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Bertrand Tavernier
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor Born: April 25, 1941 in Lyons, France Biography:One of France's premiere directors, screenwriters, and producers, "Bertrand Tavernier" is renowned for making dramas encompassing themes as diverse as familial relationships, World War I, and contemporary social ills. Regardless of the subjects they explore, Tavernier lends his films great introspection and humanity, something that has established him as one of the French cinema's more progressive and compassionate figures.
Born in Lyon on April 25, 1941, Tavernier grew up with a love of film and wanted to be a director from the age of 13. He was particularly influenced by such American directors as "Joseph Losey", "John Ford", "Samuel Fuller", and "William Wellman", and -- during a spell at the Sorbonne, where he studied law -- he became involved in the film industry as an assistant director for "Jean-Pierre Melville". By his own admission, he was not very good at the job, so Tavernier became a... Full Biography
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