Bernardo Bertolucci's biography

Bernardo Bertolucci is 77 years old film director born at Parma. He was born on Sunday 16th of March 1941. He is often nicknamed as Bernardo Bertolucci. According to year of birth 1941 Bernardo belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 16th of March means he is Pisces. Pisces is a Watery Sign. They are very intuitive people. They are empathic, emotional and highly spiritual in nature.He was married 3 times.

He is white italian. He is atheist. Bernardo´s primary profession is to be film director. You can know him also as screenwriter, film producer, film actor, film editor, poet. He is recently known as playwright. Bernardo received Academy Award for Best Director The Last Emperor in 1987

Bernardo Bertolucci's dad

Bernardo Bertolucci's father's name is Attilio Bertolucci. He is known as poet. His father was born on Saturday 18th of November 1911 in Parma. His father died on Wednesday 14th of June 2000 in Rome. Attilio Bertolucci was 59 years old, when this happened.

Bernardo Bertolucci's family

Bernardo Bertolucci's ex wifes

Adriana Asti

Bernardo Bertolucci and Adriana Asti have been together. She is known as stage actor. His ex wife was born on Sunday 30th of April 1933 in Milan.

Clare Peploe

Bernardo Bertolucci and Clare Peploe have been together since 1979 for 39 years. She is known as film director. His ex wife was born on Monday 20th of October 1941 in Tanzania. Bernardo´s ex wife died on Wednesday 23rd of June 2021 in Rome. Clare Peploe was 80 years old, when this happened.

Maria Paola Maino

Bernardo Bertolucci and Maria Paola Maino have been together since 1967 for 5 years. She is known as costume designer. His ex wife was born in 1940 in Rome.

Bernardo Bertolucci's schools

We found 1 school Bernardo attended. Name of the school: Sapienza University of Rome.

Detailed informations about Bernardo´s schools

He studied university - Rome University.

Bernardo Bertolucci's career

His main focus is to be film director. He is famous thanks to Last Tango in Paris.

Is Bernardo Bertolucci gay ?

He is known to be straight.

How did Bernardo Bertolucci die

He died on on Monday 26th of November 2018 when he was 77 years old at Rome. Bernardo Bertoluccis death was caused by lung cancer. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Bernardo Bertolucci's Awards

Bernardo received award for Academy Award for Best Director for work The Last Emperor in 1987
He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for work The Last Emperor in 1987
Bernardo received award for Sutherland Trophy for work The Conformist in 1970
Bernardo received award for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for work The Conformist in 1971
He received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for work The Last Emperor in 1987
Bernardo received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Director for work The Last Emperor in 1987
He received award for Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for work The Last Emperor in 1987
He received award for David di Donatello for Best Director for work The Last Emperor in 1988
Bernardo received award for David di Donatello for Best Film for work The Last Emperor in 1988
He received award for César Award for Best Foreign Film for work The Last Emperor in 1988
Bernardo received award for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work The Last Emperor in 1989
He received award for European Film Academy Special Jury Award for work The Last Emperor in 1988

Bernardo Bertolucci's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Bernardo was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Bernardo was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Bernardo was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for work The Conformist in 1971
He was nominated for Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for work Last Tango in Paris in 1973
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Director for work Last Tango in Paris in 1973
He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for work The Last Emperor in 1987
He was nominated for Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for work The Last Emperor in 1987
Bernardo was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Director for work The Last Emperor in 1987
Bernardo was nominated for César Award for Best Foreign Film for work The Last Emperor in 1988
He was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for work The Last Emperor in 1988
He was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Film for work The Last Emperor in 1988
He was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Director for work The Last Emperor in 1988
Bernardo was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work The Last Emperor in 1989
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for work The Last Emperor in 1989
Bernardo was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Director for work The Sheltering Sky in 1990
He was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Director for work Stealing Beauty in 1996
Bernardo was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Film for work Stealing Beauty in 1996
Bernardo was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Film for work Besieged in 1999
Bernardo was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Director for work Besieged in 1999
Bernardo was nominated for Goya Award for Best European Film for work The Dreamers in 2004
Bernardo was nominated for Nastro d'Argento for Best Director for work The Dreamers in 2004
Bernardo was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Director for work Me and You in 2013
Bernardo was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Film for work Me and You in 2013
He was nominated for European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director for work The Dreamers in 2004

Bernardo Bertolucci's quotes

[on Los Angeles] The Big Nipple.
[His answer on 2 October 1979 to a woman who had just seen a special screening of Luna (1979) at the Film Center of the School of the Art Institute, Chicago] I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.
I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important.
You know for American filmmakers, the Oscars is like a mystic thing. For me it was being in a mirror of my dreams when I was dreaming of Hollywood when I was an adolescent.
[on the untimely death of Pier Paolo Pasolini] A remarkable director - a great loss to Italian culture. It was as if he was discovering cinema from scratch.
[on Marlon Brando] An angel as a man, a monster as an actor.
Kurosawa's movies and La dolce vita (1960), Fellini, are the things that pushed me into being a film director.
The best work being done now is for television. Breaking Bad (2008) - a masterpiece. House of Cards (2013) - very, very good.
[on American movies] I saw Stagecoach (1939) and for me, John Ford became Homer. I was in front of a full-length mirror and what I was seeing at 12 wasn't me, it was John Wayne.
[on the end of Breaking Bad (2008)] I'm sad about it. I want more.
[on Last Tango in Paris (1972)] I chose two actors, Dominique Sanda and Jean-Louis Trintignant for Last Tango. She gets pregnant. He can't get naked and do love scenes. I end up with Brando and Schneider. Thank God!
,,, With each of my movies, every time is the first time... which means taking risks...
Very often the filmmaker will not receive money if he doesn't make the kind of film the Hollywood studios want.
When a movie does very well, like some of mine, they ask you to re-do it, to make No. 2. This is dangerous, and I'm trying not to do it. You can become a copier of yourself. There are other filmmakers who can copy you better than you can yourself.
I lived in a kind of dream of communism.
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Bernardo Bertolucci's height, body shape

Lets describe how Bernardo Bertolucci looks. We will focus on his height, body shape and hair color. Bernardo is tall as 5' 10½" (179 cm). Body build is average. His hair is shade of salt and pepper.

Bernardo Bertolucci