Bertrand Blier

Biography

Bertrand Blier (14 March 1939 – 20 January 2025) was a French film director and writer. His 1978 film Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. He was the son of famous French actor Bernard Blier. His 1996 film Mon Homme was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. His 2005 film How Much Do You Love Me? was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver George for Best Director. A defence of Blier's work until 2000 was written by Sue Harris, Queen Mary College, London and published in 2001 by Manchester University Press. With his former wife Françoise, to whom he was married for twenty years, he had a daughter named Béatrice. He also had a son, Léonard, born 1993, with actress Anouk Grinberg. He was married to actress Farida Rahouadj, with whom he has a daughter named Leila. Source: Article "Bertrand Blier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Directed

1. Going Places (1974) — Director
2. Buffet Froid (1979) — Director
3. The Clink of Ice (2010) — Director
4. Ménage (1986) — Director
5. How Much Do You Love Me? (2005) — Director
6. Beau Pere (1981) — Director
7. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) — Director
8. Femmes Fatales (1976) — Director
9. Too Beautiful for You (1989) — Director
10. Wide Load (2019) — Director
11. Actors (2000) — Director
12. My Best Friend's Girl (1983) — Director
13. Thank You, Life (1991) — Director
14. Our Story (1984) — Director
15. My Man (1996) — Director
16. One, Two, Three, Sun (1993) — Director
17. The Chops (2003) — Director
18. Hitler - Never Heard of Him (1963) — Director
19. If I Were a Spy (1967) — Director
20. La Grimace (1966) — Director

Also appeared in

1. All About Actresses (2009) — Bertrand Blier
2. Actors (2000) — Bertrand Blier (uncredited)
3. Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011) — Self
4. Patrick Dewaere, My Hero (2022) — Self - director
5. The Clouzot Scandal (2017) — Self
6. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
7. L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023) — Self (archive footage)
8. E. M. Cioran. Sa vie. Son oeuvre (1999) — Self
9. Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
10. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
11. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
12. A City Runs Through the Festival (2007) — Self
13. Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs (2010) — Self
14. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
15. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
16. Feet in the Mayonnaise: The Irreverent Ones of the 70s (2022) — Self - director (archive footage)
17. Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
18. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
19. Vidéo Club (2018) — Self
20. Bertrand Blier, Maverick Filmmaker (2008) — Self (archive)
21. Marcello… (2022) — Self
22. Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté (2015) — Self
23. A Look Through His Lens (2024) — Self
24. Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel (2017) — Self
25. Les acteurs - Making of (2004) — Lui-même