Barbet Schroeder Quotes

Barbet Schroeder is a Franco 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. Schroeder was born in Tehran, Iran, the son of Ursula, a German born physician, and Jean-William Schroeder, a Swiss geologist. He later went on to direct more mainstream Hollywood fare, such as Barfly 1987 starring Mickey Rourke, Single White Female 1992, and Reversal of Fortune 1990, for which Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bülow received an Academy Award. Schroeder directed the 12th episode of the 3rd season of the American dramatic television series Mad Men that first aired on 1 November 2009. The episode was entitled The Grown Ups, and was notable for its depiction of the events of the Kennedy assassination.