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

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• 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
• L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (also known as The Watchmaker of St. Paul, The Clockmaker of St. Paul, and The Clockmaker), Lira Films, 1972
• Que la fete commence ... (also known as Let Joy Reign Supreme), Fildebroc, 1975
• Le Juge et l'assassin (also known as The Judge and the Assassin), Lira Films, 1976
• Des Enfants gates (also known as Spoiled Children), Gaumont/Sara/Films 66/Little Bear, 1977
• 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
• 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
• Coup de torchon (also known as Clean Slate), Films de la Tour/Little Bear Productions, 1981
• 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
• Cine citron, 1983
• La 8eme generation, 1983
• Un Dimanche a la campagne (also known as A Sunday in the Country), Sara Films/Little Bear Productions, 1984
• 'Round Midnight (also known as Autour de minuit), Warner Brothers, 1986
• La Passion Beatrice (also known as The Passion of Beatrice,Beatrice, and Quarto comandamento), 1987
• Lyon, le regard interieur (also known as Lyon, Inside Out),1988
• La Vie et rien d'autre (also known as Life and Nothing But), 1989
• Daddy Nostalgie (also known as Daddy Nostalgia and TheseFoolish Things), 1990
• 50 Ans de cinema Americaine, 1991
• La Guerre sans nom (also known as The Undeclared War), 1991
• Contre l'oubli (also known as Against Oblivion, LestWe Forget, and Ecrire contre l'oubli), 1992
• L.627, 1992
• La Fille de d'Artagnan (also known as D'Artagnan'sDaughter, The Daughter of D'Artagnan, and Revenge of the Musketeers), 1994
• L'Appat (also known as The Bait, Live Bait, andFresh Bait), 1995
• Capitaine Conan (also known as Captain Conan), Bac Films, 1996
• De l'autre cote du periph (also known as The Other Side ofthe Tracks), 1998
• Ca commence aujourd'hui (also known as It All Starts Today), Independent Artists, 1999
• Spotlights on a Massacre: 10 Films Against 100 Million Antipersonnel Land Mines, 1999
• Also director (with Parrish), October Country, Odessa/Little BearProductions.
• Producer, Except Where Indicated
• La Question (also known as The Question), 1976
• Rue du pied de Grue, 1979
• 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
• 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
• La Trace (also known as The Trace), 1983
• (With Robert Parrish) Mississippi Blues (also known as Pays d'octobre), Odessa/Little Bear Productions, 1983
• 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
• Capitaine Conan (also known as Captain Conan), Bac Films, 1996
• Co-executive producer, Fred, 1997
• 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
• Hotel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, His Life and Times, 1988
• Lyon, le regard interieur (also known as Lyon, Inside Out),1988
• Infant of Paradise: Alexadre Trauner and the Development of Film Production Design, 1993
• Francois Truffaut: Portraits voles (also known as Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits), 1993
• Jean Renoir, 1993
• Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (also known as The Young Girls Turn 25), 1993
• The Universe of Jacques Demy, 1995
• Narrator, Lumiere: The First Picture Show (documentary), Kino Video, 1996
• Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (documentary), Warner Bros. Home Video, 2000
• In the Shadow of Hollywood (documentary; also known as A l'ombre d'Hollywood), National Film Board of Canada, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Un Film sur Bertrand Tavernier, 1996
• Cannes ... les 400 coups, 1997
• Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz, Bravo, 1997
• Episodic
• American Cinema, PBS, 1995
• Other Television Appearances
• Philippe le bienheureux, 1996
• Quand le chat sourit, 1997
• Also appeared in The Making of an Englishman.
• Television Work
• Director, La Lettre (movie), 1997
• WRITINGS
• 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
• Entre las redes (also known as Coplan ouvre le feu a Mexico, Coplan III, and Moresque: obiettivo allucinante), 1966
• 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
• 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
• La Trace (also known as The Trace), 1983
• Mississippi Blues (also known as Pays d'octobre), Odessa/Little Bear Productions, 1983
• 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
• Lyon, le regard interieur (also known as Lyon, Inside Out),1988
• 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
• La Guerre sans nom (also known as The Undeclared War), 1991
• L.627, 1992
• L'Appat (also known as The Bait, Live Bait, andFresh Bait), 1995
• Capitaine Conan (also known as Captain Conan), Bac Films, 1996
• Ca commence aujourd'hui (also known as It All Starts Today), Independent Artists, 1999
• Il avait dans le coeur des jardins introuvables, 2000
• Also wrote the screenplay for October Country, Odessa/Little BearProductions.
• 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

• Cineaste, November, 1998, summer, 1998, p. 20.
• Film comment, p. 71.
• Premiere (France), July, 1999, Issue 236, 1996, pp. 77-78.
• Sight and Sound, pp. 12-15.