Directed one Oscar-nominated performance: Dexter Gordon in 'Round Midnight (1986). Interestingly, Gordon was professionally a musician, not an actor.
Ciinephile, he writes a DVD blog on the SACD's site (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques) . That French authors and composers' association was founded in 1777 by Beaumarchais.
Tribute in the Memory of Film section at the Flanders
International Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium. (2001)
Tavernier began working in films as a publicist and occasional critic and journalist.