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Born July 1, 1934 · Paris, France
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 the historical biopic Lucie Aubrac. Directors whose films were produced by Berri include Roman Polanski, Jacques Demy, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Claude Sautet, Miloš Forman, Claude Zidi, Jacques Rivette, Patrice Chéreau, Alain Chabat, Abdellatif Kechiche and Dany Boon. 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. In 1943, during the Nazi occupation of France, Berri's parents entrusted him for his safety to a family in the countryside. He spent the rest of the occupation being fostered by "an antisemitic couple" who were unaware that he was Jewish. His sister, screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann, was born after the war. Berri's original vocation was to be an actor. He began a career in the early 1950s but struggled to find roles, which prompted him to turn to directing and eventually producing. In 1965, he gained notice for The Chicken, which won the Award for best short film at the 38th Academy Awards. In 1967, Berri directed The Two of Us (Le Vieil homme et l'enfant), a partially autobiographical film that told the story of a Jewish child, entrusted during World War II to a benevolent and antisemitic old farmer who remains unaware that the boy he is caring for is a Jew. The film was a great success in France and abroad. Berri also adapted the story into a novel, released the same year as the film. During the years that followed, Berri became active as a producer and film distributor while continuing to direct his own films. Also in 1967, with his associate (later brother-in-law) Jean-Pierre Rassam, Berri bought the international distribution rights for Miloš Forman's The Firemen's Ball which was a great success and was nominated to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Berri's company, Renn Productions, which he had founded to produce The Two of Us, gradually became a major player in the French film industry. ... Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Tresor
2009

Hunting & Gathering
2007

One Stays, the Other Leaves
2005

The Housekeeper
2002

Hard Off
1999

Lucie Aubrac
1997

Germinal
1993

Uranus
1990

Manon of the Spring
1986

Jean de Florette
1986

So Long, Stooge
1983

The School Teacher
1981

I Love You All
1980

One Wild Moment
1977

The First Time
1976

Male of the Century
1975

Sex Shop
1972

Le Cinema de Papa
1971

The Man with Connections
1970

Marry Me! Marry Me!
1968

The Two of Us
1967

The Chicken
1965

Chance at Love
1964

Les baisers
1964
The Force of Destiny
2017
To Be... A Classic
2012
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009

Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
2007

François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004

Tess: The Experience
2004

Tess: From Novel to Screen
2004

Filming 'Tess'
2004

Happily Ever After
2004

The Car Keys
2003

Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin
2003

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002

Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
2001

Hard Off
1999

Un grand cri d'amour
1998

Didier
1997

The Three Brothers
1995

The Machine
1994

Germinal
1993

Stan the Flasher
1990

The Wounded Man
1983

Le Roi des cons
1981

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977

Male of the Century
1975

Sex Shop
1972

Le Cinema de Papa
1971

The Man with Connections
1970

Marry Me! Marry Me!
1968