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Bertrand Blier


1939

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The director Bertrand Blier was born as the son of the well-known actor Bernard Blier. He began his film career as an assistant of directors like Christian-Jaque and Jean Delannoy.

He realised his first own direction in 1963 with "Hitler, connais pas" (63), but the production was a flop. It followed "La grimace" (66) and "Si j'étais un espion" (67).

Bertrand Blier restrained from directing in the following years, he preferred to create quality instead of quantity, a demand he almost always fulfilled.
In the 70's and 80's he directoed his most successful movies, among them "Les valseuses - Die Ausgebufften" (74) with Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere, "Préparez vos mouchoirs - Frau zu verschenken", again with Depardieu and Deware - the movie was awarded with an Oscar for the best foreign language film, "Buffet froid - Den Mörder trifft man am Buffet" (79), "Tenue de soirée - Abendanzug" (86) and "Trop belle pour toi - Zu schön für dich" (89).

To his latest works belong "Merci la vie" (91), "Mon homme" (96) and "Les côtelettes" (03).

Bertrand Blier also won two Césars in 1980 and 1985 in the category "Best Script and in 1990 he won even three Césars for the script, for directing and for the best film for "Trop belle pour toi" (89). Moreover he was nominated for other Césars in 1987, 1992 and 1994.
 

Other movies from Bertrand Blier:
La grimace (66) Si j'étais un espion (67) Calmos (76) Beau-père (81) La femme de mon pote (83) Notre histoire (84) Contre l'oubli: Pour Alirio de Crisanto Mederos, Vénézuela (91) Un, deux, trois, soleil (93) Les acteurs (00)

Writer:
La grimace (66) Si j'étais un espion (67) Laisse aller, c'est une valse (71) Les valseuses (74) Calmos (76) Préparez vos mouchoirs (78) Buffet froid (79) Beau-père (81) La femme de mon pote (83) Debout les crabes, la mer monte! (83) Notre histoire (84) Tenue de soirée (86) Trop belle pour toi (89) Merci la vie (91) Un, deux, trois, soleil (93) Grosse fatigue (94) Mon homme (96) Les acteurs (00) Les côtelettes (03) Pédale dure (04)


 
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