“Together with the director's wife Sarah, children Niels and Tiffany and his grandchildren, the Lumière Institute and Thierry Fremaux are sad and sad to announce the departure of Bertrand Tavernier,” reads a message on Twitter.
Tavernier has directed about 30 films.
Among the most famous is Midnight Jazz, which won an Oscar for Best Music in 1986.
Tavernier is the owner of four Cesars.
In 1984 he won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival for the film Sunday in the Country.