Pascal Bonitzer

Pascal Bonitzer
Pascal Bonitzer
	Bonitzer in 2010
Born	1 February 1946 (age 78); Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, film director, actor, film critic
Years active	1967–present
Partner	Sophie Fillières
Children	Agathe Bonitzer

Pascal Bonitzer (French: [bɔnitsɛʁ]; born 1 February 1946) is a French screenwriter, film director, actor, and former film critic for Cahiers du cinéma. He has written for 48 films and has appeared in 30 films since 1967. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 film The Suspended Vocation.^[1]^[2]

Bonitzer has received three César Award nominations: Best Writing for My Favorite Season (1993), Best First Feature Film for Encore (1996), and Best Original Screenplay for Les Innocentes (2016).

He has a daughter, actress Agathe Bonitzer, with filmmaker Sophie Fillières.^[3]

Filmography

1960s–70s

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Actor	Notes
1967	Vampirisme			Yes	Short film
1976	Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma sœur et mon frère...		Yes		Collaboration
1978	L'Exercice du pouvoir		Yes
1978	The Suspended Vocation			Yes
1979	The Brontë Sisters		Yes	Yes

1980s

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Actor	Notes
1980	Simone Barbes or Virtue			Yes
1980	Snakes and Ladders			Yes	TV short
1980	Une voix			Yes	Short film
1980	Le Borgne			Yes
1981	L'Ombre rouge			Yes
1982	Jimmy Jazz		Yes	Yes	Short film
1983	Balles perdues			Yes
1983	Liberty Belle		Yes	Yes
1984	Cheaters (Tricheurs)		Yes
1984	Love on the Ground		Yes	Yes
1985	Rouge-gorge			Yes
1985	Hurlevent		Yes
1986	Golden Eighties		Yes
1986	Scene of the Crime		Yes
1987	Les Innocents		Yes
1988	The Beggars		Yes
1988	Daniel endormi			Yes	Short film
1989	Gang of Four		Yes
1989	Les Bois noirs		Yes
1989	Winter's Child			Yes
1989	Les Sirènes	Yes	Yes		Short film

1990s

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Actor	Notes
1990	Un jeu d'enfant		Yes		Scenario collaborator
1990	Mistress of Suspense		Yes		TV series
1991	L'Amour maudit de Leisenbohg [fr]		Yes		Telefilm
1991	La Belle Noiseuse		Yes
1991	Night and Day		Yes
1991	Le Ciel de Paris			Yes
1992	La Chasse aux papillons			Yes
1993	My Favorite Season		Yes		Nominated—César Award for Best Writing
1993	Couples et Amants		Yes
1994	Joan the Maiden, Part 1: The Battles		Yes
1994	Joan the Maiden, Part 2: The Prisons		Yes
1994	Grande Petite			Yes
1995	Le Fils de Gascogne			Yes
1995	Up, Down, Fragile		Yes
1995	Don't Forget You're Going to Die			Yes
1996	Thieves		Yes		Scenario collaborator
1996	Three Lives and Only One Death		Yes	Yes
1996	Encore	Yes	Yes	Yes	Prix Jean Vigo Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film
1997	Genealogies of a Crime		Yes	Yes
1997	Night of Destiny		Yes
1998	Secret Defense		Yes
1999	Rien sur Robert	Yes	Yes	Yes
1999	Les Agneaux		Yes		Telefilm
1999	Les Infortunes de la beauté			Yes
1999	Augustin, King of Kung-Fu			Yes

2000s

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Actor	Notes
2000	Lumumba		Yes
2001	Man of the Crowds		Yes
2001	Va savoir		Yes
2001	Alias Betty			Yes
2002	Like an Airplane		Yes
2003	Small Cuts	Yes	Yes		Nominated—Berlin Film Festival - Golden Bear
2003	The Story of Marie and Julien		Yes
2003	Hot House		Yes		Telefilm
2004	Changing Times		Yes		Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay
2004	Why (Not) Brazil?			Yes
2006	L'Affaire Villemin		Yes		TV mini-series
2006	Made in Paris	Yes	Yes
2007	The Duchess of Langeais		Yes
2007	The Key			Yes
2008	The Great Alibi	Yes	Yes
2009	La Grande Vie		Yes
2009	Around a Small Mountain		Yes
2009	Don't Look Back			Yes
2009	Suite noire			Yes	TV series

2010s

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Actor	Notes
2010	Chantrapas			Yes
2012	Looking for Hortense	Yes	Yes
2012	The Gordji Affair			Yes	Telefilm
2014	Gemma Bovery		Yes
2014	Murder in Pacot		Yes
2014	Valentin Valentin		Yes	Yes
2016	Agnus Dei		Yes		Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay
2016	Tout de suite maintenant	Yes	Yes
2017	Le Jeune Karl Marx		Yes
2019	Blanche comme neige		Yes
2019	Les Envoûtés	Yes	Yes

2020s

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Actor	Notes
2021	Benedetta		Yes
2023	Last Summer		Yes
2024	Le tableau volé	Yes	Yes		^[4]
TBA	Maigret in Society	Yes	Yes		^[5]

References

^ "Le Cinéma de Raoul Ruiz: La vocation suspendue". lecinemaderaoulruiz.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
^ "NY Times: La vocation suspendue". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
^ "Agathe Bonitzer : "J'ai longtemps éprouvé un réel sentiment d'imposture"". L'Express. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
^ Croll, Ben (15 January 2024). "Pascal Bonitzer Takes Art World Inspiration for 'Auction,' Charts New Course for Georges Simenon's Maigret (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ Croll, Ben (15 January 2024). "Pascal Bonitzer Takes Art World Inspiration for 'Auction,' Charts New Course for Georges Simenon's Maigret (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

External links

Pascal Bonitzer at IMDb
Pascal Bonitzer discography at Discogs

[lecinemaderaoulruiz.com-1] "Le Cinéma de Raoul Ruiz: La vocation suspendue". lecinemaderaoulruiz.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2009.

[NY_Times.com-2] "NY Times: La vocation suspendue". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2009.

[3] "Agathe Bonitzer : "J'ai longtemps éprouvé un réel sentiment d'imposture"". L'Express. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

[4] Croll, Ben (15 January 2024). "Pascal Bonitzer Takes Art World Inspiration for 'Auction,' Charts New Course for Georges Simenon's Maigret (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[5] Croll, Ben (15 January 2024). "Pascal Bonitzer Takes Art World Inspiration for 'Auction,' Charts New Course for Georges Simenon's Maigret (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

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