I met Bertrand Tavernier in Lyon in 1982 at the Chateau Lumiere when he came to announce that he was going to become the first president of the Institut Lumière.
He had just come off “Coup de Torchon” and his prestige was at its peak. As I was working for Positif magazine, I took the opportunity to question Bertrand about his love for films and his long relationship with the magazine. Shortly after I watched, bewildered, “Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory,” the Lumière brothers’ first film, released in 1895; understandably it was a crucial day for me. When I asked Bertrand if I could be a volunteer for the Institut Lumière, he said, “We are alone. Welcome!” To this day, I have never left rue du Premier-Film [where the Institut Lumière is located].
We quickly became friends. When he invited me on the shoot of “Life and Nothing But,” I knew I wanted to be by his side from then on.
He had just come off “Coup de Torchon” and his prestige was at its peak. As I was working for Positif magazine, I took the opportunity to question Bertrand about his love for films and his long relationship with the magazine. Shortly after I watched, bewildered, “Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory,” the Lumière brothers’ first film, released in 1895; understandably it was a crucial day for me. When I asked Bertrand if I could be a volunteer for the Institut Lumière, he said, “We are alone. Welcome!” To this day, I have never left rue du Premier-Film [where the Institut Lumière is located].
We quickly became friends. When he invited me on the shoot of “Life and Nothing But,” I knew I wanted to be by his side from then on.
- 3/31/2021
- by Thierry Frémaux
- Variety Film + TV
The French director’s films include Golden Bear-winner Fresh Bait, Bafta-winner Life And Nothing But and Round Midnight.
French director, screenwriter and producer Bertrand Tavernier has died aged 79, the Institute Lumière has announced.
Tavernier was president of the Lyon-based museum and cinematheque devoted to the legacy of local cinema pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, working alongside its director and Cannes Film Festival delegate general Thierry Frémaux.
Born in Lyon, the son of a writer and resistance fighter, Tavernier studied law before deciding to pursue his dream of making films.
For a time, he combined his filmmaking with working as a...
French director, screenwriter and producer Bertrand Tavernier has died aged 79, the Institute Lumière has announced.
Tavernier was president of the Lyon-based museum and cinematheque devoted to the legacy of local cinema pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, working alongside its director and Cannes Film Festival delegate general Thierry Frémaux.
Born in Lyon, the son of a writer and resistance fighter, Tavernier studied law before deciding to pursue his dream of making films.
For a time, he combined his filmmaking with working as a...
- 3/25/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Bertrand Tavernier, a French director, screenwriter and film critic known for his films “The Clockmaker of St. Paul,” “‘Round Midnight” and “A Sunday in the Country,” has died. He was 79.
Tavernier came up in the wake of the French New Wave in the ’60s and was a BAFTA Award Winner for the film “Life and Nothing But.”
His relatives told the French publication La Croix that he died in Sainte-Maxime in the Var region of southeastern France.
Inspired by filmmakers like Jean Vigo, Jean Renoir and John Ford, Tavernier started his career in the ’60s in France in the height of the French New Wave, writing for the Pen club and aspiring to become a filmmaker, like many of his French New Wave peers. He did early work alongside director Jean-Pierre Melville and then went on to win the Silver Bear from the Berlin Film Festival for “The Clockmaker of St. Paul...
Tavernier came up in the wake of the French New Wave in the ’60s and was a BAFTA Award Winner for the film “Life and Nothing But.”
His relatives told the French publication La Croix that he died in Sainte-Maxime in the Var region of southeastern France.
Inspired by filmmakers like Jean Vigo, Jean Renoir and John Ford, Tavernier started his career in the ’60s in France in the height of the French New Wave, writing for the Pen club and aspiring to become a filmmaker, like many of his French New Wave peers. He did early work alongside director Jean-Pierre Melville and then went on to win the Silver Bear from the Berlin Film Festival for “The Clockmaker of St. Paul...
- 3/25/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Bertrand Tavernier, the prolific French filmmaker noted for films such as “Coup de Torchon” (1981), “A Sunday in the Country” (1984) and “Round Midnight” (1986), has died. He was 79.
The director’s death was confirmed on Thursday by the Institut Lumière in France and Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux. Tavernier had struggled with a pancreatic infection for some time, but it’s believed his death was abrupt.
Roger Ebert called Tavernier “one of the most gifted and skilled of French directors, the leader of the generation after the New Wave” and asserted that the director’s work represented a quiet repudiation of “the auteur theory that he once supported, since Tavernier never forces himself or a style” upon the viewer.
“If there is a common element in his work, it is his instant sympathy for his fellow humans, his enthusiasm for their triumphs, his sharing of their disappointments,” said Ebert. “To see the...
The director’s death was confirmed on Thursday by the Institut Lumière in France and Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux. Tavernier had struggled with a pancreatic infection for some time, but it’s believed his death was abrupt.
Roger Ebert called Tavernier “one of the most gifted and skilled of French directors, the leader of the generation after the New Wave” and asserted that the director’s work represented a quiet repudiation of “the auteur theory that he once supported, since Tavernier never forces himself or a style” upon the viewer.
“If there is a common element in his work, it is his instant sympathy for his fellow humans, his enthusiasm for their triumphs, his sharing of their disappointments,” said Ebert. “To see the...
- 3/25/2021
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Iconic French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, known for such award winning works as A Sunday In The Country, Round Midnight, Capitaine Conan, It All Starts Today and Life And Nothing But, has died at the age of 79. The news was confirmed by France’s Lumière Institute in Lyon of which Tavernier was president.
The organization tweeted: “With his wife Sarah, his children Nils and Tiffany and his grandchildren, the Lumière Institute and Thierry Frémaux are saddened and pained to inform you of the disappearance, today, of Bertrand Tavernier.”
Avec son épouse Sarah, ses enfants Nils et Tiffany et ses petits-enfants, l'Institut Lumière et Thierry Frémaux ont la tristesse et la douleur de vous faire part de la disparition, ce jour, de Bertrand Tavernier. pic.twitter.com/apVuXzYgmS
— Institut Lumière (@InstitutLumiere) March 25, 2021
A cause of death has not yet been confirmed, although Tavernier’s friend and fellow filmmaker Claude Lelouch told France...
The organization tweeted: “With his wife Sarah, his children Nils and Tiffany and his grandchildren, the Lumière Institute and Thierry Frémaux are saddened and pained to inform you of the disappearance, today, of Bertrand Tavernier.”
Avec son épouse Sarah, ses enfants Nils et Tiffany et ses petits-enfants, l'Institut Lumière et Thierry Frémaux ont la tristesse et la douleur de vous faire part de la disparition, ce jour, de Bertrand Tavernier. pic.twitter.com/apVuXzYgmS
— Institut Lumière (@InstitutLumiere) March 25, 2021
A cause of death has not yet been confirmed, although Tavernier’s friend and fellow filmmaker Claude Lelouch told France...
- 3/25/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Bertrand Tavernier, the filmmaker, cineaste and critic who emerged in the wake of the French New Wave with such classics as The Clockmaker of St. Paul, A Sunday in the Country and ‘Round Midnight, died Thursday. He was 79.
Tavernier died in Sainte-Maxime in the Var region of southeastern France, relatives told the newspaper La Croix.
Renowned for the movies he made with actor Philippe Noiret, including The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974), Coup de Torchon (1981) and Life and Nothing But (1989), Tavernier directed nearly 30 features and documentaries in a prolific career that began in the early 1960s and continued for the next 50-odd years.
A five-time César Award ...
Tavernier died in Sainte-Maxime in the Var region of southeastern France, relatives told the newspaper La Croix.
Renowned for the movies he made with actor Philippe Noiret, including The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974), Coup de Torchon (1981) and Life and Nothing But (1989), Tavernier directed nearly 30 features and documentaries in a prolific career that began in the early 1960s and continued for the next 50-odd years.
A five-time César Award ...
- 3/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Bertrand Tavernier, the filmmaker, cineaste and critic who emerged in the wake of the French New Wave with such classics as The Clockmaker of St. Paul, A Sunday in the Country and ‘Round Midnight, died Thursday. He was 79.
Tavernier died in Sainte-Maxime in the Var region of southeastern France, relatives told the newspaper La Croix.
Renowned for the movies he made with actor Philippe Noiret, including The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974), Coup de Torchon (1981) and Life and Nothing But (1989), Tavernier directed nearly 30 features and documentaries in a prolific career that began in the early 1960s and continued for the next 50-odd years.
A five-time César Award ...
Tavernier died in Sainte-Maxime in the Var region of southeastern France, relatives told the newspaper La Croix.
Renowned for the movies he made with actor Philippe Noiret, including The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974), Coup de Torchon (1981) and Life and Nothing But (1989), Tavernier directed nearly 30 features and documentaries in a prolific career that began in the early 1960s and continued for the next 50-odd years.
A five-time César Award ...
- 3/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Tenth Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival — co-presented by Cinema St. Louis and the Webster University Film Series starts this Friday, March 2nd. — The Classic French Film Festival celebrates St. Louis’ Gallic heritage and France’s cinematic legacy. The featured films span the decades from the 1920s through the mid-1990s, offering a revealing overview of French cinema. This year’s fest kicks off with a screening of Bertrand Tavernier’s acclaimed documentary My Journey Through French Cinema, the director’s personal reflections on key films and filmmakers. Several of the works he highlights — such as Jacques Becker’s “Casque d’or” and Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Le Samouraï” — are screened at this year’s fest.
Tickets: $13 General Admission. Cinema St. Louis Members: $10. Students: $10. Webster. U students: Free. Tickets for My Journey Through French Cinema can be purchased Here
All films are screened at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood).
Friday,...
Tickets: $13 General Admission. Cinema St. Louis Members: $10. Students: $10. Webster. U students: Free. Tickets for My Journey Through French Cinema can be purchased Here
All films are screened at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood).
Friday,...
- 2/26/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 10th Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival — co-presented by Cinema St. Louis and the Webster University Film Series — celebrates St. Louis’ Gallic heritage and France’s cinematic legacy. The featured films span the decades from the 1920s through the 1990s, offering a revealing overview of French cinema.
This year’s fest kicks off with a screening of Bertrand Tavernier’s acclaimed documentary “My Journey Through French Cinema,” the director’s personal reflections on key films and filmmakers. Several of the works he highlights — such as Jacques Becker’s “Casque d’or” and Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Le Samouraï” — are screened at this year’s fest.
The fest annually includes significant restorations, and this year features New Wave master Jacques Rivette’s visually sumptuous “La belle noiseuse.” The fest also provides one of the few opportunities available in St. Louis to see films projected the old-school, time-honored way, with Jean Renoir...
This year’s fest kicks off with a screening of Bertrand Tavernier’s acclaimed documentary “My Journey Through French Cinema,” the director’s personal reflections on key films and filmmakers. Several of the works he highlights — such as Jacques Becker’s “Casque d’or” and Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Le Samouraï” — are screened at this year’s fest.
The fest annually includes significant restorations, and this year features New Wave master Jacques Rivette’s visually sumptuous “La belle noiseuse.” The fest also provides one of the few opportunities available in St. Louis to see films projected the old-school, time-honored way, with Jean Renoir...
- 1/18/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
French actor Philippe Noiret died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 76. The Cinema Paradiso star appeared in more than 125 films and also took to the stage in a string of plays. Noiret started his career in 1956 in Agnes Varda's film La Pointe Courte. He won two Cesar Awards (the French Oscars) for Best Actor for his roles in Robert Enrico's 1976 film Le Vieux Fusil and Bertrand Tavernier's 1990 production La Vie Et Rien D'Autre. French Prime Minister Dominique De Villepin paid tribute to Noiret, saying, "Through his voice, his allure, his panache, Philippe Noiret knew how to seize and express something within the French soul. The silhouette and the voice, so tender and familiar, will be missed by all."...
- 11/24/2006
- WENN
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