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Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-03-02 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland

Renato Berta

Biography:

Renato Berta is a Swiss cinematographer and film director, best known for his collaborations with directors Alain Tanner and Jean-Marie Straub. Trained at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Berta has worked as cinematographer in more than 100 films since 1969. He won a César Award for Best Cinematography for Au revoir les enfants in 1988 and a David di Donatello for Best Cinematography for Noi credevamo in 2011.

In 2013, he was awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Source: Article "Renato Berta" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

2022

2013

2012

2010

2007

2004

Kulturplatz as Self

1997

Camera

2025

Le assaggiatrici as Director of Photography

2023

The Plough as Director of Photography

2021

The King of Laughter as Director of Photography
Il Buco as Director of Photography

2020

The Salt of Tears as Director of Photography
France Against the Robots as Director of Photography

2018

People of the Lake as Director of Photography

2017

Strange Birds as Director of Photography
Lover for a Day as Director of Photography

2016

Stalin's Couch as Director of Photography

2015

In the Shadow of Women as Director of Photography

2014

Leopardi as Director of Photography
The Old Man of Belem as Director of Photography
Chafariz das Virtudes as Director of Photography

2013

Dialogue of Shadows as Director of Photography

2012

Asfouri as Director of Photography
Gebo and the Shadow as Director of Photography
You, Me and Us as Director of Photography
Un héritier as Director of Photography

2011

Belleville Tokyo as Director of Photography
O somma luce as Director of Photography
L'Inconsolable as Director of Photography

2010

We Believed as Director of Photography

2009

The Witches, Women Among Themselves as Director of Photography
Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière as Director of Photography
Buried Secrets as Director of Photography

2008

Artemide's Knee as Director of Photography

2007

Max & Co as Director of Photography

2006

These Encounters of Theirs as Director of Photography
Magic Mirror as Director of Photography

2005

The Last Mitterrand as Director of Photography

2004

A Visit to the Louvre as Director of Photography

2003

Incantati as Director of Photography
Not on the Lips as Director of Photography
Alila as Director of Photography
Three-Step Dance as Director of Photography

2002

Marie-Jo and Her 2 Loves as Director of Photography
Dolando as Director of Photography
The Uncertainty Principle as Director of Photography

2001

Workers, Peasants as Director of Photography
Eden as Director of Photography

2000

Nightcap as Director of Photography
Word and Utopia as Director of Photography
Kippur as Director of Photography

1999

Kadosh as Director of Photography
Beresina as Director of Photography
Vanaprastham as Director of Photography

1998

Anxiety as Director of Photography

1997

Same Old Song as Director of Photography
Voyage to the Beginning of the World as Director of Photography

1996

Party as Director of Photography

1995

Things as Director of Photography
Kazuo Ohno as Director of Photography
The Written Face as Director of Photography
Adultery (A User's Guide) as Director of Photography

1994

La mort de Molière as Director of Photography

1993

Smoking / No Smoking as Director of Photography

1992

Off Season as Director of Photography

1991

Nothing But Lies as Director of Photography

1990

May Fools as Director of Photography
Uranus as Director of Photography

1989

Twister as Director of Photography
Chimère as Director of Photography

1987

Au Revoir les Enfants as Director of Photography
Jenatsch as Director of Photography
The Innocents as Director of Photography
The Death of Empedocles as Director of Photography

1986

Rosa la Rose, Public Girl as Director of Photography

1985

L'Homme aux yeux d'argent as Director of Photography
Wuthering Heights as Director of Photography
Rendez-vous as Director of Photography

1984

Tosca's Kiss as Director of Photography
Full Moon in Paris as Director of Photography
Year of the Jellyfish as Director of Photography

1983

The Wounded Man as Director of Photography
Les Havres as Director of Photography
Notre Dame de la Croisette as Director of Photography
Unguided Tour as Director of Photography
Imitation of Life as Director of Photography

1982

Hecate as Director of Photography
Inventaire lausannois as Director of Photography

1981

Max Frisch, Journal I-III as Director of Photography

1980

Every Man for Himself as Director of Photography

1979

Messidor as Director of Photography

1978

His Master's Voice as Director of Photography
Violanta as Director of Photography

1977

A. Constant as Director of Photography
Faces of Love as Director of Photography
Fortini/Cani as Director of Photography
The Indians Are Still Far Away as Director of Photography
San Gottardo as Director of Photography

1976

The Big Night as Director of Photography
Sartre by Himself as Director of Photography
Shadow of Angels as Director of Photography
Der Gehülfe as Director of Photography
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 as Director of Photography

1975

Moses and Aaron as Director of Photography
H.P. Lovecraft: Schatten aus der Zeit as Director of Photography

1974

The Wonderful Crook as Director of Photography
The Middle of the World as Director of Photography
La Paloma as Director of Photography

1973

Tonight or Never as Director of Photography
Death of the Flea Circus Director as Director of Photography
Return from Africa as Director of Photography

1972

History Lessons as Director of Photography

1971

The Salamander as Director of Photography
Othon as Director of Photography

1970

Charles, Dead or Alive as Director of Photography

Crew

2012

Lullaby to my Father as Cinematography

2005

2003

Humiliated as Cinematography

1998

Day After Day as Cinematography

1997

The Silence of Rak as Cinematography

1986

Taxi Boy as Cinematography

Directing