Bertrand Bonello
| Bertrand Bonello | |
|---|---|
 Bonello in 2015 | |
| Born |
11 September 1968 Nice, France |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, producer, composer, actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Bertrand Bonello (French: [bɔnɛlo]; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extremity.[1]
His film The Pornographer (2001) won the FIPRESCI prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Tiresia (2003) was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
His film House of Tolerance, a depiction of daily life in a fin-de-siècle Parisian bordello, premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
His 2014 film Saint Laurent competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[5] The film was also selected as France's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.[6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | Composer | Producer | Actor | Role | |||
| 1996 | Qui je suis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Pylade | Short film |
| 1998 | Something Organic | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2001 | The Pornographer | Yes | Yes | Yes | FIPRESCI Prize (International Critics' Week) | |||
| 2002 | The Adventures of James and David | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | |||
| 2003 | Tiresia | Yes | Yes | Nominated—Cannes Film Festival-Palme d'Or | ||||
| 2003 | Lapin intégral | Yes | Steve | Short film | ||||
| 2004 | Le Pont des Arts | Yes | A spectator | |||||
| 2005 | Cindy: The Doll Is Mine | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||||
| 2006 | My New Picture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2006 | We Should Not Exist | Yes | Bertrand | |||||
| 2008 | On War | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also executive producer | ||
| 2010 | Where the Boys Are | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||||
| 2011 | House of Tolerance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nominated—Cannes Film Festival-Palme d'Or Nominated—César Award for Best Music Written for a Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Director Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay | ||
| 2012 | Hand in Hand | Yes | Prétendant Hélène Marchal | |||||
| 2012 | Die Frau | Yes | Short film | |||||
| 2012 | Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 2014 | Saint Laurent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Libération journalist | Nominated—Cannes Film Festival-Palme d'Or Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—Louis Delluc Prize Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Director Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay | |
| 2014 | Portrait of the Artist | Yes | Yes | Bertrand | ||||
| 2016 | Nocturama | Yes | Yes | |||||
Decorations
References
- ↑ Quandt, James, "Flesh & Blood: Sex and violence in recent French cinema", ArtForum, February 2004 Access date: July 10, 2008.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Bertrand Bonello biography". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Tiresia". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on 2011-05-15. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ↑ "Oscars: France Selects 'Saint Laurent' for Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-juillet-2015
Further reading
- Bernard Stiegler, "Tirésias et la guerre du temps: Autour d'un film de Bertrand Bonello," De la misère symbolique: Tome 1. L'époque hyperindustrielle (Paris: Galilée, 2004): 163–85.
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