Bertrand Tavernier
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.
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Movies (85)
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
2024 · Self
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Les Secrets de la belle endormie
2020 · Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019 · Self
An American Named Kazan
2019 · Self
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018 · Self
Souvenirs de Voyage
2017
My Journey Through French Cinema
2016 · Self, Director
Lumière!
2016 · Producer
M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier
2016 · Self
Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires
2016 · Self
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
2015 · Self
Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau
2014 · Self
The French Minister
2013 · Un journaliste TV (voice), Writer, Director
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin
2012 · Self
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011 · Self (cinéaste)
The Princess of Montpensier
2010 · Director, Screenplay
Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma
2010 · Self
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
2010 · Himself
Code Name: Melville
2010 · Self
En el centro de la tormenta
2009 · Director
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
2008 · Self
Filmmakers in Action
2006 · Self
Michael Powell
2005
Holy Lola
2004 · Screenplay, Director
The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis
2004
Seuls sont les indomptés
2003 · Lui-même
Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic
2003 · Self
Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes
2003 · Thanks
Safe Conduct
2002 · Director, Screenplay
Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows
2002 · Self
Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon
2001 · Director
My Father Saved My Life
2001 · Writer
Don't Make Trouble!
2001 · Co-Producer
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self - Director
In the Shadow of Hollywood
2000 · Self
It All Starts Today
1999 · Director, Writer
The Other Side of the Tracks
1997 · Lui-même, Director
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
1997 · Self
Fred
1997 · Executive Producer
Captain Conan
1996 · Director, Screenplay
The Lumière Brothers' First Films
1996 · Narrator
The World of Jacques Demy
1995 · Self
Fresh Bait
1995 · Director, Writer
The Cineastes' Exit
1995 · Narrator
The Troubles We've Seen
1994 · Producer
D'Artagnan's Daughter
1994 · Director
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
1993 · Self
Gershwin
1993 · Self
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993 · Self
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993 · Self
L.627
1992 · Director, Screenplay
The Undeclared War
1992 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Lest We Forget
1991 · Director
Daddy Nostalgia
1990 · Narrator (uncredited), Director, Writer
Pictures of Europe
1990 · Self
Life and Nothing But
1989 · Screenplay, Director
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988 · Self
Beatrice
1987 · Director
'Round Midnight
1986 · Director, Writer
Before Midnight
1986 · Self (archive footage)
Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme
1984 · Lui-même, Director
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Director
A Sunday in the Country
1984 · Le narrateur, Screenplay, Director, Producer
Coup de Torchon
1981 · Director, Writer
The Making of "Coup de Torchon"
1981 · Self
A Week's Vacation
1980 · Director, Writer, Producer
Death Watch
1980 · Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
Spoiled Children
1977 · Screenplay, Director
The Question
1977 · Producer
The Judge and the Assassin
1976 · Director, Writer
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975 · Director, Screenplay
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974 · Un homme du pouvoir (uncredited)
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
1974 · Director, Writer
Paranoia
1969 · Assistant Director
Guerilla Hellcats
1968 · Writer
Mexican Slayride
1967 · Writer
A Matter of Honor
1966 · First Assistant Director
Chance at Love
1964 · Writer, Director
Les baisers
1964 · Director
Contempt
1963 · Publicist
The Bakery Girl of Monceau
1963 · Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Le Doulos
1962 · Publicist
Léon Morin, Priest
1961 · Assistant Director
L'homme au cigare
· Himself
