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.
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Filmography
all 141
Movies 130
Producer 61
self 31
Director 18
TV Shows 11
Writer 2
One Wild Moment (2015)
Tresor (2009)
68 (2008)
The Demon Stirs (2005)
The Children (2005)
One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005)
Happily Ever After (2004)
San Antonio (2004)
The Car Keys (2003)
Feelings (2003)
The Housekeeper (2002)
Y'a que la vérité qui compte (2002)
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
The Three Kings (2001)
Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)
La Boîte (2001)
The Escort (1999)
Hard Off (1999)
All About My Mother (1999)
Un grand cri d'amour (1998)
The Bet (1997)
Arlette (1997)
Lucie Aubrac (1997)
Didier (1997)
The Ogre (1996)
French Twist (1995)
La Séparation (1994)
The Machine (1994)
Queen Margot (1994)
Germinal (1993)
Part-time Parents (1993)
The Lover (1992)
Van Gogh (1991)
Uranus (1990)
Les Nuls, l'émission (1990)
Stan the Flasher (1990)
Headstrong (1989)
The Little Thief (1988)
The Bear (1988)
Hôtel de France (1987)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Les enragés (1985)
Tchao Pantin (1983)
Waiter! (1983)
The African (1983)
The Wounded Man (1983)
Banzaï (1983)
Le Maître d'école (1981)
Le Roi des cons (1981)
I Love All of You (1980)
Inspector Blunder (1980)
Tess (1979)
A Simple Story (1978)
Take It from the Top (1978)
One Wild Moment (1977)
The First Time (1976)
A Child in the Crowd (1976)
I Love You, I Don't (1976)
Femmes Fatales (1976)
That Kid (1976)
Zig Zig (1975)
I'm Losing My Temper (1974)
Tender Dracula (1974)
Le Chaud Lapin (1974)
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Sex Shop (1972)
The Egg (1972)
Le Cinema de Papa (1971)
The House (1970)
Diane's Body (1969)
Naked Childhood (1969)
Oratorio for Prague (1968)
Marie for Memory (1968)
The Two of Us (1967)
Line of Demarcation (1966)
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
The Chicken (1965)
Chance at Love (1964)
Les baisers (1964)
Greed (1962)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
Janine (1962)
Please, Not Now! (1961)
My Baby Is Black! (1961)
The Truth (1960)
Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
The Good Girls (1960)
Asphalt (1959)
Dangerous Games (1958)
French Cancan (1955)
The Game of Love (1954)
Good Lord Without Confession (1953)
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Known ForProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1934-07-01
Deathday2009-01-12 (74 years old)
Birth NameClaude Beri Langmann
Birth Place10th arrondissement of Paris, France
ChildrenJulien Rassam, Thomas Langmann
SiblingsArlette Langmann
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsClaude Berel Langmann, Claude Langmann
AwardsKnight of the National Order of Merit, Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, César Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Officer of the National Order of Merit
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