FILM DIRECTOR

Barbet Schroeder

1941 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbet Schroeder has received more than 535,346 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Barbet Schroeder is the 290th most popular film director (down from 230th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Iran (down from 147th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Film Director.

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  • 29

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Barbet Schroeder ranks 290 out of 2,041. Before him are Tex Avery, Sam Raimi, Spike Lee, Just Jaeckin, Roger Corman, and Michael Bay. After him are Sven Nykvist, Rouben Mamoulian, Makoto Shinkai, Michael Cacoyannis, Mike Nichols, and Stanley Kramer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Barbet Schroeder ranks 121. Before him are Abdelkader Bensalah, Goh Chok Tong, Jorge Solari, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Peter Coyote, and Adrian Lyne. After him are Barbara Brylska, Stacy Keach, Ahmed Shafik, Gunpei Yokoi, Florinda Bolkan, and Raúl Ruiz.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Barbet Schroeder ranks 180 out of 631. Before him are Shaul Mofaz (1948), 'Adud al-Dawla (936), Al-Baydawi (1201), Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), Sinatruces of Parthia (-157), and Shaykh Tusi (995). After him are Googoosh (1950), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Pacorus I (-63), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), Arsames (-550), and Apama (-400).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Barbet Schroeder ranks 4. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), and Jafar Panahi (1960). After him are Asghar Farhadi (1972), Shirin Neshat (1957), Majid Majidi (1959), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Hatami (1944), Hossein Shahabi (1967), and Bahman Ghobadi (1969).

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Filmography

Mad Men
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Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.
8.1 / 10
Murder by Numbers
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Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.
Apr 19th 20026.138 / 10
Single White Female
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Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs.
Aug 14th 19926.294 / 10