1934-07-01 Paris, France
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.
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To Be... A Classic | Self | 2012-01-01 |
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Uuden aallon jäljillä | Self (archive footage) | 2009-03-14 |
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Il était une fois... « Tess » | Self | 2007-03-16 |
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Tess: From Novel to Screen | Self | 2004-09-28 |
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François Truffaut, une autobiographie | Self | 2004-10-01 |
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Filming 'Tess' | Self | 2004-09-28 |
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Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants | le père de Vincent | 2004-08-25 |
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Tess: The Experience | Self | 2004-09-28 |
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Il était une fois... Tchao pantin | Self | 2003-05-18 |
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Les Clefs de bagnole | Self / Producer | 2003-12-10 |
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Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre | Portrait painter of Cléopâtre | 2002-01-30 |
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Va savoir | Librarian | 2001-09-28 |
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La Débandade | Claude Langmann | 1999-05-17 |
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Un grand cri d'amour | André Maillard | 1998-01-07 |
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Didier | Type aéroport | 1997-01-29 |
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Les Trois Frères | Le Président du tribunal | 1995-12-13 |
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La Machine | Hugues | 1994-05-28 |
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Germinal | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1993-09-29 |
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Stan the Flasher | Stan Goldberg | 1990-03-07 |
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L'Homme blessé | Client | 1983-05-25 |
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Le Roi des cons | L'agent de police | 1981-02-18 |
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Catherine Deneuve à l'aventure ou une certaine blondeur | Self | 1978-09-18 |
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Le Mâle du siècle | Claude | 1975-03-12 |
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Sex-shop | Claude | 1972-10-25 |
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Le Cinéma de papa | Claude Langmann adulte | 1971-02-10 |
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Le Pistonné | Military doctor (uncredited) | 1970-04-15 |
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Mazel Tov ou le Mariage | Claude | 1968-09-18 |
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La Ligne de démarcation | Chef de famille juif | 1966-05-25 |
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Compartiment tueurs | Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited) | 1965-11-17 |
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L'Avarice | André (uncredited) | 1962-03-07 |
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Janine | Claude | 1962-01-01 |
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Les Sept Péchés capitaux | André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) | 1962-03-07 |
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La Bride sur le cou | Bernard | 1961-04-19 |
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Les lâches vivent d'espoir | Dauber | 1961-03-01 |
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La Vérité | Georges | 1960-11-02 |
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Les bonnes femmes | André, young soldier | 1960-04-22 |
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Zazie dans le métro | Waiter (uncredited) | 1960-10-28 |
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J'irai cracher sur vos tombes | David | 1959-06-26 |
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Asphalte | Band Boy (uncredited) | 1959-02-18 |
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Les Jeux dangereux | Young man | 1958-12-12 |
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French Cancan | Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited) | 1955-04-09 |
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Rue de l'estrapade | 1953-04-14 | |
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Le Bon Dieu sans confession | Le fils d'Eugène | 1953-10-09 |
