
Bernardo Bertolucci
Department: Directing
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

Opera Prima
2021

Kiarostami in Close up
2000

… But Film Is My Mistress
2010

Cinecittà - I mestieri del cinema Bernardo Bertolucci
2019

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004

Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti
2016

Rubando Bellezza
2015

In the Shade of the Conformist
2011

An Opera of Violence
2003

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
2013

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999

Pictures of Europe
1990

Seduced and Abandoned
2013

Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
1992

Grandmother's Footsteps
2023

Kurosawa's Way
2011

Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris
2004

Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
1981

Salò: Fade to Black
2001

Chaplin Today: Limelight
2003

The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
2021

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005

Golem, the Spirit of Exile
1992

Journey Through History
1977

Portrait Of My Father
2010

Marco Melani - The Man With The Golden Eye
2021

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
1993

We Are Cinema
2021

We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
2013

Empire of the Censors
1995

Bernardo Bertolucci: The Italian Traveler
1987

Laura's Passion
2011

Playboy: The Story of X
1998

Great Directors
2009

Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
2002

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017

Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese Adventure
1986

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988

Face to Face: Bernardo Bertolucci
1989

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
2004

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
2004

Evviva Giuseppe
2017

Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life
2018

Filmmakers in Action
2006

The Cinema According to Bertolucci
1976

Cinque mondi
2016

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014

Sedia Elettrica: il making of del film Io e Te
2012

Bertolucci par Bertolucci : Leçon de cinéma
2013

The Ditvoorst Domains
1992

Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?
2002

Bernardo Bertolucci, le dernier empereur du cinema
2017

The True Life of Antonio H.
1994

Porn to Be Free
2016

Ennio
2022

Henri Langlois vu par...
2014

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
2021

Glauber, Claro
2020

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
1997

Something to Do with Death
2003

Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014

Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare
2013

Abicinema
1975

What Do You Know About Me
2009

Cesare Zavattini
2003

Joie de Vivre
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Bertolucci on Bertolucci
2013

Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006

Pasolini, la passion de Rome
2014

La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025

Plankton Salesmen
2017

Filmstudio, mon amour
2015

Un film et son époque
2003

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011

Leçon de Cinéma
2004

Spécial cinéma
1974

Scene by Scene
1997

Goldene Kamera
1984

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Midi trente
1972

Square
2012