Bertrand Tavernier

Known for DirectingBorn 1941-04-25Died 2021-03-25Lyon, 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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes

Télévision (histoires secrètes)

Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme

Spécial cinéma

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

Gershwin

Journeys Through French Cinema

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

The Undeclared War

Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic

Seuls sont les indomptés

Lumière!

Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon

In the Shadow of Hollywood

The Other Side of the Tracks

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

My Journey Through French Cinema

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

My Father Saved My Life

Lumière, Le Cinéma!

Filmmakers in Action

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

The Lumière Brothers' First Films

Life and Nothing But

Daddy Nostalgia

The Young Girls Turn 25

It All Starts Today

L.627

Le Doulos

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

'Round Midnight

Mississippi Blues

Lest We Forget

The World of Jacques Demy

Coup de Torchon

Code Name: Melville

A Sunday in the Country

Léon Morin, Priest

Guerilla Hellcats

Contempt

The Watchmaker of St. Paul

The Judge and the Assassin

Captain Conan

The Bakery Girl of Monceau

Safe Conduct

Don't Make Trouble!

The Princess of Montpensier