Claude Berri

Claude Berri

Deceased · Born: Jul 1, 1934 · Died: Jan 12, 2009

Personal Details

Born Jul 1, 1934 Paris, France
Spouse
  • Sylvie Gautrelet

    ( Jun 24, 1994 to Mar 11, 2003 )
  • Anne-Marie Rassam

    ( Sep 23, 1967 to Jan 6, 1987 )
Relatives
  • Arlette Langmann (Sibling)

Biography

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.

Career

2004
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After as le père de Vincent
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2001
Who Knows?
Who Knows? as Librarian
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1997
Didier
Didier as Type aéroport #1
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1983
The Wounded Man
The Wounded Man as Client
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1960
Les bonnes femmes
Les bonnes femmes as André, young soldier
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2004
Filming 'Tess'
Filming 'Tess'
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'Tess': From Novel to Screen
'Tess': The Experience
2009
Trésor
Trésor as Director, Screenplay, Writer
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2007
Hunting and Gathering
Hunting and Gathering as Director, Screenplay
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1997
Lucie Aubrac
Lucie Aubrac as Director, Writer
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1993
Germinal
Germinal as Director, Screenplay
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1990
Uranus
Uranus as Director, Screenplay
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1986
Jean de Florette
Jean de Florette as Director
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Manon of the Spring
Manon of the Spring as Director, Screenplay
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1967
The Two of Us
The Two of Us as Director, Writer
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