Bertrand Tavernier
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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
Credits
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993)
as Self
Lumière, Le Cinéma! (2024)
as Self
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993)
as Self
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
as Self
A Sunday in the Country (1984)
as Le narrateur
Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
as Un homme du pouvoir (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)
as Self - Director
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018)
as Self
The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
as Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Powell (2005)
Actor
Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma (2010)
as Self
Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
as Narrator (uncredited)
The French Minister (2013)
as Un journaliste TV (voice)
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
as Self
Gershwin (1993)
as Self
Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic (2003)
as Self
Filmmakers in Action (2006)
as Self
Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau (2014)
as Self
Pictures of Europe (1990)
as Self
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes (2008)
as Self
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran (2015)
as Self
The Other Side of the Tracks (1997)
as Lui-même
Seuls sont les indomptés (2003)
as Lui-même
Code Name: Melville (2010)
as Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta (2019)
as Self
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)
as Self
An American Named Kazan (2019)
as Self
Les Secrets de la belle endormie (2020)
as Self
In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)
as Self
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » (2011)
as Self (cinéaste)
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
as Self
Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows (2002)
as Self
Before Midnight (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires (2016)
as Self
The Undeclared War (1992)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin (2012)
as Self
My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
as Self
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood (2010)
as Himself
Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme (1984)
as Lui-même
The Lumière Brothers' First Films (1996)
as Narrator
The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis (2004)
Actor
L'homme au cigare (—)
as Himself
Souvenirs de Voyage (2017)
Actor
The Cineastes' Exit (1995)
as Narrator
M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier (2016)
as Self