Bertrand Tavernier

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

52

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-04-25

Day of death

2021-03-25 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Lyon, Rhône, France

Bertrand Tavernier

Biography

Bertrand Tavernier was a French director, screenwriter, producer and writer, born on April 25, 1941 in Lyon, and died on March 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. He is the father of director and actor Nils Tavernier and novelist Tiffany Tavernier.

Known For

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • L'Invité

    L'Invité

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • Daddy Nostalgia

    Daddy Nostalgia

  • Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran

    Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran

  • Michael Powell

    Michael Powell

  • The French Minister

    The French Minister

  • The Bakery Girl of Monceau

    The Bakery Girl of Monceau

  • Gershwin

    Gershwin

  • Filmmakers in Action

    Filmmakers in Action

  • Don't Touch the White Woman!

    Don't Touch the White Woman!

  • Code Name: Melville

    Code Name: Melville

  • The World of Jacques Demy

    The World of Jacques Demy

  • Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes

    Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes

  • Les secrets de la belle endormie

    Les secrets de la belle endormie

  • A Sunday in the Country

    A Sunday in the Country

  • Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

    Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

  • Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

    Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

  • François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

    François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

  • Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

  • Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

    Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

  • Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires

    Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires

  • Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

    Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

  • Lumière! The Adventure Continues

    Lumière! The Adventure Continues

  • An American Named Kazan

    An American Named Kazan

  • Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »

    Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »

  • Pictures of Europe

    Pictures of Europe

  • Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme

    Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme

  • The Young Girls Turn 25

    The Young Girls Turn 25

  • Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

    Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

  • RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

    RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

  • In the Shadow of Hollywood

    In the Shadow of Hollywood

  • Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

    Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

  • Journeys Through French Cinema

    Journeys Through French Cinema

  • Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma

    Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma

  • L'homme au cigare

    L'homme au cigare

  • The Other Side of the Tracks

    The Other Side of the Tracks

  • Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows

    Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows

  • Télévision (histoires secrètes)

    Télévision (histoires secrètes)

  • In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin

    In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin

  • Before Midnight

    Before Midnight

  • Souvenirs De Voyage

    Souvenirs De Voyage

  • The Lumière Brothers' First Films

    The Lumière Brothers' First Films

  • Seuls sont les indomptés

    Seuls sont les indomptés

  • Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau

    Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau

  • My Journey Through French Cinema

    My Journey Through French Cinema

  • The Cineastes' Exit

    The Cineastes' Exit

  • Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic

    Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic

  • The Undeclared War

    The Undeclared War

  • The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis

    The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis

  • M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier

    M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier