Bernardo Bertolucci

Biography

Bernardo Bertolucci OMRI (16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in Italian cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim. He was the first Italian filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director for The Last Emperor (1987), one of many accolades including two Golden Globes, two David di Donatellos, a British Academy Award, and a César Award. In recognition of his work, he was presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. He had previously received a Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernardo Bertolucci, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

3 September 2011

Seduced and Abandoned

20 May 2013

Great Directors

19 May 2009

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

20 September 2014

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio

24 September 2004

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

28 August 2013

… But Film Is My Mistress

12 May 2010

Kurosawa's Way

13 May 2011

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2024	For Jack, From Hell	Self (archive footage)
2023	The Last Days of Humanity	Self (archive footage)
2023	Grandmother's Footsteps	Self
2022	Ennio	Self
2021	Alida Valli: In Her Own Words	Self
2021	The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021	We Are Cinema	Self (archive footage)
2021	Opera Prima	Self
2021	Marco Melani - The Man With The Golden Eye
2020	Glauber, Claro	Self (archive footage)
2019	Cinecittà - I mestieri del cinema Bernardo Bertolucci
2018	Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life	Self (archive footage)
2017	Evviva Giuseppe	Himself
2017	Bernardo Bertolucci, le dernier empereur du cinema	Self
2017	Plankton Salesmen	Self (archive footage)
2016	Porn to Be Free	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016	Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life	Self
2016	Cinque mondi	Self
2016	Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti	Himself
2015	Rubando Bellezza	Self
2014	Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire	Self - Filmmaker
2014	Henri Langlois vu par...	Self
2014	Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema	Self
2013	Seduced and Abandoned	Self
2013	Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013	Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open	Self
2013	We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism	Self
2013	Bertolucci par Bertolucci : Leçon de cinéma	Self - Guest
2013	Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare	Self
2012	Sedia Elettrica: il making of del film Io e Te	Self
2012	Square	Self
2011	The Story of Film: An Odyssey	Self
2011	Kurosawa's Way	Self
2011	In the Shade of the Conformist	Self
2011	Laura's Passion	Self
2010	… But Film Is My Mistress	Self
2010	Portrait Of My Father	Self
2009	Great Directors	Self
2009	What Do You Know About Me	Self
2006	Filmmakers in Action	Self
2005	Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker	Self
2004	How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio	Self
2004	Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’	Self
2004	Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris	Self
2004	Leçon de Cinéma	Self
2004	I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto	Self
2003	Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'	Self
2003	An Opera of Violence	Self - Filmmaker
2003	Something to Do with Death	Self - Filmmaker
2003	Un film et son époque	Self
2003	Cesare Zavattini	Self
2002	Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?	Self
2002	Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story	Self - Director
2001	Salò: Fade to Black	Self
2000	Kiarostami in Close up	as Self
1999	Kurosawa: The Last Emperor	Self
1998	Playboy: The Story of X	Self - Director
1997	Scene by Scene	Self
1997	Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo	Self
1995	Empire of the Censors	Self
1994	La vera vita di Antonio H.	Self
1993	Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II	Self
1992	Golem, l'esprit de l'exil	Le Maître de la Cour
1992	Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro	Self
1992	The Ditvoorst Domains	Self
1990	Pictures of Europe	Self
1989	Face to Face: Bernardo Bertolucci	Self
1988	Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'	Self
1987	Bernardo Bertolucci: The Italian Traveler	Self
1986	Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese Adventure	Self
1981	Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die	Self
1977	Journey Through History	Self
1976	The Cinema According to Bertolucci	Self
1975	Abicinema	Self
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self
1974	Spécial cinéma	Self
1972	Midi trente	Self
1966	Goldene Kamera Verleihung	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2014	Henri Langlois vu par...	Director
2013	Venice 70: Future Reloaded	Director
2012	Me and You	Screenplay
2012	Me and You	Director
2005	Behind Love and Anger	Thanks
2003	The Dreamers	Director
2002	Ten Minutes Older: The Cello	Director
2002	Ten Minutes Older: The Cello	Screenplay
2002	Histoire d'eaux	Director
2001	The Triumph of Love	Writer
2001	The Triumph of Love	Producer
1998	Besieged	Director
1998	Besieged	Writer
1996	Stealing Beauty	Director
1996	Stealing Beauty	Story
1996	Bahia de Todos os Sambas	Thanks
1993	Little Buddha	Director
1993	Little Buddha	Story
1990	The Sheltering Sky	Screenplay
1990	The Sheltering Sky	Director
1989	12 Directors for 12 Cities	Director
1989	Bologna	Director
1987	The Last Emperor	Director
1987	The Last Emperor	Screenplay
1985	Postcards from China	Director
1984	Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer	Director
1983	Io con te non ci sto più	Producer
1981	Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man	Director
1981	Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man	Writer
1979	Luna	Screenplay
1979	Luna	Story
1979	Luna	Director
1976	1900	Director
1976	1900	Writer
1976	Il silenzio è complicità	Screenplay
1976	Il silenzio è complicità	Editor
1972	Last Tango in Paris	Director
1972	Last Tango in Paris	Screenplay
1972	Last Tango in Paris	Story
1971	Health Is Ill	Director
1971	L'inchiesta	Producer
1970	The Conformist	Director
1970	The Conformist	Screenplay
1970	The Spider's Stratagem	Director
1970	The Spider's Stratagem	Screenplay
1969	Love and Anger	Director
1969	Love and Anger	Writer
1969	His Day of Glory	Co-Director
1968	Once Upon a Time in the West	Story
1968	Partner	Director
1968	Partner	Writer
1967	La via del petrolio	Director
1966	Il canale	Director
1964	Before the Revolution	Story
1964	Before the Revolution	Director
1964	Before the Revolution	Screenplay
1962	La Commare Secca	Director
1962	La Commare Secca	Screenplay
1961	Accattone	Assistant Director
1956	The Death of a Pig	Cinematography
1956	The Death of a Pig	Writer
1956	The Death of a Pig	Director
1956	La teleferica	Director