Paris (AFP)
Director Bertrand Tavernier, author of films such as "Coup de Torchon" and "L.627", died Thursday at the age of 79, announced the Institut Lumière in Lyon, which he chaired.
"With his wife Sarah, his children Nils and Tiffany and his grandchildren, the Lumière Institute and Thierry Frémaux have the sadness and the pain to inform you of the disappearance, today, of Bertrand Tavernier", tweeted the institution dedicated to the 7th art.
Eminent personality of French cinema, artist committed to eclectic work and recognized abroad, Bertrand Tavernier has made period and contemporary films, with a predilection for societal subjects.
He was also a great cinephile invested in the preservation and transmission of films, driven both by the desire to defend independent French cinema and the passion for American cinema of the 20th century.
His films have been widely rewarded: 74 Louis-Delluc prize for "The watchmaker of Saint-Paul", Oscar nomination 83 for "Coup de torchon", director's prize in Cannes in 1984 for "Un dimanche à la campaign ", BAFTA 90 for Best Foreign Film for" Life and Nothing Else ", Golden Bear 95 in Berlin for" The Bait ", Golden Lion in Venice for Lifetime Achievement.
Bertrand Tavernier was born on April 25, 1941 in Lyon, a high place of cinema with the Institut Lumière of which he was president.
Son of the writer and resistance fighter René Tavernier, he discovered cinema during a stay in a sanatorium.
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