Claude Berri Biography (1934-)

Full name, Claude Langmann; born July 1, 1934, in Paris, France; son of Hirsch (a furrier) and Beila (maiden name, Bercu) Langmann; brother of Arlette Langmann (a film editor and screenwriter); married Anne-Marie Rassam, 1967 (divorced); children: (first marriage) Julien (an actor), Thomas; (with Sylvie Gautrelet) Darius. Addresses: Office: Renn Productions, 10 rue Lincoln, 75008 Paris, France.

Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, screenwriter, actor
Birth Details: July 1, 1934; Paris, France

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Le bon dieu sans confession (also known as Good Lord without Confession), 1953
(Uncredited) Le fils du forain, Le ble en herbe (also known as The Game of Love), 1954
(Uncredited) Un jeune homme a l'inaugaration, Jeune homme a l'inauguration (also known as Only the French Can and French Cancan),French Cannon, 1955
Un jeune, Les jeux dangereaux (also known as Dangerous Games and La strada della violenza), 1958
Jane's fiancee, Les bonnes femmes (also known as The Girls andThe Good Girls, Donne facili, The Girls, The Good Girls, and The Good Time Girls), 1960
Georges, La verite (also known as La verita and The Truth), Kingsley International, 1961
Claude, Janine, 1961
J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (also known as I Spit on Your Grave), Audubon, 1962
Andre, "Lust" (also known as "L'avarice"), Les sept peches capitaux (also known as I sette peccati capitali, The Seven Deadly Sins, and The Seven Capital Sins), Embassy, 1962
Bernard, La bride sur le cou (also known as A briglia sciolta, Only for Love, and Please, Not Now!), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
Behold a Pale Horse (also known as Et vint le jour de vengeance), Columbia, 1964
Les laches vivent d'espoir (also known as My Baby Is Black!), U.S. Films, 1965
(Uncredited) Un porteur, Compartiment tueurs (also known as TheSleeping Car Murders and The Sleeping Car Murder), 1965
(Uncredited) La chef de famille juif, La ligne de demarcation (also known as Line of Demarcation), 1966
Claude Avram, Mazel Tov ou le mariage (also known as Marry Me!Marry Me!), Allied Artists, 1969
Claude, Le cinema de Papa, 1971
Claude, Le Sex Shop (also known as Sex-Shop and Quello che gia conosci del sesso e non prendi piu sul serio), United Artists/NewLine Cinema, 1972
Claude, Le male du siecle (also known as Male of the Century), AMLF, 1975
L'agent de police, Le roi des cons (also known as The King of Jerks), 1981
Client, L'homme blesse (also known as The Wounded Man), Gaumont/World Marketing/Promovision International/Cinevista, 1983, released in the United States in 1985
Title role, Stan the Flasher, Pyramide Distribution, 1990
Hugues, La machine (also known as The Machine and Die Maschine), 1994
Le president du tribunal (presiding judge), Les trois freres (alsoknown as The Three Brothers), Le Studio Canal, 1995
Himself, L'univers de Jacques Demy (also known as The Universeof Jacques Demy and The World of Jacques Demy), 1995
(As Claude Langmann) Maillard, Un grand cri d'amour, AMLF, 1998
Claude Langmann, La debandade (also known as Hard Off), Pathe, 1999
Autograph ibrarian, Va savoir (also known as Va Savoir (Who Knows?), (Chi lo sa?), Va savoir+), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
(Uncredited) Un passant, Les rois mages, Pathe, 2001
Peintre Cleopatre, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatre (also known as Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Kleopatra, and Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra), Miramax, 2002
Film Work
Director and producer, Le poulet (short film; also known as TheChicken), Pathe Contemporary, 1963
Director, "Baiser de 16 ans," Les baisers (also known as I baci and Una voglia matta di donna), 1964
Director, "La chance du guerrier," La chance et l'amour (also known as L'amore et la chance and Chance at Love), 1964
Associate producer, Marie pour memoire (also known as Marie forMemory), 1967
Producer, Oratorio for Prague (also known as Seven Days to Remember), 1968
Director, Le vieil homme et l'enfant (also known as The Two ofUs, Claude, and The Old Man and the Boy), Cinema V, 1968
Producer and director, Mazel Tov ou le mariage (also known as Marry Me! Marry Me!), Allied Artists, 1969
Producer and director, Le pistonne (also known as The Man withConnections), Royal, 1970
(With Francois Truffaut, Mag Bodard, and Guy Benier) Producer, L'enfance nue (also known as Me and Naked Childhood), Altura, 1970
Producer, L'oeuf (also known as The Egg), Columbia, 1971
(With Alfred W. Crown) Producer, Taking Off, Universal, 1971
Director, Le cinema de papa, 1971
Producer and director, Le Sex Shop (also known as Sex-Shopand Quello che gia conosci del sesso e non prendi piu sul serio), United Artists/New Line Cinema, 1972
(With Christian Fechner) Producer, Les fous du stade (also known as Stadium Nuts), CCFC, 1972
Producer, Je sais rien mais je dirai tout (also known as Don'tKnow Anything But I'll Tell All), AMLF, 1973
Executive producer, Pleure pas la bouche pleine (also known as Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full), AMLF, 1973
Director and producer, Le male du siecle (also known as Male ofthe Century) AMLF, 1975
(With Jacques-Eric Strauss) Producer, Je t'aime moi non plus (alsoknown as I Love You No Longer), AMLF, 1975
Producer, Un sac de billes (also known as A Bag of Marbles), AMLF, 1975
Director, La premiere fois (also known as The First Time),Lira/Gala Film Distributors, 1976, released in the United States by EDP, 1978
Director, Un moment d'egarement (also known as A Summer Affair, One Wild Moment, and In a Wild Moment), Roissy/Gala Film Distributors, 1977
Director, A nous deux (also known as An Adventure for Two),1979
Producer, Tess, Columbia, 1979
Producer, Inspecteur la Bavure (also known as Inspector Blunder), AMLF, 1980

Producer and director, Je vous aime (also known as I Love You and I Love You All), AMLF, 1980
Director and producer, Le maitre d'ecole, 1981
(With Tarak Ben Ammar and Pierre Grunstein) Producer, Deux heures moins le quart avant Jesus Christ (also known as A Quarter to Two before Jesus Christ), AMLF, 1982
Producer, L'Africain (also known as The African), AMLF/Roissy, 1983
Producer, Banzai, Roissy/AMLF, 1983
Producer, La femme de mon pote (also known as My Best Friend'sGirl), 1983
Producer and director, Tchao, pantin! (also known as So Long, Stooge), Roissy/AMLF/European Classics/Nelson Entertainment, 1983
(With Ariel Zeitoun and Marie-Laure Reyre) Producer, L'homme blesse (also known as The Wounded Man), Gaumont/World Marketing/PromovisionInternational/Cinevista, 1983, released in the United States, 1985
(With Alain Sarde) Producer, Garcon! (also known as Waiter!), AMLF/Roissy, 1983, released in the United States, 1985
Producer, Le vengeance du serpent a plumes (also known as The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent), AMLF, 1984
(With Pio Angeletti and Adriano De Micheli) Producer, Scemo di guerra (also known as Madman at War and Le fou de guerre), Titanus/Sergio Felicioli, 1985
Producer, Les enrages, 1985
Director, Jean de Florette, Orion Classics, 1986
Producer and director, Manon des sources (also known as Manon of the Springs, Manon delle sorgenti, Manon des sources: Jean deFlorette 2e partie, and Jean de Florette II), Orion Classics, 1986
Producer, Hotel de France, Films du Volcan, 1987
Producer, Trois places pour le 26 (also known as Three Seats for the 26th), AMLF/Gaumont/Roissy, 1988
Executive producer, A Gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur (also knownas To the Left as You Leave the Elevator and The Door on the Leftas You Leave the Elevator), AMLF/Roissy, 1988
Producer, The Bear (also known as L'ours), TriStar, 1989
(With Paul Rassam and Michael Haussman) Producer, Valmont, AMLF/Orion/Roissy, 1989
Producer, La petite voleuse (also known as The Little Thief), Orly Films/Renn Productions, 1989
Producer and director, Uranus, AMLF, 1990
Producer, Nous deux (also known as The Two of Us), AMLF, 1992
Producer, L'amant (also known as The Lover), AMLF, 1992
Producer and director, Germinal, AMLF, 1993
Producer, Une journee chez ma mere (also known as Part-time Parents), 1993
Producer, La reine Margot (also known as Queen Margot, Die Bartholomaeuschnacht, and La regina Margot), AMLF, 1994
Producer, La separation (also known as The Separation), AMLF, 1994
Producer, Gazon maudit (also known as French Twist and Bushwhacked), AMLF, 1995
Producer, Les trois freres (also known as The Three Brothers), Le Studio Canal, 1995
Executive producer, Der unhold (also known as The Ogre andLe roi des aulnes), Kino International, 1996
Producer, Didier, AMLF, 1997
Producer, Arlette, 1997
Producer, Le pari (also known as The Bet), 1997
Director, Lucie Aubrac, 1997
Associate producer, Mookie, AMLF, 1998
Director, Le debandade (also known as Hard Off), Pathe, 1999
Producer, Mauvaise passe (also known as The Escort and The Wrong Blonde), 1999
Producer, La boite, Pathe, 2001
Producer, Ma femme est une actrice (also known as My Wife Is anActress), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
Producer, Les rois mages, Pathe, 2001
Producer, Asterix & Obelix contre Cesar (also known as Asterix & Obelix gegen Caesar, Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar, Asterix e Obelix contro Cesare, and Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar), 2002
Director and producer, Une femme de menage (also known as A Housekepper), Palm Pictures, 2002
Producer, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatre (also known as Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Kleopatra, and Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra), Miramax, 2002
Producer, Amen (also known as Eyewitness, and Der Stellvertreter), Kino International, 2002
Producer, Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine), Pathe, 2003
Producer, Les sentiments (also known as Feelings), ARP Selection, 2003
Television Appearances
Episodic
Le steward, "Reactions en chaine," Les cinq dernieres minutes, 1958
Marcel L., "Quarante-cinq tours et puis s'en vont," Les cinq dernieresminutes, 1964
Himself, "Special producteurs," Cinema cinemas, 1989
Himself, Les nuls l'emission, 1991
Himself, Tout le monde en parle, 2002, 2003
Himself, Rive droite--rive gauche, 2003, On ne peut pas plairea tout le monde, 2003
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Janine, 1961
(With others) Les baisers, 1964
(With others) La chance et l'amour, 1964
(With Michel Rivelin and Gerard Brach) Le vieil homme et l'enfant(also known as The Two of Us, Claude, and The Old Man and the Boy), Cinema V, 1968
Mazel Tov ou le mariage (also known as Marry Me! Marry Me!), Allied Artists, 1969
Le pistonne (also known as The Man with Connections), Royal, 1970
Le cinema de papa, 1971
Le Sex Shop (also known as Sex-Shop and Quello che gia conosci del sesso e non prendi piu sul serio), United Artists/New Line Cinema, 1972
L'oeuf (also known as The Egg), 1972
(With Jean-Louis Richard) Le male du siecle, AMLF, 1975
La premiere fois (also known as The First Time), Lira/GalaFilm Distributors, 1976, released in the United States by EDP, 1978
Un moment d'egarement (also known as A Summer Affair, One Wild Moment, and In a Wild Moment), Roissy/Gala Film Distributors, 1977
Je vous aime (also known as I Love You), AMLF, 1980
Le maitre d'ecole, 1981
(With Alain Page) Tchao, pantin! (also known as So Long, Stooge), Roissy/AMLF/European Classics/Nelson Entertainment, 1983
Scemo di guerra (also known as Le fou de guerre and Madman at War), 1985
(With Gerard Brach) Jean de Florette, Orion Classics, 1986
(With Brach) Manon des sources (also known as Manon of the Springs, Manon delle sorgenti, Manon des sources: Jean de Florette2e partie, and Jean de Florette II), Orion Classics, 1986
Uranus, AMLF, 1990
Germinal, AMLF, 1993
Lucie Aubrac, 1997
La debandade (also known as Hard Off), Pathe, 1999
Une femme de menage (adapted from the novel by Christian Oster; also known as A Housekeeper), Palm Pictures, 2002
Novels
The Two of Us, Morrow, 1968
Marry Me, Marry Me, Morrow, 1969

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Atlantic Monthly, May, 1994, p. 129
Variety, July 21, 1997, p. 5

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