Bertrand Tavernier (25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French director, screenwriter, actor and producer.
British Academy Film Awards
Best Film Not in the English Language
Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Best Director Award
Berlin Film Festival Awards
Golden Bear
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
National Board of Review Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
Known For
In the Electric Mist
(2009)
Director
Coup de Torchon
(1981)
Director
The Princess of Montpensier
(2010)
Director
'Round Midnight
(1986)
Director
Death Watch
(1980)
Director
Fresh Bait
(1995)
Director
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
(1974)
Director
Léon Morin, Priest
(1961)
Assistant Director
L.627
(1992)
Director
The Judge and the Assassin
(1976)
Director
Captain Conan
(1996)
Director
Safe Conduct
(2002)
Director
The French Minister
(2013)
Director
D'Artagnan's Daughter
(1994)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Léon Morin, Priest
(1961)
Assistant Director
Les baisers
(1964)
Director
Chance at Love
(1964)
Director
A Matter of Honor
(1966)
First Assistant Director
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
(1974)
Director
Let Joy Reign Supreme
(1975)
Director
The Judge and the Assassin
(1976)
Director
Spoiled Children
(1977)
Director
Death Watch
(1980)
Director
A Week's Vacation
(1980)
Director
Coup de Torchon
(1981)
Director
A Sunday in the Country
(1984)
Director
Mississippi Blues
(1984)
Director
'Round Midnight
(1986)
Director
Beatrice
(1987)
Director
Life and Nothing But
(1989)
Director
Daddy Nostalgia
(1990)
Director
Against Oblivion
(1991)
Director
L.627
(1992)
Director
The Undeclared War
(1992)
Director
D'Artagnan's Daughter
(1994)
Director
Fresh Bait
(1995)
Director
Captain Conan
(1996)
Director
The Other Side of the Tracks
(1997)
Director
It All Starts Today
(1999)
Director
Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon
(2001)
Director
Safe Conduct
(2002)
Director
Holy Lola
(2004)
Director
In the Electric Mist
(2009)
Director
The Princess of Montpensier
(2010)
Director
The French Minister
(2013)
Director
My Journey Through French Cinema
(2016)
Director
Acting
The Bakery Girl of Monceau
(1963)
Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Sunday in the Country
(1984)
Le narrateur
Before Midnight
(1986)
Self (archive footage)
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
(1988)
Self
Picture of Europe
(1990)
Self
The Undeclared War
(1992)
Narrator
The Young Girls Turn 25
(1993)
Self
Gershwin
(1993)
Self
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
(1993)
Self
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
(1993)
Self
The World of Jacques Demy
(1995)
Self
The Cineastes' Exit
(1995)
Narrator
The Lumière Brothers' First Films
(1996)
Narrator
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
(1997)
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
(2000)
Self - Director
In the Shadow of Hollywood
(2000)
Self
Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows
(2002)
Self
Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic
(2003)
Self
The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis
(2004)
Filmmakers in Action
(2006)
Self
The Audacious Adventurer
(2006)
Self
Code Name: Melville
(2008)
Self
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
(2008)
Self
Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma
(2010)
Self
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin
(2012)
Self
The French Minister
(2013)
Un journaliste TV (voice)
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
(2015)
Self
M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier
(2016)
Self
My Journey Through French Cinema
(2016)
Self
Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires
(2016)
Self
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
(2018)
Self
An American Named Kazan
(2019)
Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
(2019)
Sé stesso
Les secrets de la belle endormie
(2020)
Self
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Production
Contempt
(1963)
Publicist
The Question
(1977)
Producer
Death Watch
(1980)
Co-Producer
A Sunday in the Country
(1984)
Producer
The Troubles We've Seen
(1994)
Producer
Don't Make Trouble!
(2001)
Co-Producer
Lumière!
(2016)
Producer
Writing
Chance at Love
(1964)
Writer
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
(1974)
Writer
Let Joy Reign Supreme
(1975)
Screenplay
The Judge and the Assassin
(1976)
Writer
Spoiled Children
(1977)
Screenplay
Death Watch
(1980)
Screenplay
A Week's Vacation
(1980)
Writer
Coup de Torchon
(1981)
Writer
A Sunday in the Country
(1984)
Screenplay
'Round Midnight
(1986)
Writer
Life and Nothing But
(1989)
Screenplay
Daddy Nostalgia
(1990)
Writer
L.627
(1992)
Screenplay
Fresh Bait
(1995)
Writer
Captain Conan
(1996)
Screenplay
It All Starts Today
(1999)
Writer
Safe Conduct
(2002)
Screenplay
Holy Lola
(2004)
Screenplay
The Princess of Montpensier
(2010)
Screenplay
The French Minister
(2013)
Writer
Crew