Bertrand Tavernier
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.
Acting
Movie
The French Minister
as Un journaliste TV (voice)
2013
Movie
The Bakery Girl of Monceau
as Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1963
Movie
A Sunday in the Country
as Le narrateur
1984
Movie
Don't Touch the White Woman!
as Un homme du pouvoir (uncredited)
1974
Movie
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
as Self
1988
Movie
The Young Girls Turn 25
as Self
1993
Movie
Daddy Nostalgia
as Narrator (uncredited)
1990
Movie
The World of Jacques Demy
as Self
1995
Movie
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
as Self
2024
Movie
The Lumière Brothers' First Films
as Narrator
1996
Movie
My Journey Through French Cinema
as Self
2016
Movie
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
as Self
1997
Movie
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Movie
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self - Director
2000
Movie
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Self
1993
Movie
The Undeclared War
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1992
Movie
Code Name: Melville
as Self
2010
Movie
Filmmakers in Action
as Self
2006
TV
Journeys Through French Cinema
as Self
2017
Movie
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self
2018
Movie
An American Named Kazan
as Self
2019
Movie
Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic
as Self
2003
Movie
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
as Self
1993
Movie
Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties
as Self
2019
Crew
Movie
Contempt
Publicist
1963
Movie
In the Electric Mist
Director
2009
Movie
Le Doulos
Publicist
1962
Movie
The French Minister
Writer
2013
Movie
The Princess of Montpensier
Director
2010
Movie
Coup de Torchon
Director
1981
Movie
Léon Morin, Priest
Assistant Director
1961
Movie
The Judge and the Assassin
Director
1976
Movie
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Director
1994
Movie
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Director
1974
Movie
Death Watch
Director
1980
Movie
'Round Midnight
Director
1986