Bertrand Tavernier
Biography
Bertrand Tavernier was a French director, screenwriter, producer and writer, born on April 25, 1941 in Lyon, and died on March 25, 2021in Sainte-Maxime (Var). Son of the writer and resistance fighter from Lyon, René Tavernier, he was first an assistant director, press officer (notably for Stanley Kubrick) and critic before moving on to directing with The Watchmaker of Saint-Paul, his first critical success, which led to a long collaboration with the actor Philippe Noiret (Let the Party Begin..., The Judge and the Assassin, Coup de torchon, Life and Nothing But, The Daughter of d'Artagnan). Eclectic, he tackled several cinematographic genres, from the dramatic comedy (A Sunday in the Country, Daddy Nostalgia) to the war film (Captain Conan) through the historical film (Pass, The Princess of Montpensier) or the thriller (L.627, The Bait). Several of his films have won awards, in France and abroad (including Autour de minuit which won an Oscar and was nominated for a Golden Globe). He was president of the Lumière Institute from 1982, the year the Institute was created, until his death. He is the father of director and actor Nils Tavernier and novelist Tiffany Tavernier.
Known For
Self
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Self
Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires
Self - Narrator (voice)
La Guerre sans nom
Self (archive footage)
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Self
Sous le nom de Melville
Self
L'Univers de Jacques Demy
Self
Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans
Self
Pictures of Europe
Self (archive footage)
Avant minuit
L'étrange regard de Monsieur Mark
Un journaliste TV (voice)
Quai d’Orsay
Self
Romy Schneider - Eine Frau in drei Noten
Self
Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma
Self
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Self - Director
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Boulangère de Monceau
Narrator (uncredited)
Daddy Nostalgie
Self (cinéaste)
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Self
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Narrator
The Lumière Brothers' First Films
Narrator
Sortie des cineastes, 1995
Self
Cineastes en acció
Self
Jean-Pierre Melville et L’armée des ombres
Self
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin
Self
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self
Gershwin
Self
Un Américain nommé Kazan
Self
M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier
Self
François Truffaut: Portraits volés
Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Self
Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible
Self
Les secrets de la belle endormie
Self
À l'ombre d'Hollywood
Self
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
Self
Voyage à travers le cinéma français
Le narrateur
Un dimanche à la campagne
Michael Powell
Lui-même
De l'autre côté du périph
Self
Lumière, l’aventure continue
Un homme du pouvoir (uncredited)
Touche pas à la femme blanche
Himself
La RKO, une aventure hollywoodienne
Lui-même
Seuls sont les indomptés
Self
Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau
Lui-même
Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme
Souvenirs De Voyage
Himself
L'homme au cigare
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
46
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-04-25
Place of Birth
Lyon, Rhône, France
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