The provocative French filmmaker left his mark on 1970s and 1980s cinema. He won several awards, including an Oscar in 1979.View on euronews ...

Provocative French filmmaker Bertrand Blier, who scored hits with transgressive comedies featuring Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert such as “Going Places” and “Get Out Your Handkerchiefs,” has ...

Its success also brought Blier out of the shadow of his father, the postwar acting great Bernard Blier. A parable of male unease at women's liberation, many at the time found "Les Valseuses" morally ...

Born in 1939 in the Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt, Blier was the son of actor Bernard Blier and grew up was steeped in film and theatre. He made his directing debut with cinema-verité ...

Famous for his iconoclastic 1970s and 1980s comedies Les Valseuses, Tenue de soirée and Buffet froid, Blier died “peacefully at home in Paris, surrounded by his wife and children,” his son ...

Its success also brought Blier out of the shadow of his father, the postwar acting great Bernard Blier. A parable of male unease at women's liberation, many at the time found "Les Valseuses ...

The French film director Bertrand Blier, the creator of cult and provocative films such as Les Valseuses, Buffet Froid, and Tenue de Soirée, has died. The veteran filmmaker, celebrated for his ...

Levy/Associated Press Bertrand Blier was born on March 14, 1939, in the Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt, the son of Bernard Blier, a well-known character actor in French cinema, and Gisèle ...