Bertrand Tavernier
- Directing
- April 25, 1941 · Lyon, Rhône, France
- March 25, 2021
Biography
Bertrand Tavernier was a French director, screenwriter, producer and writer, born on April 25, 1941 in Lyon, and died on March 25, 2021 in 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
Filmography
- Lumière, Le Cinéma! · Self
- Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible · Self
- Les Secrets de la belle endormie · Self
- Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta · Self
- An American Named Kazan · Self
- Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure · Self
- Journeys Through French Cinema · Self, Director
- Souvenirs de Voyage
- My Journey Through French Cinema · Self, Director
- Lumière! · Producer
- M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier · Self
- Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires · Self
- Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran · Self
- Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau · Self
- The French Minister · Un journaliste TV (Voice), Writer
- In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin · Self
- Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » · Self
- The Princess of Montpensier · Director, Screenplay
- Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma · Self
- RKO, A Story made in Hollywood · Self
- Code Name: Melville · Self
- In the Electric Mist · Director
- Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes · Self
- Filmmakers in Action · Self
- Michael Powell
- Holy Lola · Screenplay, Director
- The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis
- Seuls sont les indomptés · Lui-même
- Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic · Self
- Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes · Thanks
- Safe Conduct · Director, Screenplay
- Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows · Self
- L'Invité · Self
- Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon · Director
- My Father Saved My Life · Writer
- Don't Make Trouble! · Co-producer
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows · Self
- In the Shadow of Hollywood · Self
- It All Starts Today · Director, Writer
- The Other Side of the Tracks · Lui-même, Director
- Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz · Self
- Fred · Executive producer
- Captain Conan · Director, Screenplay
- The Lumière Brothers' First Films · Narrator
- Télévision (histoires secrètes) · Self
- The World of Jacques Demy · Self
- Fresh Bait · Director, Writer
- The Cineastes' Exit · Narrator
- The Troubles We've Seen · Producer
- D'Artagnan's Daughter · Director
- Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II · Self
- Gershwin · Self
- The Young Girls Turn 25 · Self
- François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits · Self
- L.627 · Director, Screenplay
- The Undeclared War · Self, Director
- Lest We Forget · Director
- Daddy Nostalgia · Narrator (uncredited), Director
- Pictures of Europe · Self
- Life and Nothing But · Screenplay, Director
- Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie · Self
- Beatrice · Director
- 'Round Midnight · Director, Writer
- Before Midnight · Self
- Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme · Lui-même, Director
- Mississippi Blues · Director
- A Sunday in the Country · Le narrateur, Screenplay
- Coup de Torchon · Director, Writer
- A Week's Vacation · Director, Writer
- Death Watch · Director, Screenplay
- Ciné regards · Self
- Spoiled Children · Screenplay, Director
- The Question · Producer
- The Judge and the Assassin · Director, Writer
- Let Joy Reign Supreme · Director, Screenplay
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · Self
- Spécial cinéma · Self
- Don't Touch the White Woman! · Un homme du pouvoir (uncredited)
- The Watchmaker of St. Paul · Director, Writer
- Midi trente · Self