Biography: life and films
Pascal Bonitzer is a French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, France on 1st February 1946.His best films as a screenwriter include René Allio's Moi, Pierre Rivière... (1976), André Téchiné's Le Lieu du crime (1986), Jacques Rivette's La Belle noiseuse (1991), Ma saison préférée (1993) and Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons (1994), and whose best work as a film director include Encore (1996), Le Grand alibi (2008) and Cherchez Hortense (2012).
Pascal Bonitzer has so far scripted 44 films, appeared in 29 films and directed 7 films (including 1 short).
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jacques Rivette (14 films), Raoul Ruiz (6), André Téchiné (6), Pascal Kané (2), Otar Iosseliani (2), Michel Béna (2), John Lvoff (2), Jean-Louis Comolli (2) and Chantal Akerman (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (39 films), comedy-drama (12), romance (9), Thriller (8), comedy (7), crime-thriller (5), comedy-romance (5), history (3) and Fantasy (3).
Our average rating for Pascal Bonitzer over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
Moi, Pierre Rivière... (1976) [w]
L'Exercice du pouvoir (1978) [w]
La Vocation suspendue (1978) [a]
De grands événements et des gens ordinaires (1979) [a]
Le Borgne (1980) [a]
Simone Barbès ou la vertu (1980) [a]
Balles perdues (1983) [a]
Liberty belle (1983) [a,w]
L'Amour par terre (1984) [a,w]
Tricheurs (1984) [w]
Hurlevent (1985) [w]
Golden Eighties (1986) [w]
La Bande des quatre (1988) [w]
Les Mendiants (1988) [w]
L'Enfant de l'hiver (1989) [a]
Les Bois noirs (1989) [w]
Un jeu d'enfant (1990) [w]
La Belle noiseuse Divertimento (1991) [w]
Le Ciel de Paris (1991) [a]
Nuit et jour (1991) [w]
La Chasse aux papillons (1992) [a]
Couples et amants (1993) [w]
Grande petite (1994) [a]
Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les Batailles (1994) [w]
Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons (1994) [w]
Haut bas fragile (1995) [w]
Le Fils de Gascogne (1995) [a]
N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir (1995) [a]
Encore (1996) [a,d,w]
Trois vies et une seule mort (1996) [w]
Généalogies d'un crime (1997) [a,w]
Augustin, roi du Kung-fu (1999) [a]
Les Infortunes de la beauté (1999) [a]
Rien sur Robert (1999) [a,d,w]
Betty Fisher et autres histoires (2001) [a]
Va savoir (2001) [w]
Histoire de Marie et Julien (2003) [w]
Petites coupures (2003) [d,w]
Les Temps qui changent (2004) [w]
Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004) [a]
Je pense à vous (2006) [d,w]
La Clef (2007) [a]
Ne touchez pas la hache (2007) [w]
Le Grand alibi (2008) [d,w]
36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup (2009) [w]
Chantrapas (2010) [a]
Cherchez Hortense (2012) [d,w]
Valentin Valentin (2015) [a,w]
The very best fantasy films in French cinema
Kafka's tortuous trial of love
French cinema during the Nazi Occupation
