Bernardo Bertolucci

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-03-16 (77 years old)

Deathday

2018-11-26

Place of Birth

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italia

Bernardo Bertolucci

Biography

Bernardo Bertolucci OMRI (16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in Italian cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim. He was the first Italian filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director for The Last Emperor (1987), one of many accolades including two Golden Globes, two David di Donatellos, a British Academy Award, and a César Award. In recognition of his work, he was presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. He had previously rece...

Acting

2021

2015

2003

An Opera of Violence

as Self - Filmmaker

2011

2021

2023

The Last Days of Humanity

as Self (archive footage)

1992

Golem, the Spirit of Exile

as Le Maître de la Cour

2017

Plankton Salesmen

as Self (archive footage)

2021

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

2011

1998

Playboy: The Story of X

as Self - Director

2009

2002

2017

Evviva Giuseppe

as Himself

2018

Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life

as Self (archive footage)

2016

2016

Porn to Be Free

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2022

Ennio

as Self

2020

Glauber, Claro

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Something to Do with Death

as Self - Filmmaker

1975

Abicinema

as Self

2003

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Joie de vivre

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Bertolucci on Bertolucci

as Self (archive)

Production

2003

The Dreamers

as Director

1972

1972

Last Tango in Paris

as Screenplay

1993

Little Buddha

as Director

1987

The Last Emperor

as Director

1987

The Last Emperor

as Screenplay

1979

Luna

as Screenplay

1979

Luna

as Story

1976

1900

as Director

1979

Luna

as Director

1990

The Sheltering Sky

as Screenplay

1990

1970

The Conformist

as Director

1961

Accattone

as Assistant Director

1996

Stealing Beauty

as Director

1962

La Commare Secca

as Director

1970

1968

Partner

as Director

1964

1998

Besieged

as Director

1956

The Death of a Pig

as Cinematography

1956

1956

1969

Love and Anger

as Director

2012

Me & You

as Screenplay

2012

Me & You

as Director

1967

1998

Besieged

as Writer

1969

1976

1900

as Writer

1996

2001

2001

1969

His Day of Glory

as Co-Director

1993

1989

Bologna

as Director

1962

La Commare Secca

as Screenplay

1964

1956

La teleferica

as Director

2002

Histoire d'eaux

as Director

1970

1968

Partner

as Writer

1971

Health Is Ill

as Director

1971

L'inchiesta

as Producer

1966

Il canale

as Director

1970

The Conformist

as Screenplay

1985

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