FILM DIRECTOR

Bertrand Blier

1939 - 2025

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bertrand Blier is the 221st most popular film director (up from 442nd in 2019), the 1,435th most popular biography from France (up from 2,496th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bertrand Blier ranks 221 out of 2,041. Before him are Mahesh Bhatt, Alfonso Cuarón, Liliana Cavani, Mike Newell, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Stanley Kramer. After him are Donald P. Bellisario, Mark Robson, Theo van Gogh, David Zucker, Marco Ferreri, and Otar Iosseliani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Bertrand Blier ranks 77. Before him are Daniel C. Tsui, Milva, Carolina Herrera, Ruud Lubbers, Ricardo Bofill, and Amancio Amaro. After him are Gangubai Kothewali, Kim Jae-ryong, Richard Serra, Fikret Abdić, Dion DiMucci, and Barry Seal. Among people deceased in 2025, Bertrand Blier ranks 57. Before him are Alasdair MacIntyre, Lalo Schifrin, Georgios Roubanis, Ferdi Tayfur, Max Romeo, and Heikki Hasu. After him are Joan Plowright, Akinori Nakayama, Dag Solstad, James Foley, Stanley Fischer, and Friðrik Ólafsson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bertrand Blier ranks 1,435 out of 6,770. Before him are Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Geneviève Grad (1944), Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304), Émile Gaboriau (1832), Paul Ulrich Villard (1860), and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893). After him are Philippe Starck (1949), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Pierre Mauroy (1928), Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Bertrand Blier ranks 29. Before him are Louis Malle (1932), Jean Vigo (1905), Claude Lanzmann (1925), Jacques Rivette (1928), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), and Jacques Demy (1931). After him are Julien Duvivier (1896), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Patrice Chéreau (1944), Chris Marker (1921), Jacques Becker (1906), and Claude Sautet (1924).

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