1934-07-01 ( 90 years old ) in 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.
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2012-01-01
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009-03-14
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
2007-03-16
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004-10-01
Tess: The Experience
2004-09-28
Tess: From Novel to Screen
2004-09-28
Filming 'Tess'
2004-09-28
Happily Ever After
2004-08-25
The Car Keys
2003-12-10
Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin
2003-05-18
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002-01-30
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
2001-09-28
Hard Off
1999-05-17
Un grand cri d'amour
1998-01-07
Didier
1997-01-29
The Three Brothers
1995-12-13
The Machine
1994-05-28
Germinal
1993-09-29
Stan the Flasher
1990-03-07
The Wounded Man
1983-05-25
Le Roi des cons
1981-02-18
Male of the Century
1975-03-12
Sex Shop
1972-10-25
Le Cinema de Papa
1971-02-10
The Man with Connections
1970-04-15
Marry Me! Marry Me!
1968-09-18
Line of Demarcation
1966-05-25
The Sleeping Car Murder
1965-11-17
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962-03-07
Greed
1962-03-07
Janine
1962-01-01
Please, Not Now!
1961-04-19
My Baby Is Black!
1961-03-01
The Truth
1960-11-02
Zazie dans le Métro
1960-10-28
The Good Girls
1960-04-22
I Spit on Your Grave
1959-06-26
Asphalt
1959-02-18
Dangerous Games
1958-12-12
French Cancan
1954-12-27
Good Lord Without Confession
1953-10-09
Rue de l'Estrapade
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