Bertrand Tavernier

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-04-25 (80 years old)

Deathday

2021-03-25

Place of Birth

Lyon, Rhône, France

Bertrand Tavernier

Biography

Bertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, producer and writer, born on April 25, 1941 in Lyon 6th, and died onMarch 25, 2021in 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...

Acting

1992

The Undeclared War

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Before Midnight

as Self (archive footage)

2013

The French Minister

as Un journaliste TV (voice)

1963

The Bakery Girl of Monceau

as Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1990

Daddy Nostalgia

as Narrator (uncredited)

1995

1993

Gershwin

as Self

1984

1974

Don't Touch the White Woman!

as Un homme du pouvoir (uncredited)

Production

1994

2004

Holy Lola

as Screenplay

2004

Holy Lola

as Director

1977

Spoiled Children

as Screenplay

1977

Spoiled Children

as Director

1980

Death Watch

as Director

1980

Death Watch

as Screenplay

1999

1999

1981

Coup de Torchon

as Director

1981

2009

1989

1989

1987

Beatrice

as Director

1984

1986

'Round Midnight

as Director

1996

Captain Conan

as Director

1996

Captain Conan

as Screenplay

1995

Fresh Bait

as Director

1992

L.627

as Director

1992

L.627

as Screenplay

1991

Against Oblivion

as Director

1980

2002

Safe Conduct

as Director

2002

Safe Conduct

as Screenplay

1975

1975

1977

The Question

as Producer

1990

Daddy Nostalgia

as Director

1990

1984

2013

2013

1995

Fresh Bait

as Writer

1963

Contempt

as Publicist

2001

Don't Make Trouble!

as Co-Producer

1964

1966

A Matter of Honor

as First Assistant Director

1961

Léon Morin, Priest

as Assistant Director

2016

Lumière!

as Producer

1980

1986

1964

Les baisers

as Director

1992

1964

Chance at Love

as Director

1980

Death Watch

as Co-Producer

1969

Paranoia

as Assistant Director

1967

1968

1962

Le Doulos

as Publicist

1980

1992

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