Let's make this birthday one to remember.

83 years old (Born on August 26, 1941)

Happy Birthday, Barbet Schroeder! May your celebrations be brighter than Mickey Rourke's whiskey-soaked evenings in "Barfly," and filled with fewer surprises than Bridget Fonda's roommate discovered in "Single White Female." You've expertly shown us that life's most compelling cinema often comes wrapped comfortably between obsession and eccentric charm.

Whether crafting courtroom drama ("Reversal of Fortune") or delving into intriguing psychological twists, your stories have delighted audiences across generations. Enjoy a birthday packed with suspenseful cake-cutting scenes, plot-twist presents, and friends who would never mimic your hairstyle (hopefully)! Here's wishing you another year as fascinatingly unpredictable yet eternally stylish as your films.