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Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier

25 April 1941 - 25 March 2021

ActivitiesDirector, Executive Producer, Adaptation, Screenwriter, Dialogue Writer, Assistant Director, Producer, Associate Producer, Line Producer, Voice, Co-producer, Casting, Narrator, Participant

SecteurCinema

Bertrand Tavernier

Filmography(54)

Lumière!

(2016)

Jacques Tourneur the Medium (Filming the Invisible)

(2015)

A Journey Through French Cinema

(2015)

Quai d'Orsay

(2012)

The Princess of Montpensier

(2010)

In the Electric Mist

(2007)

Lucifer et moi

(2005)

Holy Lola

(2004)

Histoires de vies brisées - Les "double peine" de Lyon

(2001)

Safe Conduct

(2000)

My Father

(2000)

It All Starts Today

(1999)

Lumières sur un massacre : La lettre

(1997)

Fred

(1996)

Captain Conan

(1996)

The Bait

(1995)

The Troubles We've Seen, A History of Journalism in Wartime - First Journey

(1994)

The Troubles We've Seen, A History of Journalism in Wartime - Second Journey

(1994)

D'Artagnan's Daughter / Revenge of the Musketeers

(1994)

The Young Girls Turn 25

(1993)

The World of Jacques Demy

(1993)

François Truffaut : Stolen Portraits

(1993)

L.627

(1992)

The Undeclared War

(1991)

Against Oblivion

(1991)

The Old Lady who Walked in the Sea

(1991)

Daddy Nostalgia / These Foolish Things

(1990)

Life and Nothing But

(1989)

Klaus Barbie, His Life and Times

(1988)

Beatrice

(1987)

April Is A Deadly Month

(1987)

'Round Midnight

(1986)

A Sunday in the Country

(1984)

The Trail

(1983)

Mississippi Blues

(1982)

Coup de torchon

(1981)

A Week's Vacation

(1980)

Death Watch

(1979)

Rue du Pied-de-Grue

(1979)

Spoiled Children

(1977)

The Question

(1977)

The Judge and the Assassin

(1976)

Let Joy Reign Supreme

(1975)

The Clockmaker of Saint-Paul

(1973)

Los Hijos de Fierro

(1971)

Orgasm

(1968)

Capitaine Singrid

(1968)

Question d'honneur

(1966)

Mexican Slayride

(1966)

The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules

(1964)

Chance at Love

(1964)

The Bakery Girl of Monceau

(1963)

Les Baisers

(1963)

Léon Morin, Priest

(1961)

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Bertrand Tavernier - © Etienne George (Little Bear/Pathé Production/

© Etienne George (Little Bear/Pathé Production/

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News & awards

News (66)

All the French films at the 76th Cannes Film Festival

All the French films at the 76th Cannes Film Festival

11 MAY 2023

Gad Elmaleh the guest of honor at the 20th French Film Festival in Israel

Gad Elmaleh the guest of honor at the 20th French Film Festival in Israel

10 MARCH 2023

Festivals & events

Selections (9)

Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2014
Best Screen Adaptation : Quai d'Orsay
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2011
Best Screen Adaptation : The Princess of Montpensier
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1997
Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) : Captain Conan
Best Director : Captain Conan
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1993
Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) : L.627
Best Director : L.627

Awards (6)

Venice International Film Festival
Italy, 2015
Lion d'or d'honneur
San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF)
Spain, 2013
Prix du meilleur scénario : Quai d'Orsay
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1997
César Award for Best Director : Captain Conan
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1985
César Award for Best Adapted Screenplay : A Sunday in the Country

Delegations (32)

Rome Film Fest
Italy, 2019
Director
Richmond French Film Festival
United States, 2017
Director : A Journey Through French Cinema
New York Film Festival (NYFF)
United States, 2016
Director : A Journey Through French Cinema
San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF)
Spain, 2016
Director : A Journey Through French Cinema

People listed in the same film credits or the same companies

Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret

Frédéric Bourboulon

Frédéric Bourboulon

Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda - © Matias Indjic / UniFrance

Philippe Torreton

Philippe Torreton

Thierry Frémaux

Thierry Frémaux - © Brigitte Lacombe

Marcel Ophüls

Marcel Ophüls

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert - © Marie Rouge / Unifrance

Sabine Azéma

Sabine Azéma

Jacques Gamblin

Jacques Gamblin - © Sophie Robichon

Alain Mazars

Alain Mazars

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Nils Tavernier

Nils Tavernier - © Philippe Quaisse / UniFrance

François Ozon

François Ozon - © Philippe Quaisse / Unifrance

Marie Gillain

Marie Gillain

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

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