
Person
Bernardo Bertolucci
Directing · 1941–2018 · Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
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

Spécial cinéma
Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self

Square
Self

Once Upon a Time in the West
Story

Midi trente
Self

The Dreamers
Director
Goldene Kamera
Self

The Last Emperor
Director

Leçon de Cinéma
Self

Ennio
Self
Filmography
- 2026The Echo ChamberStory
- 2025La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
- 2023Grandmother's FootstepsSelf
- 2022EnnioSelf
- 2021We Are CinemaSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Marco Melani: The Man with the Golden Eye
- 2021The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di PaoloSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2021Opera PrimaSelf
- 2021Alida Valli: In Her Own WordsSelf
- 2020Glauber, ClaroSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Cinecittà - I mestieri del cinema Bernardo Bertolucci
- 2018Now and Forever Time to Reclaim LifeSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Plankton SalesmenSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Evviva GiuseppeHimself
- 2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of LifeSelf
- 2017Bernardo Bertolucci, le dernier empereur du cinemaSelf
- 2016Cinque mondiSelf
- 2016Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza MazzettiHimself
- 2016Porn to Be FreeSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2015Filmstudio, mon amourSé stesso
- 2015Rubando BellezzaSelf
- 2014Marlon Brando: An Actor Named DesireSelf - Filmmaker
- 2014Henri Langlois vu par...Self
- 2014Red Chairs - Parma and the CinemaSelf
- 2014Pasolini, la passion de RomeSelf
- 2013Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotareSelf
- 2013Bertolucci par Bertolucci : Leçon de cinémaSelf - Guest
- 2013We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: NeorealismSelf
- 2013Bertolucci on BertolucciSelf (archive)
- 2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded(segment Bernardo Bertolucci)
- 2013Seduced and AbandonedSelf
- 2013Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always OpenSelf
- 2012Me & YouDirector
- 2012Sedia Elettrica: il making of del film Io e TeSelf
- 2012SquareSelf
- 2011Laura's PassionSelf
- 2011The Story of Film: An OdysseySelf
- 2011In the Shade of the ConformistSelf
- 2011Kurosawa's WaySelf
- 2010Portrait Of My FatherSelf
- 2010… But Film Is My MistressSelf
- 2009What Do You Know About MeSelf
- 2009Great DirectorsSelf
- 2006Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinemaSelf
- 2006Filmmakers in ActionSelf
- 2006RefugeSelf
- 2005Elio Petri: Notes About a FilmmakerSelf
- 2005Behind Love and AngerThanks
- 2004Behind the scenes: Last Tango in ParisSelf
- 2004How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and CiccioSelf
- 2004Leçon de CinémaSelf
- 2004Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’Self
- 2004I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confrontoSelf
- 2003An Opera of ViolenceSelf - Filmmaker
- 2003Something to Do with DeathSelf - Filmmaker
- 2003The DreamersDirector
- 2003Chaplin Today: LimelightSelf
- 2003Un film et son époqueSelf
- 2003Cesare ZavattiniSelf
- 2002Ten Minutes Older: The CelloDirector
- 2002Histoire d'eauxDirector
- 2002Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?Self
- 2002Claude Jutra: An Unfinished StorySelf - Director
- 2001The Triumph of LoveWriter
- 2001Salò: Fade to BlackSelf
- 2000Kiarostami in Close upas Self
- 1999Kurosawa: The Last EmperorSelf
- 1998BesiegedDirector
- 1998Playboy: The Story of XSelf - Director
- 1997Scene by SceneSelf
- 1997Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomoSelf
- 1996Bahia de Todos os SambasThanks
- 1996Stealing BeautyDirector
- 1995Empire of the CensorsSelf
- 1994The True Life of Antonio H.Self
- 1993Little BuddhaDirector
- 1993Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War IISelf
- 1992The Ditvoorst DomainsSelf
- 1992Golem, the Spirit of ExileLe Maître de la Cour
- 1992Writing with Light: Vittorio StoraroSelf
- 1990The Sheltering SkyDirector
- 1990Pictures of EuropeSelf
- 1989Face to Face: Bernardo BertolucciSelf
- 198912 Directors for 12 CitiesDirector
- 1989BolognaDirector
- 1988Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'Self
- 1987The Last EmperorDirector
- 1987Bernardo Bertolucci: The Italian TravelerSelf
- 1986Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese AdventureSelf
- 1985Postcards from ChinaDirector
- 1984Farewell to Enrico BerlinguerDirector
- 1984Goldene KameraSelf
- 1983Io con te non ci sto piùProducer
- 1981Tragedy of a Ridiculous ManDirector
- 1981Whoever Says the Truth Shall DieSelf
- 1979LunaStory
- 1977Journey Through HistorySelf
- 19761900Director
- 1976The Cinema According to BertolucciSelf
- 1976Il silenzio è complicitàScreenplay
- 1975AbicinemaSelf
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
- 1974Spécial cinémaSelf
- 1972Last Tango in ParisDirector
- 1972Midi trenteSelf
- 1971L'inchiestaProducer
- 1971Health Is IllDirector
- 1971The ConformistDirector
- 1970The Spider's StratagemDirector
- 1969Love and AngerDirector
- 1969Filmers buiten het gareelSelf
- 1969His Day of GloryCo-Director
- 1968Once Upon a Time in the WestStory
- 1968PartnerDirector
- 1967The Path of OilDirector
- 1966Il canaleDirector
- 1964Before the RevolutionDirector
- 1962La Commare SeccaDirector
- 1961AccattoneAssistant Director
- 1956The Death of a PigDirector
- 1956La telefericaDirector
- —Joie de VivreSelf (archive footage)
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