At the age of 22, he built his company Les Films du Losange, which produced films by Eric Rohmer, Michael Haneke and Jacques Doillon among many others. In addition to playing regularly for his filmmaker friends, he has also directed twenty films that explore different genres such as fiction and documentaries: More (1969), plunges the audience into a psychedelic world with the help of Pink Floyd’s entrancing soundtrack. Mystère von Bülow (1990) is based on the true story of a billionaire couple where the husband is believed to have put his wife into a coma; the movie was awarded an Oscar for the male leading role. Mistress (1975) explores the practice of sadomasochism and features Gérard Depardieu as well as Bulle Ogier. Schroeder likes to tackle very different genres, and has a certain taste for extreme characters.