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. He also gained recognition for directing the documentary Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbet Schroeder is the 343rd most popular film director (down from 290th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 180th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Barbet Schroeder ranks 343 out of 2,041. Before him are Darren Aronofsky, Jacques Feyder, Hideaki Anno, Satoshi Kon, Ub Iwerks, and Jean Girault. After him are Francis Veber, Jim Henson, Samuel Fuller, Leo McCarey, William Kennedy Dickson, and Kira Muratova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Barbet Schroeder ranks 160. Before him are Christopher Jones, Beau Bridges, Ole Nydahl, Nangolo Mbumba, Federico Faggin, and Nora Ephron. After him are Josef Jelínek, Sergio Oliva, David Crosby, George Lakoff, Ron Brown, and Takayuki Kuwata.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Barbet Schroeder ranks 202 out of 631. Before him are Mithridates IV of Parthia (null), Googoosh (1950), Orodes III of Parthia (-100), Amastrine (-400), Baba Tahir (947), and Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864). After him are 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (930), Aga Khan II (1830), Mandane of Media (-584), Reza Abbasi (1565), Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (1062), and Vardanes I (10).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Barbet Schroeder ranks 3. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami (1940), and Jafar Panahi (1960). After him are Shirin Neshat (1957), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Majid Majidi (1959), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Abbasi (1981), and Ali Hatami (1944).

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