Claude Berri
Claude Berri (French: [bɛʁi]; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009)
was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Death
5 Filmography
5.1 Director
5.2 Producer
5.3 Writer
5.4 Actor
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Early life[edit]
Born Claude Berel Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish
immigrant parents.[1] His mother, Beila (née Bercu), was from
Romania, and his father, Hirsch Langmann, was a furrier from
Poland.[2] His sister was the screenwriter and editor Arlette
Langmann.
Career[edit]
Berri won the "Best Film"
BAFTA
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
Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des Sources were
huge hits.[3] In 1991, his film Uranus was entered into the 41st
Berlin International Film Festival.[4] Six years later, his film Lucie
Aubrac was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film
Festival.[5]
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.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Berri's wife, Anne-Marie Rassam, committed suicide in 1997, jumping
from the apartment of Isabelle Adjani's mother.[7] Berri and Rassam
had two children: actor
Julien Rassam and actor and film producer
Thomas Langmann.
Death[edit]
Berri died of a stroke on 12 January 2009, aged 74.[8] After his
death, a group of nine works by Robert Ryman, Ad Reinhardt, Giorgio
Morandi,
Richard Serra
Richard Serra and
Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana was promised to the Centre
Pompidou in
Paris
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.[9]
Filmography[edit]
Director[edit]
1962 :
Le Poulet (short) (released 1965) Winner Best Live Action
Short Film Oscar (also produced)
1964 : Les Baisers (segment « Baiser de 16 ans »)
1964 : La Chance et l'amour (segment « La Chance du
guerrier »)
1967 : Le Vieil Homme et l'Enfant (US title: The Two of Us) (also
screenwriter)
1968 : Mazel Tov ou le Mariage
1969 : Le Pistonné (1969)
1971 : Le Cinéma de papa
1972 : Sex-shop
1975 : Le Mâle du siècle
1976 : La Première fois
1977 : Un moment d'égarement
1980 : Je vous aime
1981 : Le Maître d'école
1983 : Tchao Pantin (English title: So Long, Stooge)
1986 : Jean de Florette
1986 : Manon des Sources (US title: Manon of the Spring) —
sequel to
Jean de Florette
Jean de Florette (second half of the book L'Eau des
collines)
1990 : Uranus
1993 : Germinal at the time, the most expensive French feature
film ever made
1996 : Lucie Aubrac
1999 : La débandade
2002 :
Une femme de ménage (English title: A Housekeeper)
2004 : L'Un reste, l'autre part
2007 : Ensemble, c'est tout (English title: Hunting and
Gathering)
2009 : Trésor (also screenwriter and producer; died after four
days of filming)
Producer[edit]
1962 :
Le Poulet (dir. Claude Berri)
1967 : Marie pour mémoire (dir. Philippe Garrel) – associate
producer
1968 : Oratorio for Prague short documentary film (dir. Jan
Nemec)
1969 :
L'Enfance nue (dir. Maurice Pialat)
1970 : Le Pistonné (dir. Claude Berri)
1970 : La Maison (dir. Gérard Brach)
1972 : L'Œuf (dir. Jean Herman)
1973 : Pleure pas la bouche pleine (dir. Pascal Thomas)
1975 : Le Mâle du siècle (dir. Claude Berri)
1976 : Je t'aime… moi non-plus (dir. Serge Gainsbourg) –
(co-producer)
1978 : Vas-y maman (dir. Nicole de Buron) (uncredited)
1979 : Tess (dir. Roman Polanski)
1980 :
Inspecteur la Bavure
Inspecteur la Bavure (dir. Claude Zidi)
1982 :
Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ (dir. Jean
Yanne)
1983 : L'Africain (fr) (dir. Philippe de Broca)
1983 : Banzaï (dir. Claude Zidi)
1983 : L'Homme blessé (dir. Patrice Chéreau)
1983 :
La Femme de mon pote
La Femme de mon pote (dir. Bertrand Blier)
1983 : Garçon ! (English title: Waiter!) (dir. Claude Sautet)
1985 : Les Enragés (dir. Pierre-William Glenn)
1985 : Le Fou de guerre (English title: Madman at War) (dir. Dino
Risi) (also French adaptation)
1987 : Hôtel de
France
France (dir. Patrice Chéreau)
1988 :
À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur (dir. Édouard
Molinaro)
1988 : L'Ours (English title: The Bear) (dir. Jean-Jacques
Annaud)
1988 :
Trois places pour le 26 (dir. Jacques Demy)
1988 :
La Petite Voleuse
La Petite Voleuse (dir. Claude Miller)
1989 : Valmont (dir. Miloš Forman)
1992 : L'Amant (English title: The Lover) (dir. Jean-Jacques
Annaud)
1993 : Une journée chez ma mère (dir. Dominique Cheminal)
1994 : La Reine Margot (dir. Patrice Chéreau)
1994 :
La Séparation
La Séparation (dir. Christian Vincent)
1995 :
Les Trois Frères
Les Trois Frères (dir. Didier Bourdon) and Bernard Campan
(also actor)
1995 :
Gazon maudit
Gazon maudit (dir. Josiane Balasko) – (executive
producer)
1996 : Le Roi des aulnes (German title: Der Unhold; English The
Ogre) (dir. Volker Schlöndorff) – (executive producer)
1997 : Didier (dir. Alain Chabat)
1997 : Arlette (dir. Claude Zidi)
1997 : Le Pari (English title: The Bet) (dir.
Didier Bourdon
Didier Bourdon and
Bernard Campan)
1998 : Mookie (dir. Hervé Palud) – (associate producer)
1999 : Astérix et Obélix contre César (English title: Asterix
and Obelix vs Caesar)(dir. Claude Zidi)
1999 : Mauvaise passe (dir. Michel Blanc)
2001 : La Boîte (dir. Claude Zidi)
2001 :
Ma femme est une actrice
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Ma femme est une actrice (dir. Yvan Attal)
2002 :
Amen. (dir. Costa-Gavras)
2002 : Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre (English
title: Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra) (dir. Alain Chabat)
2003 : Le Bison (dir. Isabelle Nanty)
2003 :
Une femme de ménage (dir. Claude Berri)
2003 :
Les Sentiments
Les Sentiments (dir. Noémie Lvovsky)
2004: San-Antonio (dir. Frederic Auburtin)
2004 :
Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants
Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (dir. Yvan
Attal)
2005 : L'Un reste, l'autre part (dir. Claude Berri)
2005 :
Les Enfants (dir. Christian Vincent)
2005 : Le Démon de midi (dir. Marie-Pascale Osterrieth)
2005 : La Maison du Bonheur (dir. Dany Boon)
2007 : Ensemble, c'est tout (English title: Hunting and
Gathering) (dir. Claude Berri)
2007 :
La Graine et le Mulet (dir. Abdellatif Kechiche)
2008 :
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (English title: Welcome to the
Sticks) (dir. Dany Boon)
Writer[edit]
1967 : Le Vieil Homme et l'Enfant, novel that was adapted by
Berri for the film. (English: The Two of Us. Helen Weaver
(translation), Lydia Rosier (drawings). Morrow. 1968.
OCLC 343943. )
1968 : Mazel Tov ou le Marriage
1969 : Le Pistonné
1970 : Le Cinéma de Papa
1972 : Sex-shop
1975 : Le Mâle du Siècle (English title: Male of the Century )
1976 : La Première Fois
1977 : Un Moment d'Égarement
1980 : Je Vous Aime
1981 : Le Maître d'École
1983 : Tchao Pantin (English title: So Long, Stooge)
1986 : Manon des Sources (US title: Manon of the Spring)
1986 : Jean de Florette
1990 : Uranus
1993 : Germinal
1997 : Lucie Aubrac
1999 : La Débandade
2002 : Une Femme de Ménage (English title: A Housekeeper)
2004 : L'un Reste, l'Autre Part (English title: One Stays, the
Other Leaves)
2007 : Ensemble, c'est tout (English title: [Hunting and
Gathering)
Actor[edit]
The Wounded Man (1983), directed by Patrice Chéreau
Un grand cri d'amour (1998), directed by Josiane Balasko
See also[edit]
1962 in film
References[edit]
^ "French director, producer and actor Claude Berri". The Independent.
14 January 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/11/Claude-Berri.html
^ NY Times Obituary Bruce Weber 13 January 2009
^ "Berlinale: 1991 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 21 March
2011.
^ "Berlinale: 1997 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 8 January
2012.
^ NY Times A New Life for a Has-Been, a Gehry Building 26 October 2005
^ Lorrain, François-Guillaume (15 January 2009). "Claude Berri :
adieu, Monsieur Cinéma". Le Point. Paris. Retrieved 14 January
2018.
^ « French cinema icon
Claude Berri
Claude Berri dies at 74 »,
peoplestar.co.uk, Retrieved on 2009-01-12.
^ Georgina Adam and Charlotte Burns (7 July 2011), Qatar revealed as
the world’s biggest contemporary art buyer The Art Newspaper.
External links[edit]
Claude Berri
Claude Berri on IMDb
Obituary of Claude Berri
Claude Berri
Claude Berri at the CinéArtistes (in French)
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Films directed by Claude Berri
The Chicken (1965)
The Two of Us (1967)
So Long, Stooge
So Long, Stooge (1983)
Jean de Florette
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon des Sources (1986)
Uranus (1990)
Germinal (1993)
Lucie Aubrac (1997)
A Housekeeper (2002)
Hunting and Gathering (2007)
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BAFTA
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983)
Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinson (1984)
Richard Condon and Janet Roach (1985)
Kurt Luedtke (1986)
Claude Berri
Claude Berri and
Gérard Brach (1987)
Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière and
Philip Kaufman
Philip Kaufman (1988)
Christopher Hampton
Christopher Hampton (1989)
Nicholas Pileggi
Nicholas Pileggi and
Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese (1990)
Dick Clement,
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle and
Ian La Frenais (1991)
Michael Tolkin
Michael Tolkin (1992)
Steven Zaillian (1993)
Paul Attanasio
Paul Attanasio (1994)
John Hodge (1995)
Anthony Minghella
Anthony Minghella (1996)
Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann and
Craig Pearce
Craig Pearce (1997)
Elaine May
Elaine May (1998)
Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan (1999)
Stephen Gaghan
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Stephen Gaghan (2000)
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio,
Roger S. H. Schulman and Joe Stillman
(2001)
Charlie Kaufman
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Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
Philippa Boyens,
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson and
Fran Walsh (2003)
Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Larry McMurtry
Larry McMurtry and
Diana Ossana (2005)
Jeremy Brock and
Peter Morgan (2006)
Ronald Harwood (2007)
Simon Beaufoy (2008)
Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman and
Sheldon Turner (2009)
Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Bridget O'Connor and
Peter Straughan (2011)
David O. Russell
David O. Russell (2012)
Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan and
Jeff Pope
Jeff Pope (2013)
Anthony McCarten (2014)
Adam McKay
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Adam McKay and
Charles Randolph (2015)
Luke Davies
Luke Davies (2016)
James Ivory
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James Ivory (2017)
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