Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier dies at age 79
Read full article: Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier dies at age 79FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2015, file photo, Director Bertrand Tavernier poses with his Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievements after the award ceremony at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. Acclaimed French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier has died at the age of 79, according to French media. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)PARIS ā French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, who directed acclaimed movies such āA Sunday in the Country,ā āCaptain Conanā and āThe Judge and the Assassin,ā has died, according to his family. Tavernier was married to the late French-Irish screenwriter Claudine OāHagan, better known as Colo Tavernier, from 1965 to 1980. They had two children together: writer Tiffany Tavernier and director and actor Nils Tavernier.