Barbet Schroeder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Barbet Schroeder

French film director

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1941

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director, film producer, film actor

Nationality: Switzerland, France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is a Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette.
Since the late 1980s, he has directed many big budget Hollywood films, often mixing melodrama with the thriller genre in films like Single White Female, Kiss of Death, and Murder by Numbers.
He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and for the Palme d'Or for his 1987 film Barfly.