Bertrand Tavernier(1941-2021)

Director
Writer
Producer

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Bertrand Tavernier

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Voyage à travers le cinéma français (2016)

Bertrand Tavernier was the son of Geneviève (Dumond) and René Tavernier, who was a publicist, writer, and president of the French PEN club. He was a law student that preferred write film criticisms. He also wrote a few books about American movies. Then his first film won a few awards in France and abroad and established his reputation.

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Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 51 wins & 53 nominations total

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Known for

Un dimanche à la campagne (1984)

Un dimanche à la campagne

7.4

Director

1984

Capitaine Conan (1996)

Capitaine Conan

7.2

Director

1996

L'horloger de Saint-Paul (1974)

L'horloger de Saint-Paul

7.1

Director

1974

Ça commence aujourd'hui (1999)

Ça commence aujourd'hui

7.4

Director

1999

Credits

Director

Voyages à travers le cinéma français
8.9
TV Series
- Director
- 2017
Voyage à travers le cinéma français
7.7
- Director
- 2016
Quai d'Orsay
6.4
- Director
- 2013
La princesse de Montpensier
6.5
- Director
- 2010
Dans la brume électrique
6.1
- Director
- 2009
Holy Lola
6.5
- Director
- 2004
Laissez-passer
6.9
- Director
- 2002
Les enfants de Thiès
TV Movie
- Director
- 2001
Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon
7.2
- Director
- 2001
Ça commence aujourd'hui
7.4
- Director
- 1999
De l'autre côté du périph
7.1
TV Movie
- Director
- 1997
The Lumière Brothers' First Films
8.1
- Director
- 1996
Capitaine Conan
7.2
- Director
- 1996
L'appât
6.8
- Director
- 1995
La Fille de d'Artagnan
5.8
- Director
- 1994

Writer

Voyages à travers le cinéma français
8.9
TV Series
- writer
- 2017
Voyage à travers le cinéma français
7.7
- writer
- 2016
Quai d'Orsay
6.4
- written by
- 2013
La princesse de Montpensier
6.5
- Writer
- 2010
Lucifer et moi
5.3
- writer
- 2008
Holy Lola
6.5
- Writer
- 2004
Laissez-passer
6.9
- screenplay
- 2002
Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie
6.8
- Writer
- 2001
Ça commence aujourd'hui
7.4
- writer
- 1999
Capitaine Conan
7.2
- screenplay
- 1996
L'appât
6.8
- written by
- 1995
La Fille de d'Artagnan
5.8
- adaptation
- 1994
L.627
7.2
- written by
- 1992
La guerre sans nom
7.6
- Writer
- 1992
Daddy Nostalgie
6.8
- dialogue
- 1990

Producer

Geronimo présenté par Bertrand Tavernier
Video
- producer
- 2016
Lumière ! L'aventure commence
8.1
- producer
- 2016
Pas d'histoires!
6.5
- co-producer
- 2001
Fred
6.2
- executive producer
- 1997
Veillées d'armes
7.9
- producer
- 1994
Un dimanche à la campagne
7.4
- producer
- 1984
La trace
7.0
- associate producer
- 1983
Mississippi Blues
6.6
- producer
- 1983
Une semaine de vacances
6.6
- producer
- 1980
La Mort en direct
6.5
- co-producer
- 1980
La question
7.0
- producer
- 1977

Videos7

"A Moment Alone"

"A Moment Alone"

Baby Feet

Baby Feet

Long Night

In the Electric Mist

Interview 27:10

In the Electric Mist

My Journey through French Cinema

My Journey through French Cinema

Clean Slate

Personal details

Official sites
- Cinéclub
- Encyclopedia
Height
- 1.85 m
Born
- April 25, 1941
- Lyon, Rhône, France
Died
- March 25, 2021
- Sainte-Maxime, Var, France(complications from pancreatitis)
Spouses
Children
Parents
- René Tavernier
Other works
Bertrand is responsible for the French translation of the autobiographies of Michael Powell. The first, "Une vie dans le cinema" has been published.
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Trivia
Was at high-school with Volker Schlöndorff.

Quotes
When I do a film, I like to not only be involved with the emotion, but also the context around the character. I want to show the environment and I want, sometimes, to deal with social and political issues because they are organic to the jobs of people.

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