Claude Barma
Directing

Claude Barma

Born 3 November 1918 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France · Died 30 August 1992

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.

Known for

Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
The Three Musketeers
Tales of Paris
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Turkey
The Gamblers
The Accursed Kings
Fantômas
Paris Casino
Croquemitoufle
La grande bretèche
Dangerous liaisons
La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière
La mort de Danton
Ruy Blas
Madame Sans-Gêne
Un coup dans l'aile
Tales of Paris
La Nuit des rois
Othello
La grande bretèche
Cyrano de Bergerac
La Nuit de Tom Brown
The Three Musketeers
Croquemitoufle
Paris Casino
Le Quadrille des diamants
The Turkey
The Gamblers
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