Born 26 August 1941 Iranian-born
Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the
1960s, working 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.
Barfly
Produced by : Tom Luddy, Fred
Roos, Barbet Schroeder
Written by : Charles Bukowski
Cinematography : Robby Müller
Edited by : Éva Gárdos
Production company : American
Zoetrope
Distributed by : Cannon Film
Distributors
Release date : October 16,
1987
Running time : 97 minutes
Country : United States
Language : English
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