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Tavernier quit law school to write film criticism for CAHIERS DU CINEMA and other major journals, worked as an assistant director and publicist (e.g., for Jean-Pierre Melville) and authored a couple of books on American cinema before making his first feature, "The Clockmaker" (1973). Adapted from a Georges Simenon novel (and transposed from the USA to Tavernier's home town), it is an intelligent, studied debut with finely-tuned performances, which won a Special Jury Prize at the 1974 Berlin Film Festival, the Prix Louis Delluc in France, and established Tavernier's reputation....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Joan of Arc: The Virgin Warrior - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Man of Cinema: Pierre Rissient - ( - Cast / 2007 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
In the Electric Mist - ( Director / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Holy Lola - ( Director / 2004 / Released / TFM Distribution )
Holy Lola - ( Screenplay / 2004 / Released / TFM Distribution )
Safe Conduct - ( Director / 2002 / Released / )
Safe Conduct - ( Screenplay / 2002 / Released / )
Mon pere...il m'a sauve la vie - ( Screenplay / 2001 / Released / )
It All Starts Today - ( Director / 2000 / Released / )
It All Starts Today - ( Screenplay / 2000 / Released / )
Spotlights on a Massacre: 10 Films Against 100 Million Antipersonnel Land Mines - ( Director / 1999 / Released / )
De l'autre cote du periphe - ( Director / 1998 / Released / )
Kebab Connection - ( Technical Advisor / 1998 / Released / )
Captain Conan - ( Director / 1997 / Released / )
Captain Conan - ( Producer / 1997 / Released / )
Captain Conan - ( Screenplay / 1997 / Released / )
Fred - ( Co-Executive Producer / 1997 / Released / )
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits - ( Himself / 1995 / Released / )
L' Appat - ( Director / 1995 / Released / )
L' Appat - ( Screenplay / 1995 / Released / )
The Universe of Jacques Demy - ( Himself / 1995 / Released / )
D'Artagnan's Daughter - ( Director / 1994 / Released / Belga Films )
D'Artagnan's Daughter - ( Writer (adaptation)(- adaptation) / 1994 / Released / Belga Films )
L.627 - ( Director / 1994 / Released / )
L.627 - ( Screenplay / 1994 / Released / )
The Troubles We've Seen: A History of Journalism in Wartime (1st and 2nd Journeys) - ( Producer / 1994 / Released / )
Infant of Paradise: Alexandre Trauner & the Development of Film Production Design - ( Himself / 1993 / Released / )
Contre l'oubli - ( Director / 1992 / Released / )
50 Ans de cinema Americaine - ( Director / 1991 / Released / )
Daddy Nostalgia - ( Director / 1991 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
Daddy Nostalgia - ( Writer (dialogue)(- dialogue) / 1991 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
La Guerre Sans Nom - ( Director / 1991 / Released / )
La Guerre Sans Nom - ( Screenplay / 1991 / Released / )
Ragazzi - ( Art Department(- artistic adviser) / 1991 / Released / )
Life and Nothing But - ( Director / 1990 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
Life and Nothing But - ( Screenplay / 1990 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
Hotel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, His Life and Times - ( Himself / 1988 / Released / )
Hotel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, His Life and Times - ( Assistant(- assistance) / 1988 / Released / )
La Passion Beatrice - ( Director / 1988 / Released / )
Les Mois d'avril sont meurtriers - ( Screenplay / 1986 / Released / )
Round Midnight - ( Director / 1986 / Released / )
Round Midnight - ( Screenplay / 1986 / Released / )
A Sunday in the Country - ( Director / 1984 / Released / )
A Sunday in the Country - ( Screenplay / 1984 / Released / )
Mississippi Blues - ( Director / 1984 / Released / )
Mississippi Blues - ( Producer / 1984 / Released / )
La Trace - ( Producer / 1983 / Released / Nouvelles Editions de Films )
La Trace - ( Screenplay / 1983 / Released / Nouvelles Editions de Films )
Philippe Soupault - ( Director / 1982 / Released / )
Clean Slate - ( Director / 1981 / Released / Parafrance )
Clean Slate - ( Screenplay / 1981 / Released / Parafrance )
Clean Slate - ( Song / 1981 / Released / Parafrance )
A Week's Vacation - ( Director / 1980 / Released / )
A Week's Vacation - ( Producer / 1980 / Released / )
A Week's Vacation - ( Screenplay / 1980 / Released / )
Deathwatch - ( Director / 1980 / Released / )
Deathwatch - ( Producer / 1980 / Released / )
Deathwatch - ( Screenplay / 1980 / Released / )
Des Enfants Gates - ( Director / 1977 / Released / Roissy Films )
Des Enfants Gates - ( Screenplay / 1977 / Released / Roissy Films )
Des Enfants Gates - ( Writer (dialogue)(- dialogue) / 1977 / Released / Roissy Films )
La Question - ( Producer / 1976 / Released / Planfilm )
Le Juge et l'assassin - ( Director / 1976 / Released / Fox-Lira Films )
Le Juge et l'assassin - ( Screenplay / 1976 / Released / Fox-Lira Films )
Que la fete commence... - ( Director / 1975 / Released / )
Que la fete commence... - ( Screenplay / 1975 / Released / )
L' Horloger de St Paul - ( Director / 1972 / Released / Pathe Entertainment )
L' Horloger de St Paul - ( Screenplay / 1972 / Released / Pathe Entertainment )
Le Doulos - ( Publicity(- publicist) / 1963 / Released / )
TV Credits
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
American Cinema ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Tavernier quit law school to write film criticism for CAHIERS DU CINEMA and other major journals, worked as an assistant director and publicist (e.g., for Jean-Pierre Melville) and authored a couple of books on American cinema before making his first feature, "The Clockmaker" (1973). Adapted from a Georges Simenon novel (and transposed from the USA to Tavernier's home town), it is an intelligent, studied debut with finely-tuned performances, which won a Special Jury Prize at the 1974 Berlin Film Festival, the Prix Louis Delluc in France, and established Tavernier's reputation. His subsequent works have been equally well-crafted, displaying an affecting confluence of French and American cinematic styles. Tavernier's other noted films include "Clean Slate" (1981), a bold adaptation of Jim Thompson's "Pop. 1280", set not in the US South, but in French North Africa, and "'Round Midnight" (1986), a smooth, pseudo-biopic of a black-American jazz musician in 1950s Paris. Separated from screenwriter Colo Tavernier Hagan, who has worked on several of his films, and father of actor Nils Tavernier, who appeared in, among others, "Beatrice" (1987).

Profession(s):
director, critic, author
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
daughter:Tiffany Tavernier (born c. 1966; mother, Colo Tavernier)
father:Rene Tavernier (edited one of few independent journals in Vichy France; born c. 1915; died on December 16, 1989 in Paris, France)
son:Nils Tavernier (mother, Colo Tavernier)
wife:Colo Tavernier Hagan (married in 1965; separated in 1980; divorced in 1983; has worked with husband since their separation)

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Education
Lycee Henri IV France
Sorbonne, University of Paris Paris, France
Awards (Back to top)
Berlin Film Festival FIPRESCI International Critics Prize (Competition Film) "Ca Commence aujourd'hui/It All Starts Today" 1999
Berlin Film Festival Special Mention "Ca Commence aujourd'hui/It All Starts Today" 1999
Cesar Best Director "Capitaine Conan" 1996
Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear "The Bait" 1995
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Foreign Film "Life and Nothing But" 1991
Cesar Best Adapted Screenplay "Un Dimanche a la campagne/A Sunday in the Country" 1985
Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award "Un Dimanche a la campagne"/A Sunday in the Country 1984
Cesar Best Screenplay "The Judge and the Assassin" 1977
Cesar Best Director "Que la fete commence/Let Joy Reign Supreme" 1976
Cesar Best Screenplay "Let Joy Reign Supreme" 1976
Berlin Film Festival Special Jury Prize "The Clockmaker" 1974
Prix Louis Delluc "The Clockmaker" 1974

Milestones (Back to top)
1974 Directed first feature film, "L'Horloger de Saint-Paul"/The Clockmaker
1967 Co-scripted first film, "Coplan ouvre le feu a Mexico"
1965 - 1972 Worked with Pierre Rissient as freelance publicist
1963 Directorial debut with sketch for film "Les Baisers"
1961 Became press officer to producer Georges de Beauregard
1960 Hired by Jean-Pierre Melville as assistant director on "Leon Morin, prete"
Wrote for the film journals Cinema, Cahiers du Cinema, and Positif in the 1960s

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