Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, producer and writer, born on April 25, 1941 in Lyon 6th, and died onMarch 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 [ 2 ] . He is the father of director and actor Nils Tavernier and novelist Tiffany Tavernier producer.

Known For: Directing

Born: Lyon, Rhône, France, 1941-04-25

Died: 2021-03-25

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	The Bakery Girl of Monceau	Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	69
2	1974	Don't Touch the White Woman!	Un homme du pouvoir (uncredited)	55
3	1984	A Sunday in the Country	Le narrateur	70
4	1986	Before Midnight	Self (archive footage)	40
5	1988	Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie	Self	70
6	1990	Pictures of Europe	Self	0
7	1990	Daddy Nostalgia	Narrator (uncredited)	71
8	1992	The Undeclared War	Self - Narrator (voice)	82
9	1993	François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits	Self	51
10	1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Self	71
11	1993	Gershwin	Self	0
12	1993	Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II	Self	100
13	1995	The Cineastes' Exit	Narrator	0
14	1995	The World of Jacques Demy	Self	68
15	1996	The Lumière Brothers' First Films	Narrator	69
16	1997	Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz	Self	72
17	1997	The Other Side of the Tracks	Lui-même	0
18	2000	In the Shadow of Hollywood	Self	0
19	2000	Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows	Self - Director	71
20	2002	Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows	Self	50
21	2003	Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic	Self	70
22	2004	The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis		0
23	2005	Michael Powell		0
24	2006	Filmmakers in Action	Self	68
25	2008	Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes	Self	100
26	2010	Code Name: Melville	Self	67
27	2010	RKO, A Story made in Hollywood	Himself	0
28	2010	Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma	Self	0
29	2011	Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »	Self (cinéaste)	0
30	2012	In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin	Self	0
31	2013	The French Minister	Un journaliste TV (voice)	60
32	2015	Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran	Self	10
33	2016	Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires	Self	0
34	2016	M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier	Self	0
35	2016	My Journey Through French Cinema	Self	75
36	2018	Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure	Self	90
37	2019	An American Named Kazan	Self	60
38	2019	Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta	Sé stesso	85
39	2020	Les secrets de la belle endormie	Self	0
40	2020	Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible	Self (archive footage)	75
41	2024	Lumière! The Adventure Continues	Self	72

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
2	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self	0
3	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
4	1996	Télévision (histoires secrètes)	Self (archive footage)	100
5	2002	L'Invité	Self	45
6	2017	Journeys Through French Cinema	Self	80

Bertrand Tavernier

Film

Television