About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1918-11-03
Place of birth:
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Website:
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Claude Barma

Overview

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.

Known for

Directing
1977 Dossiers : Danger immédiat Directing Director N/A
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1973 La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière Directing Director N/A
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1972 The Accursed Kings Directing Director 70
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1970 La Mort de Danton Directing Director N/A
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1969 D'Artagnan Directing Director N/A
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1965 Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre Directing Director 69
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1965 Ruy Blas Directing Director N/A
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1963 Un coup dans l'aile Directing Director 58
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1963 Madame Sans-Gêne Directing Director N/A
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1962 Tales of Paris Directing Director 58
Average
1960 Cyrano de Bergerac Directing Director 59
Average
1960 La grande bretèche Directing Director 58
Average
1959 The Three Musketeers Directing Director 58
Average
1959 Croquemitoufle Directing Director 58
Average
1959 La Nuit de Tom Brown Directing Director N/A
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1957 Le quadrille des diamants Directing Director N/A
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1951 The Turkey Directing Director 59
Average
1950 The Gamblers Directing Director 58
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Writing
1991 Le manège de Pauline Writing Idea N/A
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1979 Orient Express Writing Writer 69
Fair
1959 Croquemitoufle Writing Writer 58
Average
1957 Paris Casino Writing Writer 58
Average

Production
1980 Fantômas Production Producer 69
Fair
1967 The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret Production Producer 71
Good