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The Force of Destiny
2017 · Movie
as Self
Claude Berri
1934-07-01
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Paris, France
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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. ... Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
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To Be... A Classic
2012 · Movie
as Self
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On the Trail of the New Wave
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
2007 · Movie
as Self
Tess: The Experience
2004 · Movie
as Self
Happily Ever After
2004 · Movie
as le père de Vincent
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004 · Movie
as Self
Tess: From Novel to Screen
2004 · Movie
as Self
Filming 'Tess'
2004 · Movie
as Self
Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin
2003 · Movie
as Self
The Car Keys
2003 · Movie
as Producer
Un film et son époque
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002 · Movie
as Portrait painter of Cléopâtre
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
2001 · Movie
as Librarian
Hard Off
1999 · Movie
as Claude Langmann
Un grand cri d'amour
1998 · Movie
as André Maillard
Vivement dimanche
1998 · TV Show
as Self
Didier
1997 · Movie
as Type aéroport
The Three Brothers
1995 · Movie
as Le Président du tribunal
The Machine
1994 · Movie
as Hugues
Germinal
1993 · Movie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Stan the Flasher
1990 · Movie
as Stan Goldberg
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Nulle part ailleurs
1987 · TV Show
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987 · TV Show
as Self
The Wounded Man
1983 · Movie
as Client
Le Roi des cons
1981 · Movie
as L'agent de police
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978 · Movie
as Self
Ciné regards
1978 · TV Show
as Self
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977 · Movie
as Self
Male of the Century
1975 · Movie
as Claude
Midi Première
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · TV Show
as Self
Sex Shop
1972 · Movie
as Claude
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · TV Show
as Self
Le Cinema de Papa
1971 · Movie
as Claude Langmann adulte
Cadet Rousselle
1971 · TV Show
as Self
The Man with Connections
1970 · Movie
as Military doctor (uncredited)
Marry Me! Marry Me!
1968 · Movie
as Claude
Line of Demarcation
1966 · Movie
as Chef de famille juif
The Sleeping Car Murders
1965 · Movie
as Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited)
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · Movie
Janine
1962 · Movie
as Claude
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962 · Movie
as André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Greed
1962 · Movie
as André (uncredited)
Please, Not Now!
1961 · Movie
as Bernard
My Baby Is Black!
1961 · Movie
as Dauber
Les Bonnes Femmes
1960 · Movie
as André, Young Soldier
The Truth
1960 · Movie
as Georges
Zazie dans le Métro
1960 · Movie
as Waiter (uncredited)
I Spit on Your Grave
1959 · Movie
as David
Asphalt
1959 · Movie
as Band Boy (uncredited)
Dangerous Games
1958 · Movie
as Young man
French Cancan
1955 · Movie
as Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
Good Lord Without Confession
1953 · Movie
as Le fils d'Eugène
Rue de l'estrapade
1953 · Movie
as (uncredited)
Crew Credits
One Wild Moment
2015 · Movie
Original Story
Tresor
2009 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
Welcome to the Sticks
2008 · Movie
Producer
Hunting & Gathering
2007 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
The Secret of the Grain
2007 · Movie
Producer
A House of Your Dreams
2006 · Movie
Producer
One Stays, the Other Leaves
2005 · Movie
Director, Producer, Writer
The Children
2005 · Movie
Producer
San Antonio
2004 · Movie
Producer
Happily Ever After
2004 · Movie
Producer
Feelings
2003 · Movie
Producer
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002 · Movie
Producer
The Housekeeper
2002 · Movie
Director, Producer, Adaptation, Dialogue, Screenplay
My Wife Is an Actress
2001 · Movie
Producer
The Three Kings
2001 · Movie
Producer
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999 · Movie
Producer
Hard Off
1999 · Movie
Director, Writer
All About My Mother
1999 · Movie
Co-Producer
The Escort
1999 · Movie
Producer
Sachs' Disease
1999 · Movie
Associate Producer
Lucie Aubrac
1997 · Movie
Writer, Director
The Bet
1997 · Movie
Producer
Didier
1997 · Movie
Producer
The Ogre
1996 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Three Brothers
1995 · Movie
Producer
French Twist
1995 · Movie
Producer
Time
1995 · Movie
Co-Producer
Queen Margot
1994 · Movie
Producer
La Séparation
1994 · Movie
Producer
Germinal
1993 · Movie
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Part-time Parents
1993 · Movie
Producer
The Lover
1992 · Movie
Producer
Van Gogh
1991 · Movie
Producer
Uranus
1990 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Headstrong
1989 · Movie
Producer
The Bear
1988 · Movie
Producer
Three Seats for the 26th
1988 · Movie
Producer
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator
1988 · Movie
Producer
Hôtel de France
1987 · Movie
Producer
Manon of the Spring
1986 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Jean de Florette
1986 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Madman at War
1985 · Movie
Producer
Les enragés
1985 · Movie
Producer
Blame It on Rio
1984 · Movie
Original Film Writer
The Wounded Man
1983 · Movie
Producer
The African
1983 · Movie
Producer
Waiter!
1983 · Movie
Producer
So Long, Stooge
1983 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Banzaï
1983 · Movie
Producer
My Best Friend's Girl
1983 · Movie
Producer
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982 · Movie
Producer
The School Teacher
1981 · Movie
Director, Writer
I Love You All
1980 · Movie
Writer, Director
Inspector Blunder
1980 · Movie
Producer
Tess
1979 · Movie
Producer
A Simple Story
1978 · Movie
Producer
Take It from the Top
1978 · Movie
Producer
One Wild Moment
1977 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
I Love You, I Don't
1976 · Movie
Producer
The First Time
1976 · Movie
Director
That Kid
1976 · Movie
Producer
A Child in the Crowd
1976 · Movie
Producer
Zig Zig
1975 · Movie
Producer
Male of the Century
1975 · Movie
Director, Writer
Le Chaud Lapin
1974 · Movie
Producer
Tender Dracula
1974 · Movie
Producer
I'm Losing My Temper
1974 · Movie
Producer
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
1973 · Movie
Producer
The Mother and the Whore
1973 · Movie
Co-Producer
Sex Shop
1972 · Movie
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Egg
1972 · Movie
Scenario Writer
Le Cinema de Papa
1971 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
The Man with Connections
1970 · Movie
Director, Writer
The House
1970 · Movie
Producer
Naked Childhood
1969 · Movie
Producer
Oratorio for Prague
1968 · Movie
Producer
Marry Me! Marry Me!
1968 · Movie
Writer, Producer, Director
Seven Days to Remember
1968 · Movie
Producer
Marie for Memory
1968 · Movie
Associate Producer
The Two of Us
1967 · Movie
Writer, Director
The Chicken
1965 · Movie
Director
Chance at Love
1964 · Movie
Writer, Director
Les baisers
1964 · Movie
Director
Janine
1962 · Movie
Writer
