The Directors Guild of America, which honored Tavernier in 2004 with a DGA Honor, issued a pair of statements Thursday about the director’s passing.Īlso Read: Houston Tumlin, 'Talladega Nights' Star, Dies by Suicide at 28
He was best known for his films with actor Philippe Noiret, including “The Clockmaker” and “Coup de Torchon,” and won four César Awards throughout his decade-spanning career. He did early work alongside director Jean-Pierre Melville and then went on to win the Silver Bear from the Berlin Film Festival for “The Clockmaker of St. Inspired by filmmakers like Jean Vigo, Jean Renoir and John Ford, Tavernier began his career in the ’60s in France, writing for the PEN club and aspiring to become a filmmaker like many of his French New Wave peers. His relatives told the French publication La Croix that he died in Sainte-Maxime in the Var region of southeastern France.Īlso Read: George Segal, Venerated 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and 'The Goldbergs' Actor, Dies at 87 Tavernier came up in the wake of the French New Wave in the ’60s and was a BAFTA Award winner for the film “Life and Nothing But.” Paul,” “‘Round Midnight” and “A Sunday in the Country,” has died. Bertrand Tavernier, a French director, screenwriter and film critic known for his films “The Clockmaker of St.
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