Bertrand Tavernier
Popularity:1.457
Known For:Directing
Birthday:1941-04-25
Place of Birth:Lyon, Rhône, France
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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)
"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label...
The Undeclared War (1992)
Documentary on the French-Algerian conflict 1954-1962 which was never officially called a "war", including interviews with some of the survivors.
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible (2020)
If Jean Rochefort remains so dear to our hearts, it is because this extraordinary actor alone embodies a cinema and a France imbued with freedom and...
Code Name: Melville (2008)
Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth...
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband Jacques Demy's film The Young Girls of Rochefort.
Pictures of Europe (1990)
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences...
Before Midnight (1986)
Filmmaker Jean Achache shot extensively on the set of ’Round Midnight. This documentary presents that material for the first time, including...
The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis (2004)
Interview with Bertrand Tavernier, Charles Drazin and Olivier Bouvet about Michael Powell's Peeping Tom.
The French Minister (2013)
Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of...
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes (2008)
Documentary portrait of the actress Romy Schneider, in which director Frederick Baker tries to form an overall picture from the facets of image,...
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993)
Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)
Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing...
The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
Early new wave effort from Rohmer, which was the first of his six moral tales. It concerns a young man who approaches a girl in the street, but after...
Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
A half English, half French screenwriter visits her parents on the Riviera after her father's heart surgery. Once there, she begins to connect with...
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » (2011)
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in...
The Lumière Brothers' First Films (1996)
A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France, narrated by Bertrand...
The Cineastes' Exit (1995)
New film created for the 'Lumiere Brothers First Films' collection.
Filmmakers in Action (2006)
What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status...
Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows (2002)
In this documentary, produced by Philippe Quinconneau for StudioCanal, editor Françoise Bonnot, actor Jean-Pierre Cassel, composer Éric...
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018)
This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De...
Gershwin (1993)
Documentary about George Gershwin directed by Alain Resnais with various celebrities speaking on their admiration and affection for Gershwin's music.
The Audacious Adventurer (2006)
Filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier is interviewed about his friend director Michael Powell and his stories about the making of BLACK NARCISSUS (1947).
An American Named Kazan (2019)
Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World War...
M présenté par Bertrand Tavernier (2016)
Bertrand Tavernier talks about Losey's M.
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993)
Twenty-six people - including two daughters, an ex-wife, his last lover, actors, fellow directors and writers, a neighbor, and boyhood friends - talk...
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta (2019)
Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic (2003)
Thanks to a series of unpublished interviews, recorded shortly before his death, director Claude Sautet gives us a fascinating lesson in cinema....
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran (2015)
In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)
In the Shadow of Hollywood examines this assault on our senses through interviews with directors, producers, writers and other experts in the film...
My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his country.
A Sunday in the Country (1984)
In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three...
Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon (2001)
Journeys Through French Cinema (2017)
My Journey Through French Cinema (2017), Bertrand Tavernier’s César-nominated three-and-a-half-hour tour through French film history,...
Télévision (histoires secrètes) (1996)
The behind-the-scenes story of French television… This documentary unveils the lesser-known history of two audiovisual decades that have...
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
L'Invité (2002)
The show features an interview with a famous personality from the world of politics, economics or culture.
L'Invité (1970)
My Journey Through French Cinema (2017), Bertrand Tavernier’s César-nominated three-and-a-half-hour tour through French film history,...
L'Invité (1970)
My Journey Through French Cinema (2017), Bertrand Tavernier’s César-nominated three-and-a-half-hour tour through French film history,...