Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
March 14, 1939
Died
January 20, 2025 (85 years old)
Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Bertrand Blier
Biography
Bertrand Blier (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.
He was the son of famous French actor Bernard Blier. 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.
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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 has a daughter named Leila.
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Known For
Acting
Directing
The Jesus Rolls
Story, Characters
2019
Wide Load
Director, Adaptation, Writer
2019
The Clink of Ice
Writer, Director
2010
How Much Do You Love Me?
Screenplay, Director
2005
Pédale dure
Screenplay
2004
The Chops
Theatre Play, Screenplay, Director
2003
Actors
Screenplay, Director
2000
My Man
Screenplay, Director
1996
Dead Tired
Idea
1994
One, Two, Three, Sun
Screenplay, Director
1993
Thank You, Life
Director, Screenplay
1991
Too Beautiful for You
Screenplay, Director
1989