Claude Berri

Production · Born 1934-07-01 in Paris, France

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra as Portrait painter of Cléopâtre
• The Three Brothers as Le Président du tribunal
• The Wounded Man as Client
• Good Lord Without Confession as Le fils d'Eugène
• Tess: The Experience as Self
• Once Upon a Time... 'Tess' as Self
• Les Bonnes Femmes as André, young soldier
• Happily Ever After as le père de Vincent
• The Truth as Georges
• Un grand cri d'amour as André Maillard

TV

• Un film et son époque as Self
• Nulle part ailleurs as Self
• Sacrée Soirée as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier as Self
• Midi Première as Self
• Les Nuls, l'émission as Self - Guest
• Vivement dimanche as Self