Bertrand Blier

Bertrand Blier
Blier in 1990
Born(1939-03-14)14 March 1939
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Died20 January 2025(2025-01-20) (aged 85)
Paris, France
OccupationsFilm director, writer
Years active1959–2019
Spouses
PartnerAnouk Grinberg
Children3
Parent(s)Bernard Blier
(father)
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1979)
for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
César Award for Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation (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.

Career

Blier at the 50th Venice International Film Festival

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.

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.

Personal life and death

Blier was born in Boulogne-Billancourt on 14 March 1939, as the son of pianist Gisèle Brunet and actor Bernard Blier. He never completed his baccalauréat. 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 had a daughter named Leila.

Blier died at his residence in Paris, on 20 January 2025, at the age of 85.

Filmography

Theatre

Published works

References

  1. ↑ "The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Berlinale: 1996 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "28th Moscow International Film Festival (2006)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Bertrand Blier - In the series French Film Directors. ISBN 0-7190-5297-1
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2007). 501 Movie Directors. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 416. ISBN 9781844035731. OCLC 1347156402.
  7. ↑ Nossiter, Adam (23 January 2025). "Bertrand Blier, Director of Sexually Blunt Films in France, Is Dead at 85". The New York Times. Vol. 174, no. 60410. p. A20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Bertrand Blier". VSD. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Un Deux Trois, Anouk Grinberg!". Le Soir.
  10. ↑ "France's arch film provocateur Blier dies at 85". France 24. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  11. ↑ Pulver, Andrew (21 January 2025). "Controversial French director Bertrand Blier dies at age 85". The Guardian.