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Bernardo Bertolucci


Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director whose films are known for their colorful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy, in 1940. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. He served as assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini in the film Accattone (1961) and directed Les recrues (1962). His second film, Before the Revolution (... See full bio »
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Won 2 Oscars. Another 40 wins & 31 nominations. See more awards »

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 2012 Moi & toi (screenplay)
 2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (written by - segment "Histoire d'eaux")
 2001 Le triomphe de l'amour (written by)
 1998 Shanduraï (writer)
 1996 Beauté volée (story)
 1993 Little Buddha (story)
 1990 The Sheltering Sky (screenplay)
 1987 Le dernier empereur (screenplay)
 1985 Cartoline dalla Cina (TV Short documentary) (commentary)
 1979 Luna (story) / (writer)
 1976 1900 (written by)
 1976 Il silenzio è complicità (Documentary)
 1972 Le dernier Tango à Paris (screenplay) / (story)
 1971 L'inchiesta (TV Movie)
 1970 The Conformist (screenplay)
 1969 La contestation (screenplay - segment "Agonia")
 1968 Once Upon a Time in the West (from a story by)
 1968 Partner (story and screenplay)
  La via del petrolio (TV Series documentary) (screenplay - 3 episodes, 1967) (story - 3 episodes, 1967)
- Attraverso l'Europa (1967) ... (screenplay) / (story)
- Il viaggio (1967) ... (screenplay) / (story)
- Le origini (1967) ... (screenplay) / (story)
 1966 Il canale (Documentary short) (concept)
 1964 Before the Revolution (story and screenplay)
 1962 Les recrues (screenplay)
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5' 10" (1.78 m)
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[on describing Hollywood as "the big nipple" at the 1988 Academy Awards] The day after I remember I was driving in Sunset Boulevard and on the radio there was the disc jockey saying, "and now music from the Big Nipple..." And so they adopted it...I just meant that night these nine Oscars (for Le dernier empereur (1987)) were like a big, big breast feeding all of us. It was a joke. Sometimes from ... See more »

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He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture. See more »

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Star Sign:

Pisces

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