Barbet Schroeder Overview

Born in Teheran, Iran, Schroeder studied philosophy at Sorbonne University in Paris, and started his career writing criticism for the famous film journal, Cahiers du Cinéma. He then received an opportunity to work as an assistant trainee to director Jean-Luc Godard for the film, Les Carabiniers (1963). The experience led him to work on his own short black and white 16mm films, and establish his own production company, Les Films du Losange. At his new company, Schroeder produced two... See All