
Claude Berri
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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Known For
Acting History
2017
The Force of Destiny as Self
2012To Be... A Classic as Self
2009On the Trail of the New Wave as Self (archive footage)
2007Once Upon a Time... 'Tess' as Self
2004François Truffaut, une autobiographie as Self
2004Tess: The Experience as Self
2004Tess: From Novel to Screen as Self
2004Filming 'Tess' as Self
2004Happily Ever After as le père de Vincent
2003The Car Keys as Self / Producer
2003Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin as Self
2003Un film et son époque as Self
2002Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra as Portrait painter of Cléopâtre
2001Va Savoir (Who Knows?) as Librarian
1999Hard Off as Claude Langmann
1998Vivement dimanche as Self
1998Un grand cri d'amour as André Maillard
1997Didier as Type aéroport
1995The Three Brothers as Le Président du tribunal
1994The Machine as Hugues
1993Germinal as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1990Les Nuls, l'émission as Self - Guest
1990Stan the Flasher as Stan Goldberg
1987Sacrée Soirée as Self
1987Nulle part ailleurs as Self
1983The Wounded Man as Client
1981Le Roi des cons as L'agent de police
1978Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness as Self
1977Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante as Self
1975Male of the Century as Claude
1975Midi Première as Self
1974Spécial cinéma as Self
1972Sex Shop as Claude
1972Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971Cadet Rousselle as Self
1971Le Cinema de Papa as Claude Langmann adulte
1970The Man with Connections as Military doctor (uncredited)
1968Marry Me! Marry Me! as Claude
1966Line of Demarcation as Chef de famille juif
1965The Sleeping Car Murder as Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited)
1964Behold a Pale Horse
1962The Seven Deadly Sins as André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
1962Greed as André (uncredited)
1962Janine as Claude
1961Please, Not Now! as Bernard
1961My Baby Is Black! as Dauber
1960The Truth as Georges
1960Zazie dans le Métro as Waiter (uncredited)
1960The Good Girls as André, young soldier
1959I Spit on Your Grave as David
1959Asphalt as Band Boy (uncredited)
1958Dangerous Games as Young man
1955French Cancan as Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
1953Good Lord Without Confession as Le fils d'Eugène
1953Rue de l'estrapade









