I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality.

Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is a Franco-Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. Since the 1990's he has directed many big budget Hollywood films in which he often combined family drama with thriller and action genre. Schroeder has also made some appearances as an actor: playing one of the 'ghosts' in Jacques Rivette's Céline et Julie vont en bateau (Céline and Julie Go Boating) a cameo as a Porsche driver in Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) as the President of France in Mars Attacks! (1996) as a hair products salesman in Paris je t'aime (2006) and as the mechanic in The Darjeeling Limited (2007).

Since the 1990's he has directed many big budget Hollywood films in which he often combined family drama with thriller and action genre.