FILM DIRECTOR

Bertrand Tavernier

1941 - 2021

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Bertrand Tavernier (French pronunciation: [bɛʁtʁɑ̃ tavɛʁnje]; 25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bertrand Tavernier has received more than 325,516 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Bertrand Tavernier is the 243rd most popular film director (down from 208th in 2019), the 1,529th most popular biography from France (down from 1,298th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Film Director.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bertrand Tavernier ranks 243 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Becker, Béla Tarr, Jafar Panahi, Michael Moore, James Ivory, and Yılmaz Güney. After him are Víctor Erice, John Sturges, Lucio Fulci, Karel Zeman, G. W. Pabst, and Hirokazu Kore-eda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Bertrand Tavernier ranks 108. Before him are William Nordhaus, Grace Zabriskie, Liamine Zéroual, Senta Berger, Lella Lombardi, and Louis Ignarro. After him are Emmett Till, David Warner, Roger Lemerre, Ann-Margret, Stephen Jay Gould, and Robert Wilson. Among people deceased in 2021, Bertrand Tavernier ranks 80. Before him are Tamara Press, Larry Flynt, Milva, Mamnoon Hussain, Walter Mondale, and Hannu Mikkola. After him are Gottfried Böhm, Abdelkader Bensalah, Dušan Ivković, Tanya Roberts, Dean Stockwell, and Vicente Fernández.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bertrand Tavernier ranks 1,529 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis de Bonald (1754), Henri Delaunay (1883), Bob Denard (1929), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Oenomaus (-105), and Raymond of Burgundy (1070). After him are Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554), Claude of France (1547), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), Albert Calmette (1863), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), and Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Bertrand Tavernier ranks 30. Before him are Abel Gance (1889), Jacques Rivette (1928), Jean Vigo (1905), Claude Lanzmann (1925), Chris Marker (1921), and Jacques Becker (1906). After him are Patrice Chéreau (1944), Frank Darabont (1959), Julien Duvivier (1896), Germaine Dulac (1882), Just Jaeckin (1940), and Philippe de Broca (1933).

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Filmography

In the Electric Mist
Director
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.
Apr 15th 20096.073 / 10
The French Minister
Director
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 Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.
Nov 6th 20136.067 / 10
The Princess of Montpensier
Director
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
Nov 3rd 20106.358 / 10