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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Bertrand Tavernier Biography (1941-)
Born April 25, 1941, in Lyon, France; son of Rene (a writer and publicist) and Genevieve (maiden name, Dumond) Tavernier; married Colo (a screenwriter), 1965 (divorced, 1980); children: Nils (an actor), Tiffany. Addresses: Office: AB Films, 51 rue de la Fontaine au Roy, 75011 Paris, France.
- Nationality
- French
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, director, producer
- Birth Details
- April 25, 1941
- Lyon, France
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Director, Except Where Indicated
- "Baiser de Judas" in Les Baisers (also known as I Baci andUna Voglia matta di donna), Rome-Paris Films/Flora Films, 1963
- "Une Chance explosive" in La Chance et l'amour (also known asL'Amore e la chance and Chance at Love), Rome-Paris Films/ROTOR Film, 1964
- Assistant director, Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta (also known as The Terror of Rome against the Son of Hercules), 1964
- Assistant director, Una Questione d'onore (also known as AQuestion of Honour), 1965
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L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (also known as The Watchmaker of St. Paul,
The Clockmaker of St. Paul, and The Clockmaker), Lira Films, 1972
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Que la fete commence ... (also known as Let Joy Reign Supreme), Fildebroc, 1975
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Le Juge et l'assassin (also known as The Judge and the Assassin), Lira Films, 1976
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Des Enfants gates (also known as Spoiled Children), Gaumont/Sara/Films 66/Little Bear, 1977
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La Mort en direct (also known as Deathwatch,
Death Watch--Der Gekaufte Tod,
Death in Full View,
Der Gekaufte Tod, and The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe), Selta/Sara/Little Bear/FR-3/Gaumont, 1979
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Une Semaine de vacances (also known as A Week's Vacation,
A Week's Brief Vacation, and A Week's Holiday), SaraFilms/Little Bear Productions, 1980
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Coup de torchon (also known as Clean Slate), Films de la Tour/Little Bear Productions, 1981
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Philippe Soupault (also known as Philippe Soupault et le surrealisme), 1982
- (With Robert Parrish) Mississippi Blues (also known as Pays d'octobre), Odessa/Little Bear Productions, 1983
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Cine citron, 1983
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La 8eme generation, 1983
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Un Dimanche a la campagne (also known as A Sunday in the Country), Sara Films/Little Bear Productions, 1984
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'Round Midnight (also known as Autour de minuit), Warner Brothers, 1986
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La Passion Beatrice (also known as The Passion of Beatrice,
Beatrice, and Quarto comandamento), 1987
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Lyon, le regard interieur (also known as Lyon, Inside Out),1988
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La Vie et rien d'autre (also known as Life and Nothing But), 1989
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Daddy Nostalgie (also known as Daddy Nostalgia and TheseFoolish Things), 1990
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50 Ans de cinema Americaine, 1991
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La Guerre sans nom (also known as The Undeclared War), 1991
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Contre l'oubli (also known as Against Oblivion,
LestWe Forget, and Ecrire contre l'oubli), 1992
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L.627, 1992
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La Fille de d'Artagnan (also known as D'Artagnan'sDaughter,
The Daughter of D'Artagnan, and Revenge of the Musketeers), 1994
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L'Appat (also known as The Bait,
Live Bait, andFresh Bait), 1995
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Capitaine Conan (also known as Captain Conan), Bac Films, 1996
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De l'autre cote du periph (also known as The Other Side ofthe Tracks), 1998
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Ca commence aujourd'hui (also known as It All Starts Today), Independent Artists, 1999
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Spotlights on a Massacre: 10 Films Against 100 Million Antipersonnel Land Mines, 1999
- Also director (with Parrish), October Country, Odessa/Little BearProductions.
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Producer, Except Where Indicated
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La Question (also known as The Question), 1976
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Rue du pied de Grue, 1979
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La Mort en direct (also known as Deathwatch,
Death Watch--Der Gekaufte Tod,
Death in Full View,
Der Gekaufte Tod, and The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe), Selta/Sara/Little Bear/FR-3/Gaumont, 1979
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Une Semaine de vacances (also known as A Week's Vacation,
A Week's Brief Vacation, and A Week's Holiday), SaraFilms/Little Bear Productions, 1980
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La Trace (also known as The Trace), 1983
- (With Robert Parrish) Mississippi Blues (also known as Pays d'octobre), Odessa/Little Bear Productions, 1983
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Veillees d'armes (also known as The Troubles We've Seen: A History of Journalism in Wartime and Veillees d'armes: Histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre), 1994
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Capitaine Conan (also known as Captain Conan), Bac Films, 1996
- Co-executive producer, Fred, 1997
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Film Appearances
- (Uncredited) La Boulangere de Monceau (also known as The Bakerof Monceau,
The Baker's Girl of Monceau, and The Girl at the Monceau Bakery), 1963
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Hotel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, His Life and Times, 1988
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Lyon, le regard interieur (also known as Lyon, Inside Out),1988
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Infant of Paradise: Alexadre Trauner and the Development of Film Production Design, 1993
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Francois Truffaut: Portraits voles (also known as Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits), 1993
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Jean Renoir, 1993
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Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (also known as The Young Girls Turn 25), 1993
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The Universe of Jacques Demy, 1995
- Narrator, Lumiere: The First Picture Show (documentary), Kino Video, 1996
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (documentary), Warner Bros. Home Video, 2000
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In the Shadow of Hollywood (documentary; also known as A l'ombre d'Hollywood), National Film Board of Canada, 2000
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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Un Film sur Bertrand Tavernier, 1996
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Cannes ... les 400 coups, 1997
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Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz, Bravo, 1997
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Episodic
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American Cinema, PBS, 1995
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Other Television Appearances
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Philippe le bienheureux, 1996
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Quand le chat sourit, 1997
- Also appeared in The Making of an Englishman.
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Television Work
- Director, La Lettre (movie), 1997
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- "Baiser de Judas" in Les Baisers (also known as I Baci andUna Voglia matta di donna), Rome-Paris Films/Flora Films, 1963
- "Une Chance explosive" in La Chance et l'amour (also known asL'Amore e la chance and Chance at Love), Rome-Paris Films/ROTOR Film, 1964
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Entre las redes (also known as Coplan ouvre le feu a Mexico,
Coplan III, and Moresque: obiettivo allucinante), 1966
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Capitaine Singrid (also known as Capitao Singrid), 1967
- (With Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost) L'Horloger de Saint-Paul(also known as The Watchmaker of St. Paul,
The Clockmaker of St. Paul, and The Clockmaker), Lira Films, 1972
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Que la fete commence ... (also known as Let Joy Reign Supreme), Fildebroc, 1975
- (With Aurenche) Le Juge et l'assassin (also known as The Judge and the Assassin), Lira Films, 1976
- (With Charlotte Dubreuil and Christine Pascal) Des Enfants gates (also known as Spoiled Children), Gaumont/Sara/Films 66/Little Bear, 1977
- (With David Rayfiel) La Mort en direct (also known as Deathwatch,
Death Watch--Der Gekaufte Tod,
Death in Full View,
Der Gekaufte Tod, and The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe), Selta/Sara/Little Bear/FR-3/Gaumont, 1979
- (With Colo Tavernier and Marie-Francoise Hans) Une Semaine de vacances (also known as A Week's Vacation,
A Week's Brief Vacation, and A Week's Holiday), Sara Films/Little Bear Productions, 1980
- (With Aurenche) Coup de torchon (also known as Clean Slate), Films de la Tour/Little Bear Productions, 1981
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La Trace (also known as The Trace), 1983
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Mississippi Blues (also known as Pays d'octobre), Odessa/Little Bear Productions, 1983
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La 8eme generation, 1983
- (With C. Tavernier) Un Dimanche a la campagne (also known as ASunday in the Country), Sara Films/Little Bear Productions, 1984
- (With Rayfiel) 'Round Midnight (also known as Autour de minuit), Warner Brothers, 1986
- (With Laurent Heynemann and Phillippe Boucher) Les Mois d'avril sont meurtriers (also known as April Is a Deadly Month), Sara Films/CDF, 1986
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Lyon, le regard interieur (also known as Lyon, Inside Out),1988
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La Vie et rien d'autre (also known as Life and Nothing But), 1989
- (Dialogue) Daddy Nostalgie (also known as Daddy Nostalgia,and These Foolish Things), 1990
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La Guerre sans nom (also known as The Undeclared War), 1991
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L.627, 1992
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L'Appat (also known as The Bait,
Live Bait, andFresh Bait), 1995
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Capitaine Conan (also known as Captain Conan), Bac Films, 1996
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Ca commence aujourd'hui (also known as It All Starts Today), Independent Artists, 1999
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Il avait dans le coeur des jardins introuvables, 2000
- Also wrote the screenplay for October Country, Odessa/Little BearProductions.
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Other
- (With Jean-Pierre Coursodon) Trente ans de cinema Americaine (nonfiction; title means Thirty Years of American Cinema), Editions C.I.B.,1970
- Also contributed to the periodicals Cahiers du cinema and Positif.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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Cineaste, November, 1998, summer, 1998, p. 20.
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Film comment, p. 71.
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Premiere (France), July, 1999, Issue 236, 1996, pp. 77-78.
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Sight and Sound, pp. 12-15.
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