Renato Berta
Renato Berta (born March 2, 1945 in Bellinzona ) is a Swiss cameraman .
Life
After training as a mechanic, Berta studied from 1966 in the camera class of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. Until 1968 he worked as a cameraman for television, then as a freelance cameraman.
His most important works include: Charles - dead or alive (1969), The Salamander (1971), He's Not That Bad (1974), Messidor (1979), The Kiss of Tosca (1984), Full Moon Nights (1984), Au revoir les enfants (1987), season (1992) and Smoking / No Smoking (1993).
In 2014 he was awarded the honorary prize of the German Camera Prize for his life's work.
Filmography (selection)
- 1969: Charles - Dead or Alive ( Charles mort ou vif ) - Director: Alain Tanner
- 1971: The Salamander (La Salamandre) - Director: Alain Tanner
- 1972: Tonight or never (Cette nuit ou jamais) - Director: Daniel Schmid
- 1972: History Lessons - Directed by Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
- 1974: La Paloma - Director: Daniel Schmid
- 1974: The Middle of the World (Le Milieu du monde) - Director: Alain Tanner
- 1975: He's not that bad either (Pas si méchant que ça) - Director: Claude Goretta
- 1975: Moses and Aron - directed by Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
- 1976: Shadows of the Angels - Director: Daniel Schmid
- 1976: Jonas, who will be 25 years old in 2000 (Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000) - Director: Alain Tanner
- 1979: Messidor - Director: Alain Tanner
- 1980: Save yourself who can (life) (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) - Director: Jean-Luc Godard
- 1981: Notre Dame de la Croisette - Director: Daniel Schmid
- 1982: Hecate
- 1983: The seduced man - L'Homme blessé (L'Homme blessé) - directed by Patrice Chéreau
- 1984: The Kiss of Tosca (Il bacio di Tosca) - Director: Daniel Schmid
- 1984: Full moon nights (Les Nuits de la pleine lune) - directed by Éric Rohmer
- 1984: Devil's Embrace (L'année des méduses)
- 1985: Sturmhöhe (Hurlevent) - Director: Jacques Rivette
- 1985: Rendez-Vous - Director: André Téchiné
- 1987: Jenatsch - Director: Daniel Schmid
- 1987: The Innocents (Les innocents) - Director: André Téchiné
- 1987: Goodbye, Children (Au revoir les enfants) - Director: Louis Malle
- 1990: Uranus - Directed by Claude Berri
- 1990: A Comedy in May (Milou en mai) - directed by Louis Malle
- 1991: Rien que des mensonges - directed by Paule Muret
- 1992: Midseason (Hors Saison) - Director: Daniel Schmid
- 1993: Smoking / No Smoking - directed by Alain Resnais
- 1995: Affair for Beginners (Adultère, mode d'emploi) - Director: Christine Pascal
- 1995: The Written Face ( The Written Face , Documentary)
- 1996: Party - Director: Manoel de Oliveira
- 1997: Journey to the beginning of the world (Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo) - Director: Manoel de Oliveira
- 1997: Life is a Chanson - Director: Alain Resnais
- 1998: Unrest (Inquietude) - Director: Manoel de Oliveira
- 1999: Kadosh
- 1999: Beresina or The Last Days of Switzerland - Director: Daniel Schmid
- 2000: Chabrol's Sweet Poison - Directed by Claude Chabrol
- 2000: Palavra e utopia - Director: Manoel de Oliveira
- 2001: Arbeiter, Bauern (Operai, contadini) - Director: Jean-Marie Straub
- 2003: Pas sur la bouche - Director: Alain Resnais
- 2005: Last Days in the Elysée (Le promeneur du champ de Mars) - Director: Robert Guédiguian
- 2007: Max & Co.
- 2012: O Gebo ea Sombra - Director: Manoel de Oliveira
- 2015: In the Shadow of Women (L'Ombre des Femmes) - directed by Philippe Garrel
- 2016: Le divan de Staline - Director: Fanny Ardant
- 2017: Lovers for a Day (L'amant d'un jour) - directed by Philippe Garrel
- 2020: Le sel des larmes - Director: Philippe Garrel
Awards
- 2014 German Camera Award (honorary award for life's work)
- 2008 Marburg Camera Prize
- 1992 Prix de la Meilleure photography at the Semaine Internationale de Cinéma de Valladolid for the mid-season by director Daniel Schmid
- 1988 César for the best image design / camera work at Au revoir les enfants (1987)
- 1976 Leopard in bronze at the Locarno International Film Festival
literature
- Cahiers du Cinema. Revue mensuelle de Cinema . No. 284, 1978. Jean Eustache (interview and article on “Une sale histoire”, 15 pages); Entretien avec Renato Berta; Marta Meszaros; (French).
Web links
- Renato Berta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Renato Berta at filmportal.de
- Renato Berta at swissfilms.ch
- Interview excerpts - Renato Berta about his work and about the cinema
- The reasons given by the jury for the 2008 Marburg Camera Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film-dienst 13/2014, page 31
- ↑ GERMAN CAMERA PRIZE 2014 honors Renato Berta. Westdeutscher Rundfunk, May 15, 2014, accessed on May 15, 2014 .
- ↑ This year's Marburg Camera Prize goes to Renato Berta (University Press Office Marburg) (from March 3, 2008)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berta, Renato |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellinzona |