Christophe Barratier (born 17 June 1963 in Paris) is a French film producer, director and screenwriter, and lyricist. Barratier is the son of the actress Eva Simonet and M. Barratier. He is the nephew of the film director Jacques Perrin, who was an influence on his choice of career. Before being a filmmaker, Barratier studied a university course in classical music and guitar lessons. He graduated from the prestigious French public school École normale de Paris and won several international competition prizes. In 1991, Barratier got into his uncle Jacques Perrin's production firm, Galatée Films, where he learned the profession of producer. As line producer, he participated in making the films Microcosmos (1995), Himalaya (1999) and Winged Migration(2001). In 2001, he directed his first short film, Les tombales, adapted from the Guy de Maupassant novel. Starring Lambert Wilson and Carole Weiss. His first feature, The Chorus came out in 2004. An adaptation of the Jean Dréville movie, La cage aux rossignols (1945), its scenario was jointly written with the screenwriter Philippe Lopes-Curval. His second movie, Paris 36, is based on iconic films choreographed by Busby Berkeley and has a storyline of proletarians confronted to an opportunity such as in La belle équipe from Julien Duvivier (1936). Alongside the producer Thomas Langmann, he started working on a new adaptation of War of the Buttons (2011) is an adaptation of La Guerre des boutons (War of the Buttons), based on the 1912 novel by Louis Pergaud. It is altered by being set during World War II and the German Occupation of France. It was produced and co-written by Thomas Langmann (an Academy Award-winner for The Artist), with financial participation by Canal Plus. It was released in France in September 2011 and cost €16 million. Following this, Barratier directed Team Spirit, which revisits the career of Jérôme Kerviel as a trader in the Société Générale company. The movie came out in June 2016. It marks a clear shift from his previous strongly historically connoted movies, but seduces by its well-referenced nature and a realism acquired thanks to its roots into Jérôme Kerviel's biography, L'engrenage : mémoire d'un trader. Team Spirit highlighted a very mediated case while maintaining a storyline based on impartiality towards the man who presented himself as a victim of the banking system. In 2017, Barratier presented the adaptation of his first success, The Chorus, as a musical show produced in the Folies Bergères theatre. For his show, the children of La maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine are the new singers of the filmmaker. The next year, he signed a new partnership with Pascal Obispo to stage the musical Jésus, de Nazareth à Jérusalem. Based on the greatest Hollywoodian movies, the musical dives into one of the most intense tales of humanity. As the lyricist of The Chorus' song "Look To Your Path", Barratier was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as eight César Awards, of which it won two. His second feature film, Paris 36, starring Gérard Jugnot and Nora Arnezeder, was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song and four César Awards. Source: Article "Christophe Barratier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 17, 1963 (63)
- Paris, France
- Director, writer and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Christophe Barratier's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 2
Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Christophe Barratier's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Christophe Barratier's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Les Enfants de la Résistance : L'escalade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Comme par magie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Time of Secrets(2021)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Fly Me Away(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Jesus, from Nazareth to Jerusalem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Team Spirit(2016)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
War of the Buttons(2011)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Paris 36(2008)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Les Choristes in Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Chorus(2004)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Tombs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Winged Migration(2001)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Himalaya(1999)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Microcosmos(1996)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 1996 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Christophe Barratier's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 4 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 76/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Christophe Barratier work with?
People who share at least 2 of Christophe Barratier's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jacques Perrin shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Michel DebatsShared titles: Winged Migration (2001), Himalaya (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Michel Debats
Writers
- Stéphane KellerShared titles: Children of the Resistance (2025), War of the Buttons (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Stéphane Keller
- Laurent TurnerShared titles: The Time of Secrets (2021), Team Spirit (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Laurent Turner
Actors
- Gérard JugnotShared titles: Children of the Resistance (2025), War of the Buttons (2011), Paris 36 (2008), The Chorus (2004)See all 4 shared titles with Gérard Jugnot
- Kad MeradShared titles: War of the Buttons (2011), Paris 36 (2008), The Chorus (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Kad Merad
- Jacques PerrinShared titles: Paris 36 (2008), The Chorus (2004), Winged Migration (2001), Himalaya (1999), Microcosmos (1996)See all 5 shared titles with Jacques Perrin
- Franz LangShared titles: Children of the Resistance (2025), Team Spirit (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Franz Lang
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Yves DeschampsShared titles: Children of the Resistance (2025), Fly Me Away (2021), The Time of Secrets (2021), Paris 36 (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Yves Deschamps
- Bruno CoulaisShared titles: The Chorus (2004), Winged Migration (2001), Himalaya (1999), Microcosmos (1996)See all 4 shared titles with Bruno Coulais
- Jérôme AlmérasShared titles: Children of the Resistance (2025), Fly Me Away (2021), The Time of Secrets (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Jérôme Alméras
- Philippe RombiShared titles: Children of the Resistance (2025), Fly Me Away (2021), The Time of Secrets (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Philippe Rombi
Producers
- Jean LabadieShared titles: Team Spirit (2016), Winged Migration (2001), Himalaya (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Jean Labadie
- Nicolas MauvernayShared titles: Team Spirit (2016), Paris 36 (2008), The Chorus (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Nicolas Mauvernay
- Jean-Marc HenchozShared titles: Winged Migration (2001), Himalaya (1999), Microcosmos (1996)See all 3 shared titles with Jean-Marc Henchoz
- Romain Le GrandShared titles: Paris 36 (2008), The Chorus (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Romain Le Grand
