Bertrand Bonello

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Bertrand Bonello
File:Bertrand Bonello Lumières 2015.jpg
Bonello in 2015
Born (1968-09-11) 11 September 1968 (age 55)[1]
Nice, France[1]
Occupation
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • composer
  • actor
Years active 1996–present
Children 1
Awards Full list

Bertrand Bonello (French: [bɛʁtʁɑ̃ bɔnɛlo]; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer, composer and actor. His work has been associated with the New French Extremity.[2] He wrote and directed Something Organic (1998), The Pornographer (2001),Tiresia (2003), Cindy: The Doll Is Mine (2005), On War (2008), House of Tolerance (2011), Saint Laurent (2014), Nocturama (2016), Zombi Child (2019), Coma (2022), and The Beast (2023). He also starred in Portrait of the Artist (2015), and Titane (2021). He was nominated for the César Award for Best Director for Saint Laurent, and was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2015.

Early life

Bonello's background is in classical music,[3][4] and he started playing the piano at the age of five.[3] Later on he had a band, and then he discovered punk and rock music and switched from classical to pop music.[3]

He became interested in films at the age of twelve by watching horror films from directors such as David Cronenberg, Dario Argento, George A. Romero, and Lucio Fulci.[3] He decided to become a director after watching Stranger Than Paradise (1984) by Jim Jarmusch.[3] Before working as a director, he worked as a session musician on tours and on records for other artists.[3]

Career

His feature directorial debut, Something Organic, was screened in the Panorama section of the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.[1]

His second feature film, The Pornographer, won the FIPRESCI prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[5] His third feature film, Tiresia, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.[6]

Bonello was a member of the jury of the Cinéfondation & Short Films section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

His 2011 film House of Tolerance, a depiction of daily life in a fin-de-siècle Parisian bordello, premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[7]

His 2014 film Saint Laurent,[8] a biopic of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival,[9] and received ten César Award nominations, including Best Film and Best Director.[10] The film was also selected as France's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.[11]

In 2016, he released the thriller Nocturama.

Bonello was the president of the jury of the Cinéfondation & Short Films section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

His 2019 film, Zombi Child, was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

His 2022 film Coma competed for the Encounters Award at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Award at the festival.[12][13]

Bonello's tenth feature film, The Beast, is a Sci-Fi romantic drama freely inspired by Henry James' 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle,[14] and had its world premiere in official competition at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival.[15]

Bonello also owns the production company My New Picture, which produces all of his films since 2008's On War.[16][17]

In April 2023, Love Theme Music released a soundtrack album featuring original music by Bonello that he wrote for his films.[18]

Personal life

Bonello was in a relationship with his frequent collaborator, French-Canadian cinematographer Josée Deshaies, with whom he had a daughter who was born in 2003.[19][20] Bonello's 2022 film Coma was dedicated to and inspired by his daughter.[20][21] He lives between Paris and Montreal.[22]

Filmography

As filmmaker

Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Screenwriter Composer Producer Actor Role
1996 Who I Am (Qui je suis) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Pylade Short film
1998 Something Organic (Quelque chose d'organique) Yes Yes Yes
2001 The Pornographer Yes Yes Yes
2002 The Adventures of James and David Yes Yes Yes Short film
2003 Tiresia Yes Yes
2005 Cindy: The Doll Is Mine Yes Yes Short film
2006 My New Picture Yes Yes Yes Yes Short film
2008 On War Yes Yes Yes Yes Also executive producer
2010 Where the Boys Are Yes Yes Short film
2011 House of Tolerance Yes Yes Yes Yes
2012 Die Frau Yes Short film
Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice Yes Yes
2014 Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello? (Où en êtes-vous, Bertrand Bonello?) Yes Yes Yes Short film[23]
Saint Laurent Yes Yes Yes Yes Libération journalist
Portrait of the Artist Yes Yes Bertrand
2016 Nocturama Yes Yes
Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera Yes Yes Short film
2019 Zombi Child Yes Yes
2020 Où en êtes-vous? (Numéro 2) Yes Yes Yes Short film[24]
2022 Coma Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Dam Yes
2023 The Beast Yes Yes

Acting roles

Year Title Role Director Notes
1996 Who I Am (Qui je suis) Pylade Bertrand Bonello
2003 Lapin intégral Steve Cécilia Rouaud Short film
2004 Le pont des Arts A spectator Eugène Green
2006 We Should Not Exist (On ne devrait pas exister) Bertrand Hervé P. Gustave
2012 Hand in Hand (Main dans la main) Prétendant Hélène Marchal Valérie Donzelli
2014 Saint Laurent Libération journalist Bertrand Bonello
2015 Portrait of the Artist Bertrand Antoine Barraud
2021 Titane Alexia's father Julia Ducournau

Awards and nominations

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Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Bertrand Bonello

Decorations

References

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Further reading

  • Bernard Stiegler, "Tirésias et la guerre du temps: Autour d'un film de Bertrand Bonello," De la misère symbolique: Tome 1. L'époque hyperindustrielle (Paris: Galilée, 2004): 163–85.

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