Renato Berta is a Swiss cinematographer and film director, best known for his collaborations with directors Alain Tanner and Jean-Marie Straub. Trained at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Berta has worked as cinematographer in more than 100 films since 1969. He won a César Award for Best Cinematography for Au revoir les enfants in 1988 and a David di Donatello for Best Cinematography for Noi credevamo in 2011.
In 2013, he was awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Known For
Au Revoir les Enfants
(1987)
Director of Photography
Nightcap
(2000)
Director of Photography
We Believed
(2010)
Director of Photography
The King of Laughter
(2021)
Director of Photography
Every Man for Himself
(1980)
Director of Photography
May Fools
(1990)
Director of Photography
Same Old Song
(1997)
Director of Photography
Full Filmography
Camera
Charles, Dead or Alive
(1970)
Director of Photography
The Salamander
(1971)
Director of Photography
Othon
(1971)
Director of Photography
History Lessons
(1972)
Director of Photography
Tonight or Never
(1973)
Director of Photography
Death of the Flea Circus Director
(1973)
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Return from Africa
(1973)
Director of Photography
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
(1973)
Director of Photography
The Wonderful Crook
(1974)
Director of Photography
The Middle of the World
(1974)
Director of Photography
La Paloma
(1974)
Director of Photography
Moses and Aaron
(1975)
Director of Photography
H.P. Lovecraft: Schatten aus der Zeit
(1975)
Director of Photography
The Assistant
(1976)
Director of Photography
Shadow of Angels
(1976)
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Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
(1976)
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Sartre by Himself
(1976)
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The Big Night
(1976)
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The Indians Are Still Far Away
(1977)
Director of Photography
Fortini/Cani
(1977)
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Location Hunting
(1977)
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San Gottardo
(1977)
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A. Constant
(1977)
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His Master's Voice
(1978)
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Violanta
(1978)
Director of Photography
Messidor
(1979)
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Every Man for Himself
(1980)
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Max Frisch, Journal I-III
(1981)
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Hecate
(1982)
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Inventaire lausannois
(1982)
Director of Photography
The Wounded Man
(1983)
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Unguided Tour
(1983)
Director of Photography
Notre Dame de la Croisette
(1983)
Director of Photography
Imitation of Life
(1983)
Director of Photography
Les Havres
(1983)
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Full Moon in Paris
(1984)
Director of Photography
Tosca's Kiss
(1984)
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L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
(1985)
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Wuthering Heights
(1985)
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Rendez-vous
(1985)
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Rosa la Rose, Public Girl
(1986)
Director of Photography
Au Revoir les Enfants
(1987)
Director of Photography
The Death of Empedocles
(1987)
Director of Photography
Jenatsch
(1987)
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The Innocents
(1987)
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Twister
(1989)
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Chimère
(1989)
Director of Photography
May Fools
(1990)
Director of Photography
Uranus
(1990)
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Nothing But Lies
(1991)
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Off Season
(1992)
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Smoking / No Smoking
(1993)
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La mort de Molière
(1994)
Director of Photography
Things
(1995)
Director of Photography
The Written Face
(1995)
Director of Photography
Kazuo Ohno
(1995)
Director of Photography
Adultery (A User's Guide)
(1995)
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Party
(1996)
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Voyage to the Beginning of the World
(1997)
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Same Old Song
(1997)
Director of Photography
Anxiety
(1998)
Director of Photography
Beresina
(1999)
Director of Photography
Vanaprastham
(1999)
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Kadosh
(1999)
Director of Photography
Nightcap
(2000)
Director of Photography
Word and Utopia
(2000)
Director of Photography
Kippur
(2000)
Director of Photography
Workers, Peasants
(2001)
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Eden
(2001)
Director of Photography
Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers
(2002)
Director of Photography
The Uncertainty Principle
(2002)
Director of Photography
Dolando
(2002)
Director of Photography
Not on the Lips
(2003)
Director of Photography
Alila
(2003)
Director of Photography
Incantati
(2003)
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A Visit to the Louvre
(2004)
Director of Photography
The Last Mitterrand
(2005)
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Magic Mirror
(2006)
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These Encounters of Theirs
(2006)
Director of Photography
Artemide's Knee
(2008)
Director of Photography
Buried Secrets
(2009)
Director of Photography
Le streghe, femmes entre elles
(2009)
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Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière
(2009)
Director of Photography
We Believed
(2010)
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Belleville Tokyo
(2011)
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L'Inconsolable
(2011)
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O somma luce
(2011)
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Gebo and the Shadow
(2012)
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Asfouri
(2012)
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You, Me and Us
(2012)
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Un héritier
(2012)
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Dialogue of Shadows
(2013)
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Leopardi
(2014)
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The Old Man of Belem
(2014)
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Chafariz das Virtudes
(2014)
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In the Shadow of Women
(2015)
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Stalin's Couch
(2016)
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Strange Birds
(2017)
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Lover for a Day
(2017)
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People of the Lake
(2018)
Director of Photography
The Salt of Tears
(2020)
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France Against the Robots
(2020)
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The King of Laughter
(2021)
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Il Buco
(2021)
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The Plough
(2023)
Director of Photography
Acting
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
(1997)
Self
Verteidigung der Zeit
(2007)
Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle
(2010)
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
(2010)
Self
In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter
(2012)
Self
Revoir Hiroshima...
(2013)
Self
Renato Berta, face caméra
(2022)
Self
Directing
Crew