Person
Bertrand Tavernier
Lyon, Rhône, France
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…
IMDbKnown for
Popular titles
Photos
More stills of Bertrand Tavernier
Biography
A closer look
Read full 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
Movies and shows, newest first
-
2024
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
Movie Self
-
2020
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2020
Les Secrets de la belle endormie
Movie Self
- 2019
-
2019
An American Named Kazan
Movie Self
-
2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Movie Self
-
2017
Journeys Through French Cinema
TV show Self
-
2017
Souvenirs de Voyage
Movie
-
2016
My Journey Through French Cinema
Movie Self
-
2016
Lumière!
Movie Producer
-
2016
M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier
Movie Self
-
2016
Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires
Movie Self
-
2015
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
Movie Self
-
2014
Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau
Movie Self
-
2013
The French Minister
Movie Un journaliste TV (voice)
-
2012
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin
Movie Self
More credits
-
2011
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Movie Self (cinéaste)
-
2010
The Princess of Montpensier
Movie Director
-
2010
Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma
Movie Self
-
2010
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
Movie Himself
-
2010
Code Name: Melville
Movie Self
-
2009
In the Electric Mist
Movie Director
-
2008
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
Movie Self
-
2006
Filmmakers in Action
Movie Self
-
2005
Michael Powell
Movie
-
2004
Holy Lola
Movie Screenplay
- 2004
-
2003
Seuls sont les indomptés
Movie Lui-même
-
2003
Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic
Movie Self
-
2003
Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes
Movie Thanks
-
2002
Safe Conduct
Movie Director
-
2002
L'Invité
TV show Self
-
2002
Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows
Movie Self
-
2001
Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon
Movie Director
-
2001
My Father Saved My Life
Movie Writer
-
2001
Don't Make Trouble!
Movie Co-Producer
-
2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Movie Self - Director
-
2000
In the Shadow of Hollywood
Movie Self
-
1999
It All Starts Today
Movie Writer
-
1997
The Other Side of the Tracks
Movie Lui-même
