Bertrand Blier
Known for DirectingBorn 1939-03-14 — died 2025-01-20Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Bertrand Blier (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.
He was the son of famous French actor Bernard Blier. His 1996 film Mon Homme was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. 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.
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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.
With his former wife Françoise, to whom he was married for twenty years, he had a daughter named Béatrice. He also had a son, Léonard, born 1993, with actress Anouk Grinberg. He was married to actress Farida Rahouadj, with whom he has a daughter named Leila.
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Actors
2000 · as Bertrand Blier (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011 · as Self
The Clouzot Scandal
2017 · as Self
All About Actresses
2009 · as Bertrand Blier
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023 · as Self (archive footage)
Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel
2017 · as Self
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022 · as Self - director
Marcello…
2022 · as Self
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
E. M. Cioran. Sa vie. Son oeuvre
1999 · as Self
A Look Through His Lens
2024 · as Self
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
2010 · as Self
Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté
2015 · as Self
Feet in the Mayonnaise: The Irreverent Ones of the 70s
2022 · as Self - director (archive footage)
Bertrand Blier, Maverick Filmmaker
2008 · as Self (archive)
A City Runs Through the Festival
2007 · as Self
Les acteurs - Making of
2004 · as Lui-même