Bertrand Tavernier
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Birth Place
France
Born
April 25, 1941
Biography
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Tavernier quit law school to write film criticism for CAHIERS DU CINEMA and other major journals, worked as an assistant director and publicist (e.g., for Jean-Pierre Melville) and authored a couple of books on American cinema before making his first feature, "The Clockmaker" (1973). Adapted from a Georges Simenon novel (and transposed from the USA to Tavernier's home town), it is an int...
Filmography
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My Journey Through French Cinema
(2016)
Director
The Princess of Montpensier
(2010)
Director
In the Electric Mist
(2009)
Director
Holy Lola
(2005)
Director
Safe Conduct
(2002)
Director
Histoires de vies brisees: Les "double peine" de Lyon
(2001)
Director
Family & Companions
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Colo Tavernier Hagan
Wife
Screenwriter. Married in 1965; separated in 1980; divorced in 1983; has worked with husband since their separation.
Bibliography
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"Trente ans du cinema americain"
Bertrand Tavernier and Jean-Pierre Coursodon
"Bertrand Tavernier: Fractured Narrative and Bourgeois Values"
Emily Zants, Scarecrow Press
Biography
Tavernier quit law school to write film criticism for CAHIERS DU CINEMA and other major journals, worked as an assistant director and publicist (e.g., for Jean-Pierre Melville) and authored a couple of books on American cinema before making his first feature, "The Clockmaker" (1973). Adapted from a Georges Simenon novel (and transposed from the USA to Tavernier's home town), it is an intelligent, studied debut with finely-tuned performances, which won a Special Jury Prize at the 1974 Berlin Film Festival, the Prix Louis Delluc in France, and established Tavernier's reputation. His subsequent works have been equally well-crafted, displaying an affecting confluence of French and American cinematic styles. Tavernier's other noted films include "Clean Slate" (1981), a bold adaptation of Jim Thompson's "Pop. 1280," set not in the US South, but in French North Africa, and "'Round Midnight" (1986), a smooth, pseudo-biopic of a black-American jazz musician in 1950s Paris. Tavernier is separated from screenwriter Colo Tavernier Hagan, who has worked on several of his films, and the father of actor Nils Tavernier, who appeared in, among others, "Beatrice" (1987).
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
My Journey Through French Cinema
(2016)
Director
The Princess of Montpensier
(2010)
Director
In the Electric Mist
(2009)
Director
Holy Lola
(2005)
Director
Safe Conduct
(2002)
Director
Histoires de vies brisees: Les "double peine" de Lyon
(2001)
Director
It All Starts Today
(1999)
Director
Spotlights on a Massacre: 10 Films Against 100 Million Antipersonnel Land Mines
(1999)
Director
De l'autre cote du periphe
(1998)
Director
Captain Conan
(1996)
Director
L'Appat
(1995)
Director
D'Artagnan's Daughter
(1994)
Director
Des Enfants Gates
(1994)
Director
Contre l'oubli
(1992)
Director
L.627
(1992)
Director
La Guerre Sans Nom
(1992)
Director
50 Ans de cinema Americaine
(1991)
Director
Daddy Nostalgia
(1990)
Director
Life and Nothing But
(1989)
Director
Beatrice
(1988)
Director
Lyon, Regard Interieur
(1988)
Director
Round Midnight
(1986)
Director
A Sunday in the Country
(1984)
Director
Mississippi Blues
(1984)
Director
Philippe Soupault
(1982)
Director
Coup De Torchon
(1981)
Director
A Week's Vacation
(1980)
Director
Death Watch
(1980)
Director
Le Juge et l'assassin
(1976)
Director
Que la fete commence...
(1975)
Director
The Clockmaker of St. Paul
(1974)
Director
L' Horloger de St Paul
(1972)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
My Journey Through French Cinema
(2016)
Himself
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
(2007)
The Universe of Jacques Demy
(1995)
Himself
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
(1993)
Himself
Infant of Paradise: Alexandre Trauner & the Development of Film Production Design
(1993)
Himself
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
(1988)
Himself
Writer (Feature Film)
My Journey Through French Cinema
(2016)
Writer
The Princess of Montpensier
(2010)
Screenplay
Holy Lola
(2005)
Screenplay
Safe Conduct
(2002)
Screenwriter
My Father Saved My Life
(2001)
Screenwriter
It All Starts Today
(1999)
Screenwriter
Captain Conan
(1996)
Screenplay
L'Appat
(1995)
Screenwriter
Des Enfants Gates
(1994)
Screenwriter
Des Enfants Gates
(1994)
Dialogue
D'Artagnan's Daughter
(1994)
Adaptation
D'Artagnan's Daughter
(1994)
Screenplay
L.627
(1992)
Screenplay
La Guerre Sans Nom
(1992)
Screenwriter
Daddy Nostalgia
(1990)
Screenplay
Daddy Nostalgia
(1990)
Dialogue
Life and Nothing But
(1989)
Screenplay
Les Mois d'avril sont meurtriers
(1986)
Screenwriter
Round Midnight
(1986)
Screenplay
A Sunday in the Country
(1984)
Screenplay
La Trace
(1983)
Screenwriter
Coup De Torchon
(1981)
Screenwriter
Death Watch
(1980)
Screenplay
A Week's Vacation
(1980)
Screenwriter
Le Juge et l'assassin
(1976)
Screenwriter
Que la fete commence...
(1975)
Screenwriter
L' Horloger de St Paul
(1972)
Screenwriter
Producer (Feature Film)
My Journey Through French Cinema
(2016)
Producer
Fred
(1997)
Co-Executive Producer
Captain Conan
(1996)
Producer
The Troubles We've Seen: A History of Journalism in Wartime (1st and 2nd Journeys)
(1994)
Producer
Mississippi Blues
(1984)
Producer
La Trace
(1983)
Producer
Death Watch
(1980)
Producer
A Week's Vacation
(1980)
Producer
La Question
(1976)
Producer
Music (Feature Film)
Coup De Torchon
(1981)
Song
Art Department (Feature Film)
Ragazzi
(1991)
Artistic Adviser
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
Kebab Connection
(1998)
Technical Advisor
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
The Universe of Jacques Demy
(1995)
Other
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
(1993)
Other
Infant of Paradise: Alexandre Trauner & the Development of Film Production Design
(1993)
Other
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
(1988)
Other
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
(1988)
Assistant
Cast (Special)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
(2000)
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz
(1997)
Himself
Life Events
1960
Hired by Jean-Pierre Melville as assistant director on "Leon Morin, prete"
1961
Became press officer to producer Georges de Beauregard
1963
Directorial debut with sketch for film "Les Baisers"
1965
Worked with Pierre Rissient as freelance publicist
1967
Co-scripted first film, "Coplan ouvre le feu a Mexico"
1974
Directed first feature film, "L'Horloger de Saint-Paul"/The Clockmaker
Videos
Movie Clip
Family
Rene Tavernier
Father
Writer, translator, poet, editor. Edited one of few independent journals in Vichy France; born c. 1915; died on December 16, 1989 in Paris, France.
Tiffany Tavernier
Daughter
Born c. 1966; mother, Colo Tavernier.
Nils Tavernier
Son
Actor, director. Mother, Colo Tavernier.
Companions
Colo Tavernier Hagan
Wife
Screenwriter. Married in 1965; separated in 1980; divorced in 1983; has worked with husband since their separation.
Bibliography
"Trente ans du cinema americain"
Bertrand Tavernier and Jean-Pierre Coursodon
"Bertrand Tavernier: Fractured Narrative and Bourgeois Values"
Emily Zants, Scarecrow Press
