Anecdotes

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990

Long time companion of Anouk Grinberg (1 child) .

His films are distinguished by a resolutely nonconformist and iconoclastic style , which sometimes comes close to that of Jean-Pierre Mocky in its criticism of bourgeois morals and the rehabilitation of bodily pleasures, but his model in this field remains above all Luis Buñuel .

His 1978 film Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.

Bertrand Blier was a French film director and writer.

He received the "Étoiles d'or du cinéma français" for best screenplay in 2011 for Étoiles d'or du cinéma français (The Sound of Ice Cubes).

He was rewarded with the "Grand prix du Festival de Cannes" in 1989 for his movie 'Trop belle pour toi'. For this movie he also received the "César du cinéma" in the categories best film, best director and best original screenplay or adaptation.

Les Côtelettes was an adaptation of his own play, and the reception at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival was scathing. He directed two sacred monsters of French cinema, Philippe Noiret and Michel Bouquet.

Bertrand Blier first became known in 1963 for directing the documentary Hitler, sais pas.

Bertrand Blier directed his father Bernard (three collaborations) in If I Were a Spy (1967), Calmos (1976) and Buffet froid (1979).

The Bronze Horse was given to him in Stockholm 1993 at the Stockholm International Film Festival for his movie "Un, deux, trois, soleil".

His 1996 film Mon Homme was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.

His 2005 film "Combien tu m'aimes ?" (How Much Do You Love Me?) was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver George for Best Director.

He opened the 2000s with "Les Acteurs", a grand fresco on his passion for actors, inviting a prestigious cast and a mise en abyme on a profession that fascinates him. The film ends with a tribute to Pierre Brasseur and Bernard Blier. However, the feature film was a critical and commercial failure.

For his first feature film, he directed his own father, Bernard Blier, in "Si j'étais un espion" (If I Were a Spy), released in 1967.

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.

He received a Honorary Award at the Istanbul International Film Festival in 1998.

He directed Gérard Depardieu eight times, revealing him to the general public and participating in the rise of his acting career until the end of the 1980s.

In December 2023, he was a signatory of the controversial column "Don't erase Gérard Depardieu", aimed in particular at defending the presumption of innocence of Gérard Depardieu, then accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 127-133. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.