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Claude Barma
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Claude Barma (3 November 1918, in Nice – 30 August 1992, in Paris), was a French director and screenwriter, and an early creator of French television programmes. After studying e…
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Claude Barma (3 November 1918, in Nice – 30 August 1992, in Paris), was a French director and screenwriter, and an early creator of French television programmes. After studying electrical engineering, he entered television in 1946 with the drama Chambre 34, his directorial debut. On 24 February 1950, he produced the first live French television show by transmitting part of Marivaux's Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard and the Comédie-Française. His first series followed in 1950, Agence Nostradamus, which was also the first series on French television. In 1955, he staged a trial court scripted by Peter Desgraupes and Dumayet Peter (producers of the series). En votre âme et conscience was an original series, designed for small-screen drama, taking place entirely in a court where the camera filmed uninterrupted. In 1959, the television drama Les Trois Mousquetaires was adapted by Barma for live transmission, with the role of D'Artagnan played by the young Jean-Paul Belmondo, who would later be known for his roles in À bout de souffle and Classe tous risques. In the early 1960s, he adapted three Shakespeare plays: Macbeth in 1959, Hamlet in 1960 and Othello in 1962 . In 1967, Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret depicted the popular character Jules Maigret, created by Georges Simenon. Barma oversaw the series until 1981. Claude Barma died in 1992, and was buried in Ars-en-Ré in Charente-Maritime. Source: Article "Claude Barma" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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1991
Le manège de Pauline
Movie Idea
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1989
RG Renseignements généraux
TV show Creator
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1980
Dangerous liaisons
Movie Director
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1980
Fantômas
TV show Producer
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1979
Orient Express
TV show Writer
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1977
Dossiers : Danger immédiat
TV show Director
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1975
Apostrophes
TV show Director
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1973
La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière
Movie Director
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1972
The Accursed Kings
TV show Director
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
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1971
Maigret en vacances
Movie Director
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1971
Samedi soir
TV show Self
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1970
La mort de Danton
Movie Director
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1970
La Mort de Danton
Movie Director
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1969
D'Artagnan
TV show Director
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1967
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
TV show Producer
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1965
Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
TV show Director
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1965
Ruy Blas
Movie Director
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1963
Un coup dans l'aile
Movie Director
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1963
Madame Sans-Gêne
Movie Director
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1962
La Nuit des rois
Movie Director
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1962
Othello
Movie Director
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1962
Tales of Paris
Movie Director
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1960
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie Director
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1960
La grande bretèche
Movie Director
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1959
The Three Musketeers
Movie Director
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1959
Croquemitoufle
Movie Writer
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1959
La Nuit de Tom Brown
Movie Director
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1957
Le Quadrille des diamants
Movie Director
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1957
Paris Casino
Movie Writer
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1956
Cinépanorama
TV show Self
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1951
The Turkey
Movie Director
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1950
The Gamblers
Movie Director
