Bertrand Blier
Bertrand Blier | |
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 Bertrand Blier in 1990 | |
| Born | 14 March 1939 |
| Died | 20 January 2025 (aged 85) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, writer |
| Years active | 1959–2019 |
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| Partner | Anouk Grinberg |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Bernard Blier (father) |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1979) for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs César Award for Best Writing (1980) for Buffet froid |
Bertrand Blier (French: [bɛʁtʁɑ̃ blije]; 14 March 1939 – 20 January 2025) was a French film director and writer. His 1978 film Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.[1]
Career
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His 1996 film Mon Homme was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] His 2005 film How Much Do You Love Me? was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver George for Best Director.[3]
A defence of Blier's work until 2000 was written by Sue Harris, Queen Mary College, London and published in 2001 by Manchester University Press.[4]
Personal life and death
[edit]Blier was born on 14 March 1939,[5] as the son of Gisèle Brunet and actor Bernard Blier.[6] With his former wife Françoise, to whom he was married for twenty years, he had a daughter named Béatrice.[7] He also had a son, Léonard, born 1993, with actress Anouk Grinberg.[8] He was married to actress Farida Rahouadj, with whom he had a daughter named Leila.[7]
Blier died at his residence in Paris, on 20 January 2025, at the age of 85.[9]
Filmography
[edit]Theatre
[edit]- 1997: Les Côtelettes
- 2010: Désolé pour la moquette...
Published works
[edit]- 1972: Les Valseuses
- 1979: Buffet Froid
- 1981: Beau-père
- 1997: Les Côtelettes
- 1998: Existe en blanc
- 2001: Pensées, répliques et anecdotes
- 2010: Désolé pour la moquette...
References
[edit]- ^ "The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1996 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ "28th Moscow International Film Festival (2006)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ Bertrand Blier - In the series French Film Directors. ISBN 0-7190-5297-1
- ^ Shrimpton, Leanda, ed. (1997). International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Directors. St. James Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-55862-301-9. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2007). 501 Movie Directors. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 416. ISBN 9781844035731. OCLC 1347156402.
- ^ a b "Bertrand Blier". VSD. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ "Un Deux Trois, Anouk Grinberg!". Le Soir.
- ^ "France's arch film provocateur Blier dies at 85". France 24. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
External links
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- Bertrand Blier at IMDb
- Bertrand Blier discography at Discogs
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