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FrenchBorn Bertrand Blier

French film director and writer

Born on March 14, 1939 in Boulogne-Billancourt , France

Died on January 20, 2025 in Paris , France

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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.

...   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

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 bacalauréat.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
1997: Les Côtelettes
2010: Désolé pour la moquette...


Published works
1972: Les Valseuses (Eng. Going Places, 1974)
1979: Buffet Froid
1981: Beau-père
1997: Les Côtelettes
1998: Existe en blanc
2001: Pensées, répliques et anecdotes
2010: Désolé pour la moquette...


References


External links

Bertrand Blier at IMDb
Bertrand Blier discography at Discogs



Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0

 

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