Bertrand Tavernier
Born: 1941-04-25 in Lyon, Rhône, France
Died: 2021-03-25
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2024
- Lumière, Le Cinéma! as Self
2020
- Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible as Self (archive footage)
- Les Secrets de la belle endormie as Self
2019
2018
- Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure as Self
2017
2016
- Lumière! ... (Producer)
- My Journey Through French Cinema as Self
- Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires as Self
- M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier as Self
2015
2014
- Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau as Self
2013
- The French Minister as Un journaliste TV (voice)
2012
- In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin as Self
2011
- Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » as Self (cinéaste)
2010
- The Princess of Montpensier ... (Director)
- Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma as Self
- Code Name: Melville as Self
- RKO, A Story made in Hollywood as Himself
2009
- In the Electric Mist ... (Director)
2008
2006
- Filmmakers in Action as Self
2005
2004
- Holy Lola ... (Screenplay)
- The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis
2003
- Seuls sont les indomptés as Lui-même
- Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic as Self
- Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes ... (Thanks)
2002
- L'Invité as Self
- Safe Conduct ... (Director)
- Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows as Self
2001
- Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon ... (Director)
- Don't Make Trouble! ... (Co-Producer)
- My Father Saved My Life ... (Writer)
2000
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self - Director
- In the Shadow of Hollywood as Self
1999
- It All Starts Today ... (Writer)
1997
- Fred ... (Executive Producer)
- Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz as Self
- The Other Side of the Tracks as Lui-même
1996
- Captain Conan ... (Screenplay)
- Télévision (histoires secrètes) as Self (archive footage)
- The Lumière Brothers' First Films as Narrator
1995
- The World of Jacques Demy as Self
- Fresh Bait ... (Director)
- The Cineastes' Exit as Narrator
1994
- D'Artagnan's Daughter ... (Director)
- The Troubles We've Seen ... (Producer)
1993
- Gershwin as Self
- François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits as Self
- The Young Girls Turn 25 as Self
- Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II as Self
1992
- L.627 ... (Screenplay)
- The Undeclared War as Self - Narrator (voice)
1991
- Lest We Forget ... (Director)
1990
- Daddy Nostalgia as Narrator (uncredited)
- Pictures of Europe as Self
1989
- Life and Nothing But ... (Screenplay)
1988
1987
- Beatrice ... (Director)
1986
- 'Round Midnight ... (Director)
- Before Midnight as Self (archive footage)
1984
- Mississippi Blues ... (Director)
- A Sunday in the Country as Le narrateur
- Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme as Lui-même
1981
- Coup de Torchon ... (Director)
1980
- Death Watch ... (Screenplay)
- A Week's Vacation ... (Director)
1977
- Spoiled Children ... (Screenplay)
- The Question ... (Producer)
1976
- The Judge and the Assassin ... (Director)
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Let Joy Reign Supreme ... (Screenplay)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- The Watchmaker of St. Paul ... (Director)
- Don't Touch the White Woman! as Un homme du pouvoir (uncredited)
1972
- Midi trente as Self
1969
- Paranoia ... (Assistant Director)
1968
- Guerilla Hellcats ... (Writer)
1967
- Mexican Slayride ... (Writer)
1966
- A Matter of Honor ... (First Assistant Director)
1964
- Chance at Love ... (Writer)
- Les baisers ... (Director)
1963
- Contempt ... (Publicist)
- The Bakery Girl of Monceau as Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962
- Le Doulos ... (Publicist)
1961
- Léon Morin, Priest ... (Assistant Director)