Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier was a French director screenwriter producer and writer born on April 25 1941 in Lyon and died on March 25 2021 in SainteMaxime Var Son of the writer and resistance fighter from Lyon René Tavernier he was first an assistant director press officer notably for Stanley Kubrick and critic before moving on to directing with The Watchmaker of SaintPaul his first critical success which led to a long collaboration with the actor Philippe Noiret Let the Party Begin The Judge and the Assassin Coup de torchon Life and Nothing But The Daughter of dArtagnan Eclectic he tackled several cinematographic genres from the dramatic comedy A Sunday in the Country Daddy Nostalgia to the war film Captain Conan through the historical film Pass The Princess of Montpensier or the thriller L627 The Bait Several of his films have won awards in France and abroad including Autour de minuit which won an Oscar and was nominated for a Golden Globe He was president of the Lumière Institute from 1982 the year the Institute was created until his death He is the father of director and actor Nils Tavernier and novelist Tiffany Tavernier