Bertrand Tavernier
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Bertrand Tavernier ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; 25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer.<ref name=NYT>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Life and careerEdit
Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He said his father's publishing of a wartime resistance journal and aid to anti-Nazi intellectuals shaped his moral outlook as an artist. According to Tavernier, his father believed that words were "as important and as lethal as bullets".<ref name="speaks with the WSWS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker from the age of 13 or 14 years. He said that his cinematic influences included filmmakers John Ford, William Wellman, Jean Renoir, Jean Vigo and Jacques Becker.<ref name="berlinale1974">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tavernier was influenced by the 1968 general strike in France.<ref name="speaks with the WSWS" /> He associated with the OCI between 1973 and 1975, and was particularly struck by the writing of Leon Trotsky.<ref name="speaks with the WSWS" /> The first film director with whom he worked was Jean-Pierre Melville. Later, his first film (The Clockmaker, 1974) won the Prix Louis Delluc and the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize award at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="berlinale1974" />
His early work was dominated by mysteries, but his later work is characterized by a more overt social commentary, highlighting his left-wing views (Life and Nothing But, Captain Conan) and presenting a critical picture of contemporary French society (It All Starts Today, Histoires de vies brisées : les double-peine de Lyon).
Honours and AwardsEdit
In 1986, his film Round Midnight won two César Awards (Best Original Music and Best Sound), the Best Film Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Oscar for Best Music (Original Score) at the 1987 Academy Awards.
He won the BAFTA for best film in a language other than English in 1990 for Life and Nothing But and a total of four César Awards and was joint winner of another.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/{{#if: 851724
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In 1995, his film L'Appât won the Golden Bear Award at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Four years later, his film It All Starts Today won an Honourable Mention at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
His film The Princess of Montpensier competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tavernier was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd International Film Festival of India in Goa for his outstanding achievements and work in the film industry.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
Tavernier was married to screenwriter Colo Tavernier O'Hagan from 1965 to 1981.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> They had two children. Their son, Nils Tavernier (born 1 September 1965), works as both a director and actor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their daughter, Tiffany Tavernier (born in 1967), is a novelist, screenwriter and assistant director.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
DeathEdit
Tavernier died on 25 March 2021 at age 79.<ref name="Death">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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- Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
- Emily Zants (1999). "Bertrand Tavernier: Fractured Narrative and Bourgeois Values", The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Lanham, MD, and London. The Table of Contents and Introductory Chapter
- An interview with Bertrand Tavernier: "My job is to dream and invent, and out of this produce something that will change the world" - World Socialist Web Site
- Bertrand Tavernier speaks with the World Socialist Web Site
- An interview with Bertrand Tavernier on his film The Princess of Montpensier at subtitledonline.com
- Bertrand Tavernier in Conversation with Melinda Camber Porter PDF Template:Webarchive
- Veteran French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (1941–2021): In genuine appreciation - World Socialist Web Site