Bertrand Blier

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.

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 baccalauréat. 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.

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... 2022: Fragile des bronches