Bertrand Blier was born on 14 May 1939 in Boulogne-Biancourt. His father is the famous actor Bernard Blieu. Since childhood, Bertrand realized that he wanted to be both a writer and a director.
In 1959, he was an assistant to American director John Berry in the comedy "Oh! What Mambo" with Michel Cerrot and Jean Poiret in the lead roles. His first film was the documentary Hitler? I Don't Know That (1963), based on interviews with young people. In this film, Bliet’s nonconformism was clearly manifested.
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Bertrand Blier was born on 14 May 1939 in Boulogne-Biancourt. His father is the famous actor Bernard Blieu. Since childhood, Bertrand realized that he wanted to be both a writer and a director.
In 1959, he was an assistant to American director John Berry in the comedy "Oh! What Mambo" with Michel Cerrot and Jean Poiret in the lead roles.
His first film was the documentary Hitler? I Don't Know That (1963), based on interviews with young people. In this film, Bliet’s nonconformism was clearly manifested. His paintings are filled with irony and satire. The director chose the absurd as the way to expose bourgeois society. This approach helped him become different from his colleagues. And if Blier’s early work was compared with the works of the intellectual Jean-Pierre Moca, then soon he himself became a role model.
Bertrand’s first full-length film “If I Were a Spy” was released in 1967, but the real success he brings in 1974 is the adaptation of his own novel.
Waltzing . This film opened the world to Gerard Depardieu.
Since then, every film by Bertrand Blieu has become an event in cinema. Motion picture
"Prepare handkerchiefs." (1977) received an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Next is “Cesar” for best script for the film
"Cold Snacks." (1979) and in 1986 scandalous tape
"Evening Dress" Awarded Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
The film “Too Beautiful for You” (1989) brought the director a golden palm branch.
In the films “Thank You, Life!” (1991), “One, Two, Three Freeze” (1993) and “My Man” (1996), his wife Anouk Greenber shines.
Filmed in 2000, the film “Actors”, in which famous French actors play themselves, but in a state of absurdity, are among the most unusual in the history of French cinema.
Next comes the "Chops" (2003),
"How much are you worth?" (2005) and The Ring of Ice (2010).