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Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier

Director · Born 1941-04-25 · Lyon, Rhône, France

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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.

Directed

  1. In the Electric Mist (2009) — Director
  2. The French Minister (2013) — Director
  3. The Princess of Montpensier (2010) — Director
  4. Coup de Torchon (1981) — Director
  5. The Judge and the Assassin (1976) — Director
  6. D'Artagnan's Daughter (1994) — Director
  7. The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974) — Director
  8. Death Watch (1980) — Director
  9. 'Round Midnight (1986) — Director
  10. L.627 (1992) — Director
  11. A Sunday in the Country (1984) — Director
  12. Captain Conan (1996) — Director
  13. Life and Nothing But (1989) — Director
  14. Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975) — Director
  15. Fresh Bait (1995) — Director
  16. It All Starts Today (1999) — Director
  17. Safe Conduct (2002) — Director
  18. Holy Lola (2004) — Director
  19. A Week's Vacation (1980) — Director
  20. Beatrice (1987) — Director
  21. Spoiled Children (1977) — Director
  22. Daddy Nostalgia (1990) — Director
  23. My Journey Through French Cinema (2016) — Director
  24. The Undeclared War (1992) — Director
  25. Mississippi Blues (1984) — Director
  26. Journeys Through French Cinema (2017) — Director
  27. Lest We Forget (1991) — Director
  28. Chance at Love (1964) — Director
  29. Les baisers (1964) — Director
  30. Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon (2001) — Director
  31. The Other Side of the Tracks (1997) — Director
  32. Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme (1984) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The French Minister (2013) — Un journaliste TV (voice)
  2. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963) — Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  3. A Sunday in the Country (1984) — Le narrateur
  4. Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974) — Un homme du pouvoir (uncredited)
  5. Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988) — Self
  6. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993) — Self
  7. Daddy Nostalgia (1990) — Narrator (uncredited)
  8. The World of Jacques Demy (1995) — Self
  9. Lumière, Le Cinéma! (2024) — Self
  10. The Lumière Brothers' First Films (1996) — Narrator
  11. My Journey Through French Cinema (2016) — Self
  12. Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997) — Self
  13. Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible (2020) — Self (archive footage)
  14. Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) — Self - Director
  15. François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993) — Self
  16. Code Name: Melville (2010) — Self
  17. The Undeclared War (1992) — Self - Narrator (voice)
  18. Filmmakers in Action (2006) — Self
  19. Journeys Through French Cinema (2017) — Self
  20. Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018) — Self
  21. An American Named Kazan (2019) — Self
  22. Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta (2019) — Self
  23. Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic (2003) — Self
  24. Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993) — Self
  25. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
  26. L'Invité (2002) — Self
  27. Before Midnight (1986) — Self (archive footage)
  28. Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes (2008) — Self
  29. Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows (2002) — Self
  30. Gershwin (1993) — Self
  31. In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000) — Self
  32. Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran (2015) — Self
  33. The Other Side of the Tracks (1997) — Lui-même
  34. Seuls sont les indomptés (2003) — Lui-même
  35. Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme (1984) — Lui-même
  36. L'homme au cigare — Himself
  37. Télévision (histoires secrètes) (1996) — Self (archive footage)
  38. Midi trente (1972) — Self
  39. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
  40. Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires (2016) — Self