Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors of the French New Wave such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Eric Rohmer. Schroeder started his career producing such films as The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1962), Six in Paris (1965), and Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974). He then transitioned into directing films such as More (1969), La Vallée (1972) and Barfly (1987), the last of which was nominated for the Palme d'Or. He also gained recognition for directing the documentary Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978). He directed what he labeled, "The Trilogy of Evil", which includes the films, General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974), Terror's Advocate (2007) and The Venerable W. (2016). He directed the drama Reversal of Fortune (1990) and earned a nomination for Academy Award for Best Director. He then directed many big budget Hollywood films, often mixing melodrama with the thriller genre in films like Single White Female (1992), Kiss of Death (1995), Desperate Measures (1998) and Murder by Numbers (2002). He also acted in Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbet Schroeder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2023Ricardo and Painting — Screenplay, Director
• 2017The Venerable W. — Narrateur (voice), Director, Writer
• 2017What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder? — Voice, Director
• 2015Amnesia — Director, Screenplay
• 2015Portrait of the Artist — Le médecin
• 2015Rouge — Le médecin
• 2013Electra, for Instance — The pedagogue
• 2011Dreaming American — Executive Producer
• 2010Comme un chien
• 2008Inju: The Beast in the Shadow — Director, Screenplay
• Mad Men — Director
• 2007Terror's Advocate — Narrator (voice), Director, Scenario Writer
• 2007The Darjeeling Limited — The Mechanic
• 2007The Duchess of Langeais — Duc de Grandlieu
• 2006Paris Je T'aime — Monsieur Henny (Porte de Choisy)
• 2005Only the Night — Dr. Idelman
• 2004Don't Do That! — un client du restaurant
• 2002Murder by Numbers — Producer, Director
• 2000Our Lady of the Assassins — Director, Producer
• 1998Desperate Measures — Director, Producer
• 1996Before and After — Director, Producer
• 1996Mars Attacks! — French President
• 1995Kiss of Death — Producer, Director
• 1995Never Talk to Strangers — Executive Producer
• 1994Beverly Hills Cop III — Man in Porsche
• 1994Queen Margot — Advisor #2
• 1992Single White Female — Producer, Director
• 1991The Golden Boat — Mean Passer-by
• 1990Out 1 — Gian-Reto
• 1990Reversal of Fortune — Director
• 1987Barfly — Director, Producer
• 1985The Charles Bukowski Tapes — Himself, Director, Editor, Producer
• 1985The Future of Emily — Co-Producer
• 1984Cheaters — Un Joueur (uncredited), Director, Writer
• 1984Improper Conduct — Producer
• 1982Le Pont du Nord — Producer
• 1982Short Memory — Un invité au dîner
• 1980L.A.X. — Narrator
• 1979Roberte — Vittorio
• 1978Cinématon — N°651
• 1978Koko: A Talking Gorilla — Director, Associate Producer
• 1978Perceval — Producer
• 1977Chinese Roulette — Producer
• 1976Maîtresse — Director, Screenplay
• 1976The Marquise of O — Producer
• 1974Céline and Julie Go Boating — Olivier, Producer
• 1974General Idi Amin Dada — Director, Writer
• 1974La Paloma — Bishop (uncredited)
• 1973Out 1: Spectre — Gian-Reto
• 1973The Mother and the Whore — Co-Producer
• 1972Love in the Afternoon — Producer
• 1972The Valley — Director, Dialogue, Producer, Screenplay, Adaptation
• 1971Make-up — Director
• Out 1 — Gian-Reto
• 1971Pork with Sweet Potatoes — Director
• 1971Sing Sing — Director
• 1970Claire's Knee — Producer
• 1969Fun and Games for Everyone
• 1969More — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1969My Night at Maud's — Producer
• 1968A Farmer in Montfaucon — Producer
• 1968Imagine Robinson Crusoe — Producer
• 1967La Collectionneuse — Producer
• 1965Gare du Nord
• 1965Six in Paris — Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord"), Producer
• 1964Nadja in Paris — Producer
• 1963Méditerranée — Producer
• 1963Suzanne's Career — Producer
• 1963The Bakery Girl of Monceau — Young Man / Narrator, Producer
• 1963The Carabineers — Car Salesman

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2023The Family — Self
• 2017Jean Douchet, Restless Child — Self
• 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films — Self - Director
• 2011Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer — Self
• 2011Making More — Himself
• 2006Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer — Himself
• 2003Bukowski: Born Into This — Self
• 30 millions d'amis — Self
• Samedi soir — Self
• 1968Diaries, Notes, and Sketches — Self
• Pour le plaisir — Self