Bertrand Bonello
Bertrand Bonello was born in Nice in 1968. He began his career in music by taking part in the albums of several artists. He then turned towards cinema and filmmaking. In 1996, he directed Qui je suis - d’après Pier Paolo Pasolini, a short docufiction. His firt feature film, Quelque chose d’organique was presented at the 1998 Berlinale. His film Le Pornographe (2001) with Jean-Pierre Léaud was presented at the International Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Festival and obtained the FIPRESCI prize. In 2003, his film Tiresia was presented in official competition at Cannes. He then directed De la guerre, presented at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2008. Three years later, his feature film L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la maison close was selected at Cannes and was lauded by critics. It received eight nominations to the César. In 2014, he directed Saint Laurent, which was also selected at Cannes. The film went on to represent France at the Oscar and received ten nominations to the César. That same year, he held an exhibition at the George Pompidou Center, which dedicated a retrospective of his works, and released an album: Accidents. He also played the main role in the film Le Dos rouge, directed by Antoine Barraud. In parallel, he continues to direct short and musical films: Cindy: The Doll is Mine (2005) starring Asia Argento, and selected at Cannes, My New Picture (2007), Where The Boys Are (2010), Ingrid Caven, musique et voix (2012), presented at Locarno, Sarah Winchester, opéra fantôme (2016) for Opéra de Paris’ third stage. In 2016, he released Nocturama, his seventh feature film. Zombi Child, shot between France and Haiti, was presented at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes 2019. He 2022, he released Coma, presented at the Berlinale. In 2023, La Bête, currently in post-production, will be released.
