne-Marie Rassam, committed suicide in 1997, jumping from the apartment of Isabelle Adjani's mother. Berri and Rassam had two children: actor Julien Rassam and actor and film producer Thomas Langmann. Berri died of a stroke, in Paris, aged 74. After his death, a group of nine works by Robert Ryman, Ad Reinhardt, Giorgio Morandi, Richard Serra and Lucio Fontana was promised to the Centre Pompidou in Paris in lieu of tax. But the heirs of the film director finally sold them through French art dealer Philippe Ségalot for about €50 million to Qatar. Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Portrait painter of Cléopâtre

Jan 30, 2002

Le Président du tribunal

Dec 13, 1995

Type aéroport

Jan 29, 1997

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Sep 29, 1993

Waiter (uncredited)

Oct 28, 1960

Georges

Nov 2, 1960

le père de Vincent

Aug 25, 2004

Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)

Dec 27, 1954

Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited)

Nov 17, 1965

Self / Producer

Dec 10, 2003

André, young soldier

Apr 22, 1960

Client

May 25, 1983

Chef de famille juif

May 25, 1966

Claude

Oct 25, 1972

Librarian

Sep 28, 2001

Bernard

Apr 19, 1961

Hugues

May 28, 1994

André Maillard

Jan 7, 1998

André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)

Mar 7, 1962

Portrait painter of Cléopâtre

Jan 30, 2002

Le Président du tribunal

Dec 13, 1995

Type aéroport

Jan 29, 1997

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Sep 29, 1993

Waiter (uncredited)

Oct 28, 1960

Georges

Nov 2, 1960

Acting


Participated in 110 movies, 9 TV series

2015

Original Story



2009

Director, Writer, Screenplay


2009

Self (archive footage)


2008



2007

Director, Screenplay



2006


2005

Producer


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