Bertrand Bonello

Bertrand Bonello (Nice, 1968) studied music before becoming a filmmaker. His first feature,Quelque chose d’organique (Something Organic, 1998), participated in the Panorama section at the Berlin Festival. In 2001, The Pornographer landed the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Festival. His films have participated in Cannes: Tiresia (2003), L’Apollonide. Souvenirs de la maison close(House of Tolerance, 2011), and in Locarno: Ingrid Caven, musique et voix (Ingrid Caven, Music and Voice, 2012). In 2014 he returned to Cannes with Saint Laurent, nominated for 10 César Awards and representative of France at the Academy Awards.