Claude Berri

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AKA: Claude Langmann
Nationality: French
Birthdate: 07/01/1934
Birthplace: Paris, France
Death Date: 01/12/2009

biography

Multi-faceted maverick of contemporary French cinema. Berri began his career as an actor and moved behind the camera in the early 1960s, earning critical praise for short films like "Le poulet" (1963).

Since the formation of his production company RENN in 1968, Berri has been involved with an impressive array of quality films by Claude Zidi, Bertrand Blier and Maurice Pialat, among others. In 1973 he developed a distribution arm, AMLF, which has since handled over 150 films.

Among RENN-produced films are Roman Polanski's "Tess" (1979) and the Jean-Jacques Annaud projects "The Bear" (1988) and Continued

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2008
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2005
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2001
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1999
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1999
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1999
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1999
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1994
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1994
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1987
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1987
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1979
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milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Began career as a stage actor; first film appearance (a bit) in Jacques Becker's short "Rue de l'Estrapade" (1953)
1953 
Feature acting debut, in Autant-Lara's "Le ble en herbe"
1963 
Short film directing debut (also producer), "Le poulet/The Chicken"
1963 
Made theatrical feature co-directing and writing debut with one episode of the omnibus film "Les baisers"/"Baisers de 16 ans"
1966 
Solo feature directing and co-writing debut, "Le vieil homme et l'enfant/The Old Man and the Child"
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