Bertrand Bonello

Bertrand Bonello is a director I think of as genuinely hard to pin down, and I mean that as a compliment. He doesn't just direct; he writes, produces, composes and even acts, and that multi-hatted approach shows in films that feel singularly his own. His early association with the New French Extremity, through work like The Pornographer, signaled an artist unafraid of provocation, while House of Tolerance and Saint Laurent reveal a real eye for atmosphere and period detail. The 2015 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres feels like a fitting nod to that range. I find his refusal to settle into a single mode is exactly what keeps his cinema worth following.

Name (English)

Bertrand Bonello

Name (Japanese)

ベルトラン・ボネロ

Reading

べるとらん・ぼねろ

Born

September 11, 1968 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

Origin

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Occupation

film director / composer / screenwriter / film actor / film producer

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AD

Tags

• Alpes-Maritimes
• film director
• composer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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