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Bertrand Blier

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French film director (1939–2025)

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Bertrand Blier was a French individual whose professional career spanned from 1963 to 2022. Born on March 14, 1939, he passed away on January 20, 2025. He had three children and stood 1.79 meters tall.

His published works include titles such as *Fragile des bronches*, *Désolé pour la moquette*, *Making It*, *beau pere*, and *Ménage*. Records indicate he was associated with five works in one database and fourteen in another.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
14

Top works

  • Fragile des bronches
  • Désolé pour la moquette
  • Making It
  • beau pere
  • Ménage

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1939-03-14
Active to
2025-01-20

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
60
Total plays
127

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bertrand+Blier">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
( 1939-03-14 ) 14 March 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt , France
Died
20 January 2025 (2025-01-20) (aged 85), Paris , France
Occupations
Film director, writer
Years active
1959–2019
Spouses
Françoise (divorced) Catherine Florin (divorced) Farida Rahouadj
Partner
Anouk Grinberg
Parent s
Bernard Blier , (father)
Awards
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1979), for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs , César Award for Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation (1980), for Buffet froid

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Bertrand
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Boulogne-Billancourt
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Notable work
Buffet froid
Field of work
cinematography
Image
Blier.jpg
Height
1.79
Number of children
3
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name in native language
Bertrand Blier
topic has template
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Commons category
Bertrand Blier
date of birth
1939-03-14
start of work period
1963-00-00
date of death
2025-01-20
different from
Bernard Blier
end of work period
2022-00-00
place of burial
Montmartre Cemetery
Sources (13)

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Encyclopedic overview

Bertrand Blier ( French: [bɛʁtʁɑ̃ blije]; 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

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