Bertrand Blier was born in Boulogne-Billancourt on March 14, 1939, to the popular character actor Bernard Blier and his wife Gisèle, née Brunet. He soon found himself surrounded by luminaries ...

An award-winning French filmmaker, he won an Oscar for “Get Out Your Handkerchiefs.” But he divided audiences with explorations of misogyny and the male sexual imagination.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bertrand Blier, one of the most influential filmmakers of French cinema, died at the age of 85 on Monday, January 20, 2025, at his home in Paris. Director of such landmark films as Les Valseuses ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

He followed in his father's footsteps, starting in cinema as an assistant director. In 1963, he directed his father Bernard Blier, in his first feature, "If I Were A Spy". The title, which means ...

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