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Bertrand Tavernier

Directing

Born April 25, 1941 · Lyon, Rhône, France

Died March 25, 2021

Biography

Bertrand Tavernier was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Awards & recognition

  • Annual award ACFK · 2014
  • César Award — Best Director · 1997
  • Golden Bear · 1995
  • BAFTA Award — Best Film Not in the English Language · 1990
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award — Best Foreign Language Film · 1990
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  • European Film Academy Special Jury Award · 1989
  • César Award — Best Adaptation · 1985
  • Cannes Best Director Award · 1984
  • National Board of Review Award — Best Foreign Language Film · 1984
  • César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1977
  • César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1976
  • César Award — Best Director · 1976
  • Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize · 1974
  • Louis Delluc Prize · 1973
  • Jean-Le-Duc award
  • César Award — Best Adaptation · 2014 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Adaptation · 2011 · nominated
  • Goya Award — Best European Film · 2000 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Director · 1997 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Film · 1997 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1997 · nominated
  • European Film Award — Best Film · 1997 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Director · 1993 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Film · 1993 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1993 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Film Not in the English Language · 1990 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1990 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Film · 1990 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Director · 1990 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Film Not in the English Language · 1985 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Adaptation · 1985 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Director · 1985 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Film · 1985 · nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Director · 1984 · nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Screenplay · 1984 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Film · 1982 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Director · 1982 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1982 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1981 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1977 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Director · 1977 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Film · 1977 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Film · 1976 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Director · 1976 · nominated
  • César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1976 · nominated

Filmography33 titles

The Undeclared War

1992as Self - Narrator (voice)

My Journey Through French Cinema

2016as Self

Le Doulos

1962Publicist

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000as Self - Director

Daddy Nostalgia

1990as Narrator (uncredited)

Life and Nothing But

1989Director, Screenplay

It All Starts Today

1999Director, Writer

The Young Girls Turn 25

1993as Self

L.627

1992Director, Screenplay

Hôtel Terminus

1988as Self

'Round Midnight

1986Director, Writer

Mississippi Blues

1984Director

Léon Morin, Priest

1961Assistant Director

Lumière, Le Cinéma!

2024as Self

Coup de torchon

1981Director, Writer

Contempt

1963Publicist

The World of Jacques Demy

1995as Self

A Sunday in the Country

1984as Le narrateur

The Judge and the Assassin

1976Director, Writer

The Clockmaker

1974Director, Writer

The Bakery Girl of Monceau

1963as Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Captain Conan

1996Director, Screenplay

Safe Conduct

2002Director, Screenplay

The Princess of Montpensier

2010Director, Screenplay

Let Joy Reign Supreme

1975Director, Screenplay

Death Watch

1980Co-Producer, Director, Screenplay

A Week's Vacation

1980Director, Producer, Writer

Spoiled Children

1977Director, Screenplay

In the Electric Mist

2009Director

The French Minister

2013as Un journaliste TV (voice)

Beatrice

1987Director

Paranoia

1969Assistant Director

Revenge of the Musketeers

1994Director